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Creation Date
3-4-2024
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Monday, March 4, 2024 | 12:30 PM | Eck Hall of Law, Room 1140
Join the Native American Law Students Association and Notre Dame Law School's Religious Liberty Initiative for a discussion on religious liberty protections for Oak Flat, an Indigenous sacred site being threatened with destruction. Professor Stephanie Barclay, faculty director of the Notre Dame Law School Religious Liberty Initiative, will lead the discussion. Chick-fil-A will be provided.
Professor Barclay participated in oral argument before the en banc Ninth Circuit in Pasadena, California last March, where she represented as amici the National Congress of American Indians, an Apache tribal elder, and other groups that protect Native American cultural heritage and rights.
Apache Stronghold v. United States was one of the first cases that the Notre Dame Law School Religious Liberty Clinic supported when the Clinic was newly established in the 2020-21 academic year. The Apache and other tribes have gone to the sacred land for generations to worship, pray, and conduct religious ceremonies.
Co-sponsors:
Native American Law Students Association
Notre Dame Law School's Religious Liberty Initiative