William S. Boyd School of Law and the Indian Nations Gaming and Governance Program present "In the Supreme Court, Arizona v. Navajo Nation – What is the extent of the United States’ trust responsibility to Indian nations for implied rights?"

More than a century ago, the United States government made promises to the Navajo Nation to set aside lands to live on and farm. Now the Navajo Nation is calling those promises a trust responsibility and demanding that the U.S. assess how much water it is owed from those promises and set a plan in place to deliver on those promises. The U.S. and petitioner states claim that despite promises made, there is no substantive law that imposes an affirmative duty on the U.S. to fulfill them. The U.S. Supreme Court took up the case, Arizona v. Navajo Nation, in the current term and is anticipated to issue a decision this summer. This panel will convene former federal officials, local Indian law attorneys, and representatives from the Nation to discuss the case and its implication for tribes nationwide and in Nevada.

Approved for 2 MCLE general credits

Moderators

• Bret Birdsong, professor of law, Boyd School of Law at UNLV
• John Tahsuda III, adjunct professor and distinguished fellow, Boyd School of Law at UNLV