Tribal Governance Training; June 17- 18, 2022
What Will I Learn?
• Overarching Roles and Responsibilities of Council
and Board Members
• Enumerated Powers of Tribal Councils/Boards
• Constitutional Principles
• Separation of Powers and Segregation of Duties
• Evolution of Federal Indian Law and Policy
• Implications of Supreme Court Decisions on
Tribal Sovereignty (Marshall Trilogy)
• Tribal Sovereignty & Sovereign Immunity
• Tribal Business & Tribal Sovereignty
• Indian Reorganization Act (IRA)
• Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws
• Federal Trust Doctrine
• Legal Basics: Knowing Your Legal Authorities &
Responsibilities
