Indigenous Rights in 2025: A Symposium on Current Legal Issues

Name: Indigenous Rights in 2025: A Symposium on Current Legal Issues
Start: 2025-03-28T10:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-03-28T17:00:00-05:00
Location: The University of Texas at Austin School of Law

Schedule

Fri Mar 28 2025 at 10:00 am to 05:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

The University of Texas at Austin School of Law | Austin, TX

Hosted by Texas Journal on Civil Liberties & Civil Rights. A discussion of current legal issues in Indigenous communities.
About this Event

Indigenous Rights in 2025: A Symposium on Current Legal Issues in Indigenous Communities, hosted by the Texas Journal on Civil Liberties & Civil Rights

Join us for discussions on topics of Indigenous rights, including tribal sovereignty, environmental justice, reproductive and 2SLGBTQ+ rights, global indigeneity, and more. Please register as soon as possible so we can get an accurate headcount. All are welcome!

Agenda

🕑: 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM
Introduction to the Symposium
🕑: 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Environmental Justice Panel
Host: Sabrina Chapa, Executive Director, Ties to La Tierra

Info: Moderator: Professor Melinda Taylor, University of Texas School of Law

🕑: 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM
Authors Panel and Lunch
Host: Professor Kekek Stark, Blewett School of Law at UMontana

Info: Moderator: Jeremy Sylestine, Appellate Judge, Alabama–Coushatta Tribe of Texas

🕑: 01:00 PM - 01:50 PM
Reproductive and LGBTQ+ Rights Panel
Host: Professor Lauren van Schilfgaarde, UCLA School of Law

Info: Moderator: Katie Wolfe, Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas

🕑: 02:00 PM - 02:50 PM
Global Indigeneity Panel
Host: Professor Danny Law, University of Texas at Austin

Info: Moderator: Professor Pauline Strong, University of Texas at Austin

🕑: 03:30 PM - 06:00 PM
Screening of Oscar-nominated SUGARCANE documentary (location TBD)

Info: A stunning tribute to the resilience of Native people and their way of life – SUGARCANE, the debut feature documentary from Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie – is an epic cinematic portrait of a community during a moment of international reckoning. Set amidst a ground-breaking investigation into abuse and death at an Indian residential school, the film empowers participants to break cycles of intergenerational trauma by bearing witness to painful, long-ignored truths – and the love that endures within their families despite the revelation of genocide. SUGARCANE won in its debut at Sundance Film Festival, won two Critics' Choice Awards, and was Oscar-nominated. Learn more at sugarcanefilm.com.