Multimedia
Multimedia Links
- Native America Calling; Empowering, Educating and Entertaining through Native Media
- Cherokee Nation State of the Nation 2000 Address; online streaming audio archive of the 2000 State of the Nation Address
Photogallery
All photographs are taken by Tribal Law Journal students and associates.
Speech by Senator Albert Hale
Speech by Senator Albert Hale of the Arizona State Legislature. This speech was given at the New Mexico Tribal Leader Summit on Tobacco: Its Impacts on Health, Economics, Jurisdiction and Sovereignty which was held on April 27, 2004 at the University of New Mexico School of Law. Senator Hale is one of the attorneys that filed a 1999 lawsuit against the tobacco companies on behalf of a number of Indian nations. The lawsuit requested compensation for injury to tribal members from smoking and chewing tobacco. Senator Hale served as the Navajo Nation President from 1995-1998. He also formerly held positions as the Associate Attorney General for the Navajo Nation, Special Counsel to the Navajo Nation Counsel, and President of the Navajo Nation Bar Association.
Speech by Chief Harry Wallace
Speech by Chief Harry Wallace includes four video excerpts from a speech given by the current Chief of the Unkechaug Nation located on the Poospatuck Indian Reservation on Long Island, New York. The speech was given at the University of New Mexico School of Law on November 1, 2001 as part of the Southwest Indian Law Clinic Lecture Series and each excerpt discusses either a historical or contemporary aspect of Unkechaug tribal law. Chief Wallace is also a licensed practicing attorney in the state of New York.
Interview of Chief Harry Wallace
Speech by Senator Albert Hale of the Arizona State Legislature. This speech was given at the New Mexico Tribal Leader Summit on Tobacco: Its Impacts on Health, Economics, Jurisdiction and Sovereignty which was held on April 27, 2004 at the University of New Mexico School of Law. Senator Hale is one of the attorneys that filed a 1999 lawsuit against the tobacco companies on behalf of a number of Indian nations. The lawsuit requested compensation for injury to tribal members from smoking and chewing tobacco. Senator Hale served as the Navajo Nation President from 1995-1998. He also formerly held positions as the Associate Attorney General for the Navajo Nation, Special Counsel to the Navajo Nation Counsel, and President of the Navajo Nation Bar Association.
