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Tribal Leader Speaker Series John E. Echohawk, Executive Director of Native American Rights Fund April 25, 2005
John E. Echohawk is a member of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma and Executive Director of the Native American Rights Fund. He was the first graduate of the University of New Mexico’s special program to train Indian lawyers, and was founding member of the American Indian Law Students Association while in law school. John has been with NARF since its inception, having serving continuously as Executive Director since 1977. He has been recognized as one of the 100 most influential lawyers in American by the National Law Journal since 1988 and has received numerous service awards and other recognition for his leadership in the Indian law field. Come learn about tribal water rights. |
Tribal Leader Speaker Series Deron Marquez Chairman, San Manuel Band of Mission Indians October 13, 2005
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Tribal Leader Speaker Series Sponsored by Wells Fargo New Century Programs
Ms. Sherry Salway Black, a member of the Oglala Lakota Tribe, has over 28 years experience working with Indian people and on Indian issues. She is the former Senior Vice President of First Nations Development Institute, a position she held for nineteen years. Ms. Salway Black will address financial education in native communities, the native non-profit sector and its role in development and native philanthropy.
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Tribal Leader Speaker Series
Under the leadership of Chief Martin,
the Mississippi Band
of Choctaw’s 9,000-mem
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The CAIED 2006 Tribal Leaders Speaker Series, in partnership with NAU Applied Indigenous Studies Department, presents Native American leaders who have helped define sovereignty for Native America through politics, economic development and policy implementation. The series provides our noted speakers an opportunity to reflect on where they have been, where they are now, and where they are going to help ensure a future of opportunities for Indian people. |
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Deron Marquez serves as the
tribal chairman of the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians where he
heads the seven-member business committee responsible for the daily
functions of the tribal government. Marquez was first elected to
this position in 1999. Serving two year terms, Marquez was then
re-elected in 2000, 2002 and again in 2004 and will complete his
current term in 2006. As tribal chairman, Marquez has overseen
extensive growth of tribal business development with the expansion
of San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino, the formation of the San
Manuel Bottled Water Group, alignment with a four-tribe economic
coalition known as Four Fires and other economic development
activities. Marquez is committed to providing educational
opportunities and economic development advancement to tribal members
to help improve the quality of life on the reservation and build the
leaders of tomorrow. Marquez applies his extensive knowledge and
experience with sovereignty issues and governmental relations to his
leadership position with the tribe, working with political leaders,
members of the media and lobbyists.
The
CBA-CAIED 2005 Tribal Leaders Speaker Series presents Native
American leaders who have helped define sovereignty for Native
America through politics, economic development, and leaps of faith.
The series provides our noted speakers an opportunity to reflect on
where they have been, where they are now, and where they are going,
and to help ensure a future of opportunities for Indian people.
Just 40 years ago, Mississippi Band of Choctaw tribal
unemployment was 80 percent, 88 percent of households
had
annual incomes under $3,000 and only about two dozen
tribal
members could say they had at least some college. But
Martin noticed that Mississippi was beginning
to attract small industries, and he thought the
Choctaw's
development of their own industries was an attainable
goal.
"I said to the council, 'If we don't create jobs,
we will
always be on welfare and our young people will always be
leaving." The tribal council agreed. 
ber tribe remade itself in less
than
two generations into an economic powerhouse whose string
of self-sustaining businesses generates $450 million a year
and
provides a job for any tribal member who needs one.
Martin,
recently elected to his seventh consecutive term as
tribal
chief, offers a four-word explanation: "We
developed an
economy."
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