NALSA to host guest speaker
■Cherokee Chief
Chad Smith is expected
to draw a crowd during his
visit on Monday
By Lisa Toth
Oregon Daily Emerald
He is the great-grandson of Red
bird Smith, a Cherokee patriot
who fought for the allotment of
Cherokee lands at the turn of the
century. His Cherokee name, Corn
tassel, was giv
en to him by
his grandmoth
er.
Chief Chad
Smith, the
principal chief
of the Chero
kee Nation,
will be speak
ing at the Uni
versity on Oct.
9. Smith is a
friend and former student of Ren
nard Strickland, the Dean of the
Knight Law Center.
Strickland, whose heritage
comes from the Osage and Chero
kee tribes, met Smith at the Uni
versity of Tulsa, where Strickland
founded the Indian Law Program.
Smith has a legal background in
test cases designed to protect and
expand the sovereignty of the
Cherokee nation. He holds a bach
elor’s degree in education from the
University of Georgia, a master’s
degree in public administration
from the University of Wisconsin
and a doctorate in law from the
University of Tulsa. He is a profes
sor of Indian Law at Dartmouth
College.
Smith was appointed to his po
sition as principal chief last year,
and Strickland participated in the
ceremony.
Donna Ralstin-Lewis, Native
American Law Student Associa
tion vice president, said Smith
will attend a luncheon with tribal
and University leaders in the
Knight Library from 11:30 a.m. to
1:30 p.m.
From 2:30 to 3:45 p.m., Smith
will be teaching the Indian Law
class, regularly taught by Professor
Mary Wood.
All area Cherokee people are in
vited to a meeting with Smith at
4:30 p.m. in the Knight Law Cen
ter. A community dinner will fol
low at 5:30 p.m. in the University
Longhouse behind the Knight Law
Center.
A public lecture will conclude
the evening at 7:30 p.m. in Room
175 of the Knight Law Center. Ral
stin-Lewis said the topic of Smith’s
speech is: “Challenges and Oppor
tunities for a 21st Century Indian
Tribe.”
“It’s important for law students
because he is a very accomplished
law attorney,” Ralstin-Lewis said.
“He is the chief of one of the
largest sovereign nations in the
United States, and I think it is im
portant that we show him the re
spect he deserves.”
Mike Miller, communications
coordinator for the Cherokee Na
tion, said Smith will address the
repression of Indian cultures that
has existed for hundreds of years
and is now being addressed by the
federal government.
Miller said Smith will take a his
torical perspective of what the
Cherokee Nation has experienced
and where the future of the nation
is headed.
“He has a very dry sense of hu
mor combined with knowledge
and passion for topics he is speak
ing on, and that makes for an inter
esting and powerful presentation,”
Miller said. “Usually, if he speaks
for five minutes, you feei like you
are absorbing and learning a lot.”
Miller said he encourages Native
Americans and Cherokees to at
tend the event on Monday because
it will be a chance to hear the head
of the second-largest Native Amer
ican nation, with more than 500
federally recognized tribes in the
United States.
Laura Baxter, from the Pit River
tribe, is a second-year law student
at the University with a focus in
Indian and Environmental Law. As
this year’s NALSA president, Bax
ter is looking forward to hearing
Smith speak.
“We are such a small minority,
Native Americans, and it is really
important that other people see
us,” she said.
Baxter said people like Smith
serve as role models for students
studying Indian law. She said it is
one of the hardest fields to under
stand because of the jurisdiction
issues with which it is associated.
“[Smith] has done so much, and
the Cherokee nation is so huge. It’s
a country of its own,” she said.
“It’s like having the president
come to speak, or a diplomat from
another country.”
Four years ago, Wilma
Mankiller, the former president,
spoke at Oregon State University,
and Baxter said she drew a huge
crowd. Ralstin-Lewis said they are
expecting a crowd of over 200 visi
tors Monday.
“I hope students come away
from his presentation with expo
sure of seeing the different nations
and the different challenges they
face day in and day out,” Baxter
said.
The presentation is hosted by
University President Dave Frohn
mayer, the School of Law and
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