Friday
Sept. 28
 
Time  Title of Presentation                                  Speaker               Speaker Affiliation
 
8:00   Registration
 
8:30   Welcome                                                  Lois Trevino        Water Administrator, Environmental Trust
                                                                                                        Confederated Colville Tribes, Nespelem
8:40   Convocation                                             Tribal Elder
 
9:00   Indian Law Context and Practical             Steve Suagee    Attorney at Law,Office of the Reservation Attorney
          Applications of the Walton case in 2007                               Confederated Colville Tribes, Nespelem
 
9:45   Greatest Tirades of the Late, Great, Bill    Jack Fiander       Attorney at Law
          Veeder                                                                                     Yakima, WA
 
10:30  BREAK
 
10:50  Practical Water Management on the         David Lundgren  Attorney at Law
           Spokane Reservation                                                            Bandon, OR
 
11:35  Political & Economic Significance of         Mel Tonasket      Former Chairman, Colville Business Council
           Tribal Water Management                                                      Omak
 
12:00  LUNCH (provided)
 
12:45  Keynote:  Tribal Water Rights in                Professor Robert   Director, Native American Law Center
           National Perspective                                  Anderson              University of Washington Law School, Seattle
 
1:30    BREAK
 
1:45   Water Use after Walton                               Sam Sampson      Editor, Colville Tribal Tribune
                                                                                                          Nespelem
 
2:15   First Nations & Natural Resources              Louise Mandell     Q.C., Solicitor and Barrister, Mandell Pinder
                                                                                                           Vancouver, British Columbia
3:15   BREAK
 
3:35   Intergovernmental Aspects of Water          Mary Verner       Executive Director, Upper Columbia United Tribes
          Management                                                                             Spokane
 
4:20   River Restoration:  Cohesion & Conflict       Rachael Paschal   Director, Columbia Institute for Water Policy
          Between Tribal and State Water Rights       Osborn                   Spokane
 
5:00   ADJOURN
 
Saturday
Sept. 29
 
8:30   Convocation                                               Tribal Elder
 
8:45   Current Status of Bill Veeder’s Goals          Mike Watson        President, Watson Engineering
                                                                                                             Helena, MT
9:25   The Impact of Walton on Integrated           Gary Passmore     Director, Environmental Trust
          Water Management                                                                      Confederated Colville Tribes, Nespelem
 
10:05  Fisheries Considerations in Tribal               Sheri Sears        Resident Fisheries Manager,Fish & Wildlife Dep’t
           Water Management                                                                    Confederated Colville Tribes, Nespelem
 
10:45  BREAK
 
11:00   Hydrogeology and Tribal Water                  Tom Ring               Hydrogeologist, Water Program
            Management                                                                               Yakama Nation, Toppenish
 
11:45   Water Quality & Tribal Water                      Patti Bailey           Environmental Planner, Environmental Trust
            Management                                                                               Confederated Colville Tribes, Nespelem
 
12:30   ADJOURN
 
1:30        Optional Field Trip: Chamokane Creek, Spokane Indian Reservation
  to                  (site of the Anderson case)  
7:00 pm   (lunch provided in transit for field trip participants)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
When: September 28-29, 2007 Where: Gonzaga University School of Law, Spokane For more information: 509.634-2430 (Lois Trevino, Colville Tribes) REGISTRATION FORM, click here if you have trouble downloading the form, call Lois at 509.634-2430 Description of Presentations, click here Speaker biographies, click here. http://www.columbia-institute.org/pdf/veeder-registrationForm.pdfPresentations.htmlSpeakers.htmlshapeimage_4_link_0shapeimage_4_link_1shapeimage_4_link_2
agenda ~
Omak Lake
 
Omak Lake was at the center of the controversy in the Walton lawsuit, a seminal case regarding tribal water rights, in which Bill Veeder represented the Colville Tribes.  (photo courtesy of the Confederated Colville Tribes)
Confederated Colville Tribes
Environmental Trust
Welcome and please join us for the 4th annual William H Veeder Water Law Conference
Co-sponsored by • Confederated Colville Tribes, Environmental Trust • Columbia Institute for Water Policy • Gonzaga University School of Law Indian Law Program http://www.colvilletribes.com/http://www.columbia-institute.org/ci/cihome/Home.htmlhttp://www.law.gonzaga.edu/shapeimage_9_link_0shapeimage_9_link_1shapeimage_9_link_2
The William H. Veeder Conference celebrates the memory of Bill Veeder, legendary federal attorney who represented tribes throughout the United States on water rights issues. The 4th Annual conference, to be held at Gonzaga Law School in Spokane, features one of Bill Veeder’s most famous cases, Walton v. Confederated Colville Tribes, involving water conflicts on the Colville Reservation. The conference also examines water management issues in and around the Spokane and Yakama Reservations, and features talks by Professor Bob Anderson (Director, University of Washington Native American Law Center) and Canadian aboriginal rights champion Louise Mandell. Many Indian Tribes around the country have developed sophisticated water management programs. This conference explores the history, legal developments and practical and technical aspects of water management on the Indian reservations of the Pacific Northwest. The conference has been approved for 10 CLE credits in Washington. For more information about CLE, contact Teri Chlanda at 509-323-3704 or tchlanda@lawschool.gonzaga.edu. mailto:tchlanda@lawschool.gonzaga.edushapeimage_10_link_0