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American Indian Tribal Nations Relations and UMN

Tue, September 14, 2021, at 9am
 

Professor Tadd M. Johnson, Esq., is the University’s first senior director of American Indian Tribal Nations Relations. A former tribal attorney, tribal court judge and administrator, Johnson has a broad and deep perspective on tribal sovereignty and the state and U.S. governments. Now he is advising the University on how to fulfill and enrich its mission as it intersects with the interests of the regional tribal nations. The University and the tribes are bound up in some common history since at least 1851. What does that mean for current relationships? What are areas for potential collaboration?

In addition to serving as the University’s first senior director of American Indian Tribal Nations Relations, Professor Johnson directs the University of Minnesota Duluth’s Master of Tribal Administration and Governance program and the Tribal Sovereignty Institute.

An enrolled member of the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa, Johnson served as a tribal attorney for more than 20 years, has also served as a tribal court judge and administrator, and is a frequent lecturer on American Indian history and Federal Indian Law. He served five years with the U.S. House of Representatives, including as staff director and counsel to the Subcommittee on Native American Affairs. In 1997, President Clinton appointed Johnson to chair the National Indian Gaming Commission.

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Meet Professor Tadd M. Johnson, Esq.

Tue, September 14, 2021, at 9am
Professor Tadd M. Johnson, Esq.
Senior Director, American Indian Tribal Nations Relations
University of Minnesota

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Event to be held via Zoom.
 
 

What does it take to navigate constructive relationships between the University of Minnesota and the sovereign nations whose histories go deep in the lands that are now the state of Minnesota? We’ll find out when we meet Professor Tadd M. Johnson, Esq., the University’s first senior director of American Indian Tribal Nations Relations. 

Please register to attend UMRA’s first all-member program of the new academic year, UMRA A.M. with Professor Tadd Johnson, at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, September 14, via Zoom.

A former tribal attorney, tribal court judge and administrator, Johnson has a broad and deep perspective on tribal sovereignty and the state and U.S. governments. Now he is advising the University on how to fulfill and enrich its mission as it intersects with the interests of the regional tribal nations. The University and the tribes are bound up in some common history since at least 1851. What does that mean for current relationships? What are areas for potential collaboration?

In addition to serving as the University’s first senior director of American Indian Tribal Nations Relations, Professor Johnson directs the University of Minnesota Duluth’s Master of Tribal Administration and Governance program and the Tribal Sovereignty Institute.

An enrolled member of the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa, Johnson served as a tribal attorney for more than 20 years, has also served as a tribal court judge and administrator, and is a frequent lecturer on American Indian history and Federal Indian Law. He served five years with the U.S. House of Representatives, including as staff director and counsel to the Subcommittee on Native American Affairs. In 1997, President Clinton appointed Johnson to chair the National Indian Gaming Commission. 

Professor Johnson earned his BA from the University of St. Thomas and his law degree from the University of Minnesota. He has served on the faculty of the National Judicial College and on the board of the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce.  He is currently on the boards of the Native Governance Center and the Udall Foundation.

—Jan Morlock, UMRA president



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