4:00-5:45 p.m.
Joint Program of Sections on Indian Nations and Indigenous Peoples, Law and Anthropology, and Property Law

• Stacy L. Leeds, University of North Dakota, and Chair and Program Co-Chair, Section on Indian Nations and Indigenous Peoples
• Jo J. Carrillo, University of California, Hastings, and Chair, Section on Law and Anthropology
• Placido G. Gomez, St. Mary's University, and Chair and Program Co-Chair, Section on Property Law
• Joan E. Vogel, Vermont Law School, and Program Co-Chair, Section on Law and Anthropology

Moderator:
Placido G. Gomez, St. Mary's University

Speakers:

• Christine Zuni Cruz, University of New Mexico
• Jeffrey Alan Goldstein, Esquire, Goldstein & Dodge, Denver, Colorado
• M. Casey Jarman, University of Hawaii
• Stacy L. Leeds, University of North Dakota
• Thandabantu Nhlapo, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of South Africa, Washington, D.C.
• Peter L. Reich, Whittier Law School

This panel will focus on global and national issues regarding land-based cultural heritage. In many ethnic communities, both national and international, cultural heritage is linked to land. Indian nations and indigenous people around the world continue to address issues involving land and land-use. The grantees of Spanish and Mexican land grants and their successors-in-interest have struggled for well over a century to reclaim rights to use the grants' former common lands; the Colorado Supreme Court recently recognized some of these rights. Recent developments in Hawaii, South Africa, and the Philippines reflect the significance, urgency and global nature of issues involving land-based cultural heritage. This panel will highlight current conflicts and recent developments; it will also examine the use of historical evidence on behalf of social change.

Business Meeting of Section on Law and Anthropology at Program Conclusion in Park Tower Suite 8223, Lobby Level

Business Meeting of Section on Property Law at Program Conclusion in Maryland Suite C