ILP co-presents environmental workshop

Ann Marie DownesThe application of federal environmental law in Indian Country was the focus of a workshop presented by the 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.

Ann Marie Downes, 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.

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.

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.