Tribal Law Innovations in Native Governance. Nin Tomas Memorial Lecture

Nin Tomas Memorial Lecture

Using concrete examples from tribal law, this lecture will highlight how tribal law has become a critical tool in advancing Native self- determination and good governance across Indian country.

Angela R. Riley (enrolled member, Citizen Potawatomi Nation) is the Carole Goldberg Endowed Chair of Native American Law at UCLA and Special Advisor to the Chancellor on Native American and Indigenous Affairs. She directs UCLA’s Native Nations Law and Policy Center and the joint degree program in Law and American Indian Studies. She has chaired the UCLA campus Repatriation Committee since 2010. Professor Riley's research focuses on Indigenous peoples’ rights, with a particular emphasis on cultural property and Native governance. Her work has been widely published in the nation’s leading legal journals. She received her undergraduate degree at the University of Oklahoma and her law degree from Harvard.