[Lwvcnmtopics] LWVCNM Monthly Meeting November 14, 2024 Noon - Native American Governance

Sun Nov 10 13:41:29 MST 2024

Dear LWVCNM Members,

Please join us for our next monthly educational meeting on Thursday
November 14, 2024 at Noon. The meeting will be hybrid in person in our
conference room and on Zoom.

The November LWVCNM Educational Meeting will focus our attention on Native
American Governance with insights from leaders in the legal community
serving

our indigenous people.

In 1990, President George H.W. Bush declared November as Native American
Heritage Month and LWVCNM would like to improve our knowledge of Native

American rights and interactions with the legal system by offering this
educational briefing provided by Native American leaders serving NM.

·     Josett Monette JD, serves as the Cabinet Secretary of the New Mexico
Indian Affairs Department and previously as Director of the NM Legal Aid
Native

American Program.

·     Myka Curtis serves as President of the Native American Law Student
Association at UNM and will discuss Tribal government interactions with
local, state,

and the federal government in New Mexico.

*Josett D. Monette, Cabinet Secretary, NM Indian Affairs Department*

Josett Monette is a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians.
She currently serves as the Cabinet Secretary for the New Mexico Indian

Affairs Department (IAD). As Cabinet Secretary, Josett oversees IAD’s
programs, including tribal environmental, tribal consultation, and MMIP
initiatives. Her

General Counsel work consists of providing advice and counsel on a variety
of state and tribal matters and advising the Department on a variety of
internal policies.

Prior to joining IAD, Josett was the New Mexico Legal Aid Native American
Program Director. The Native American Program serves indigent clients
living on or near

the Pueblos and provides legal services, mostly in tribal courts, in many
areas of law including jurisdictional issues, violations of due process,
custody, divorce, child

support, defending against debt collections, probate matters, tribal
criminal defense, ICWA, tribal housing matters, tribal employment matters,
and representing

parents in Child in Need of Care matters.

Josett is an Adjunct Professor for the University of New Mexico School of
Law National Native American Law Student Association (“NALSA”) Moot Court
Team.

She recently served as a Commissioner for the Pueblo of Tesuque Gaming
Commission. Previously, she worked as a Staff Attorney at NMLA Native
American

Program, an Associate General Counsel for the Pueblo of Isleta, and as an
Associate Attorney with Barnhouse, Keegan, Solimon, & West, LLP, an Indian

Law Firm in Albuquerque which provides representation to tribes and tribal
businesses throughout the country.

Josett served on the Board of Directors for the New Mexico State Bar Indian
Law Section for seven years and sits as an Attorney Bar Exam Coach. She has
assisted

with planning several CLE Conferences, most recently including helping to
plan the Federal Bar Indian Law Conference. She holds a JD, with a
certificate in Indian

Law from UNM School of Law, a M.Ed. in Educational Leadership, B.S.Ed. in
Secondary Education – Social Sciences, and B.A. in (American) Indian
Studies from

the University of North Dakota. Prior to her legal career, Josett was an
educator and worked in education mostly on her home reservation in the
Turtle

Mountain Community. She has three amazing children that she raised as a
single mother, and she loves to do Zumba.

*Myka Autumn Curtis*, Diné (Navajo Nation) is the President of the UNM
Native American Law Student Association, member of the Tribal Law Journal
Editorial Board

and Staff, and a JD Candidate in 2025.

Zoom Invitation

LWVCNM is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Native American Governance
Time: Nov 14, 2024 12:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 891 2009 6432
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