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WHAT'S NEW

Programs and Events
	Executive Education Emerging Leaders: Rebuilding Native Nations An Executive Education developed specifically for newly elected and aspiring Indigenous leaders. This seminar is designed to help prepare newly elected leaders of Native nations—and those who aspire to senior governmental positions—to assume the responsibilities of leadership. The curriculum is also directly relevant to senior managers and administrative staff, members of enterprise boards of directors, and tribal judges. Download Brochure and Registration Form March 20-21, 2012 Doubletree Tucson Reid Park Tucson, Arizona Contact: Carrie Stusse at cms1@email.arizona.edu or (520) 626-0664

	Executive Education Tribal Constitutions: Rebuilding Native Governments An Executive Education explicitly designed to equip Native nation leaders and other key decisionmakers with cutting-edge knowledge and tools for assessing their systems of governance and then determining what needs changing and how. In addition, Native leaders and governance experts will share their knowledge and experience in remaking Indigenous governance systems. Download Brochure and Registration Form May 1-2, 2012 Sol Casinos Hotel & Convention Center Tucson, Arizona Contact: Carrie Stusse at cms1@email.arizona.edu or (520) 626-0664

	NNI Distance-Learning Course Intergovernmental Relations November 2011, Three Modules This course explores the growth in intergovernmental relationships between Native nations and federal, state, local, and other tribal governments. It examines the pros and cons of litigation versus negotiation in resolving intergovernmental conflicts, and demonstrates how Native nations across Indian Country are using formal intergovernmental agreements as important nation-building tools. Featuring the firsthand perspectives of more than 60 Native leaders and scholars, it presents case studies of several Native nations who have forged creative relationships with governmental and non-governmental partners to advance their strategic priorities and solve common problems. more >> Contact: Ian Record at recordi@u.arizona.edu or (520) 626-0664

	NNI Distance-Learning Course Economic Development October 2011, Three Modules This course presents the five critical keys to successful nation building, and begins to explore why these each of these keys is so important to sustainable economic and community development. It examines the challenges that Native nations face in building diversified, sustainable economies and the ways some nations have overcome those challenges. It explores what a nation needs to create an environment that fosters successful nation-owned and citizen-owned businesses. more >> Contact: Ian Record at recordi@u.arizona.edu or (520) 626-0664

	NNI Distance-Learning Course Rebuilding Native Nations November 2010, Module 1 The Native Nations Institute has released the first module in its new distance-learning course series, "Rebuilding Native Nations." The course examines the critical governance and development challenges facing Native nations and surveys the breadth and diversity of Native nation-building across Indian Country. more >> Contact: Ian Record at recordi@u.arizona.edu or (520) 626-0664

	Documentary Return of the Red Lake Walleye Released November 2010 A compelling example of tribal sovereignty in practice, Return of the Red Lake Walleye documents the significance of the walleye's return for the Red Lake community, its people, the tribe as a whole, and those generations yet to come. more >> Contact: Ian Record at recordi@u.arizona.edu or (520) 626-0664

Publications
	American Indian Self-Determination The Political Economy of a Successful Policy by Stephen Cornell and Joseph P. Kalt JOPNA Working Papers No. 1 November 2010, 32 pp. In this first volume in the JOPNA Working Paper series, Cornell and Kalt examine the changing level of congressional support for the federal American Indian policy aimed at promoting self-determination, through self-governance, of federally recognized tribes. (pdf)

	Tribal experience with children's accounts by Miriam Jorgensen and Peter Morris Children and Youth Services Review 2010 \| v.32, no.11, p.1528-37 more >>

	Native nations and Arizona's economy by Stephen Cornell and Miriam Jorgensen In Building Arizona's Future: Jobs, Innovation and Competitiveness, ed. Vera Pavlakovich-Kochi and Jen E. McCormack, 119-123, Tucson: University of Arizona, 2010. (pdf)

NNI in the News
	Online Course Helping American Indian Leaders Improve Tribal Governance Diverse Issues in Higher Education \| April 11, 2011 Native Nations Institute Documentary to Air Nationwide UA News \| February 2011 Restoring a Tribe's Natural Resource UA News \| February 4, 2011 UA Helps Tribal Nations Balance Sustainability, Tradition UA News \| June 30, 2010 Can Australia follow Obama's lead? Essay by Stephen Cornell Reconciliation News \| May 2010 UA's Native Nations Institute Honored UA News \| March 1, 2010 Research Finds Tribal Management Key to Improved Health Services UA News \| July 24, 2009 Entrepreneurship Camp for Native American Youth Now Underway UA News \| July 20, 2009 Tribal Management Key to Improved Health Services Essay by Jaime Arsenault and Stephanie Rainie Indian Country Today \| July 18, 2009 New Book Provides a Guide for Understanding Native Nation Building Rebuilding Native Nations: Strategies for Governance and Development Edited by Miriam Jorgensen UA News \| December 21, 2007 Native Nation Building Series to Premiere Nationally UA News \| January 20, 2006 Native Nations Institute Launches Research Information Service UA News \| January 5, 2006 Udall Center Director to Speak on the Future of Indian Nations UA News \| March 19, 2004 Udall Foundation, UA Receive Funds to Advance Tribal Governance UA News \| February 14, 2001

Native Nations Institute

Native Nations Institute for Leadership, Management, and Policy (NNI)
Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, The University of Arizona
803 East First Street, Tucson, AZ 85719-4831
phone: 520.626.0664 | fax: 520.626.3664 | e-mail: nni@u.arizona.edu