ILP co-presents environmental workshop

<p>The application of federal environmental law in Indian Country was the focus of a workshop presented by the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law's Indian Legal Program and the ASU American Indian Policy Institute on May 27 on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community.</p><separator></separator><p><a href="http://www.law.asu.edu/Apps/Faculty/Faculty.aspx?individual_id=2030">Ann Marie Downes</a>, director of the College's Indian Legal Graduate Programs, and Patricia Mariella, the institute's director, conducted the workshop for the Community's Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Department.</p><separator></separator><p>Among discussion topics were well-known cases in Indian law, including Dura v. Reina, which originated on the Salt River-Maricopa Indian Community. Other discussion centered on the development of federal Indian policy, civil and regulatory jurisdictional issues.</p><separator></separator><p>The workshop is the first of several on environmental compliance and enforcement that the institute will be conducting with the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community.</p><separator></separator><p><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Tahoma" lang="EN">Janie Magruder, <a href="mailto:Jane.Magruder@asu.edu"><font color="#0000ff">Jane.Magruder@asu.edu</font></a><br />(480) 727-9052<br />Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law</span></p>