The Hoover Institution in Washington, DC is pleased to invite you to join an in-person panel discussion on Renewing Indigenous Economies on Wednesday, January 11, 2023, from 5:30pm - 7:00pm ET.
The in-person panel discussion features Terry Anderson, John and Jean De Nault Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Terry Brockie, CEO, Island Mountain Development Group, Richard Monette, Director, Great Lakes Indigenous Law Center at the University of Madison-Wisconsin, and Dominic Parker, Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution,
Cocktail reception begins at 5:30pm, followed by a 60-minute panel discussion and Q&A session.
ABOUT THE EVENT
Please join us for a panel discussion to highlight Terry Anderson's book Renewing Indigenous Economies, the latest book from The Hoover Project on Renewing Indigenous Economies. Panelists will share Hoover's research programs and their findings, discuss how federal and tribal laws interact with tribal culture, and discuss the importance of independence between tribal business and politics.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Terry Anderson has been a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution since 1998 and is currently the John and Jean De Nault Senior Fellow. He is the past president of the Property and Environment Research Center in Bozeman, MT, and a Professor Emeritus at Montana State University where he won many teaching awards during his 25 year career. Anderson is one of the founders of "free market environmentalism," the idea of using markets and property rights to solve environmental problems, and in 2015 published the third edition of his co-authored book by that title. He is author or editor of 39 books, including most recently Renewing Indigenous Economies.
Terry Brockie carries the name Red Belt. Terry comes from the Fast Travelers clan of the Aaniih (White Clay) Nation located on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in North Central Montana. Terry currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Island Mountain Development Group, a Tribally owned corporation of the Fort Belknap Indian Community. His has previously served as a County School Superintendent and a long-time educator in the public school system. Terry continues to teach his native language adjunct at Aaniih/Nakoda College.
Richard Monette was twice elected to serve as Chairman and CEO of Turtle Mountain Chippewa Tribe. Richard is Professor of Law at the University of Wisconsin - Madison where he teaches Federal Indian Law, Conflict of Laws, State Constitutional Law, and Water Quantity Law. For thirty years Richard has served as the Faculty Director of the Great Lakes Indigenous Law Center. At the start of his career, Richard served as Staff Attorney for the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs under the leadership of Senators Dan Inouye (D-HI), John McCain (R-AZ), and Dan Evans (R-AZ).
Dominic Parker is the Ilene and Morton Harris Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution, is a professor in agricultural and applied economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a senior fellow at the Property and Environment Research Center. In addition to serving editorial roles at three leading journals in environmental and resource economics, he is a regular lecturer for the Ronald Coase Institute and the Elinor Ostrom Workshop. Parker joins Hoover Senior Fellow Terry Anderson in directing the Hoover Project on Renewing Indigenous Economies.
Parker's research appears in economics, science, and law journals and it spans topics in environmental and development economics. It includes studies of environmental markets, mining in Africa, oil booms and busts, land use, fishery and wildlife regulations, and renewable energy. His research has also provided input for a US Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee and an OECD advisory panel on global supply chain issues.
