GROWING RESTORATIVE COMMUNITIES
Cultivating Change by Tending our Roots
June 8 & 9, 2023
Haskell Indian Nations University
Lawrence, Kansas
Registration $80 – Students $10
All Breakout Sessions are Friday Afternoon
Scholarships Available – Apply Via Registration From
Registration includes meals: Friday Breakfast & Friday Lunch
Conference Website: www.restorativekansas.org
Conference Registration Form: https://forms.gle/KYKg6yvLJmeAwdpV8
Cultivating Change by Tending our Roots
June 8 & 9, 2023
Haskell Indian Nations University
Lawrence, Kansas
Registration $80 – Students $10
All Breakout Sessions are Friday Afternoon
Scholarships Available – Apply Via Registration From
Registration includes meals: Friday Breakfast & Friday Lunch
Conference Website: www.restorativekansas.org
Conference Registration Form: https://forms.gle/KYKg6yvLJmeAwdpV8
Keynote Speaker
Chief Justice Emeritus Robert Yazzie of Navajo Nation
The Honorable Robert Yazzie served as the Chief Justice of the Navajo Nation from 1992 through 2003. He practiced law in the Navajo Nation for 16 years, and was a district judge for eight years. He is now teaching Navajo Law at the Navajo Technical University. He was the Director of the Diné Policy Institute of Diné College (Navajo Nation), developing policy using authentic Navajo thinking. He is the author of articles and book chapters on many subjects, including Navajo peacemaking, traditional Indian law, and international human rights law. He is a visiting professor at the University of New Mexico School of Law, an adjunct professor of the Department of Criminal Justice of Northern Arizona University and a visiting member of the faculty of the National Judicial College. He recently taught Navajo law at the Crownpoint Institute of Technology. Chief Justice Yazzie continues a career devoted to education in formal participation in faculties, lectures and discussions of traditional indigenous law at various venues throughout the world. He has a global audience and he has frequently visited foreign lands to share his wisdom about traditional indigenous justice and governance.
Featured Panelists
Thursday, June 8 Panel Discussion with Indigenous Peacemakers
with Keynote Speaker Justice Robert Yazzie
Cheryl Demmert Fairbanks, Esq. works in the area of Indian law as an attorney and tribal court of appeals justice. Currently she is the Interim Executive Director of the UNM Native American Budget and Policy Institute. She recently was in Oregon serving as the Walter R. Echo-Hawk Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law at Lewis and Clark; and also she was a visiting Professor of Law at the University of New Mexico’s Southwest Indian Law Clinic. Formerly a Partner at Cuddy McCarthy LLP, she had a general practice in Indian law, including tribal-state relations, personnel, tribal courts, peacemaking and family conferencing, mediation, family, school, education, and indigenous law. Also, Ms. Fairbanks was a partner with the law firm of Roth, VanAmberg, Rogers, Ortiz, Fairbanks & Yepa, LLP, where she specialized in Indian law. She also worked as senior policy analyst with the New Mexico Office of Indian Affairs in the area of state-tribal relations. There, she was instrumental in establishing the Indian Child Welfare Desk, New Mexico Office of Indian Tourism, the University of New Mexico Indian Law Clinic, and the passage of the New Mexico Indian Arts and Crafts Act. Ms. Fairbanks is Tlingit-Tsimshian and was born in Ketchikan, Alaska. She obtained her BA from Fort Lewis College in 1969 and her JD in 1987 from the University of New Mexico. Prior to her law career, she served as a teacher for the Albuquerque Public Schools, Zia Day School, and Administrator for Acomita Day School and the Albuquerque/Santa Fe Indian Schools.
Ka’illjuus (Lisa Lang) is the Executive Director, Xaadas Kil Kuyaas Foundation (XKKF), the elected Supreme Court Chief Justice for the Tlingit and Haida Central Council Indian Tribes of Alaska, and the owner of Minority Woman-Owned Business, Lisaverosh Consulting. She is bar licensed since 2012 to practice law in New Mexico. She has a Master of Arts, Simon Fraser University; First Nations Linguistics, Xaad Kil; Juris Doctorate, University of New Mexico; Bachelor of Science in political science with a minor in business, Emporia State University, Kansas; Associate degree in liberal arts with a business emphasis, Haskell Indian Junior College. Lisa is Northern Alaska Haida; she follows her mother Carolyn Sandersons Yahkw ‘Laanas Clan, a Raven, Two Finned Killer Whale, from the K’aad Naay (Shark House). Her Haida name is Ka’illjuus. She is a child of Gerald “Osh” Lang, a Tsimshian Eagle and Tlingit heritage from Metlakatla, Alaska. Lisa lives in Hydaburg, Alaska. Her children are Verlaine Ravana, Ty Edenshaw, and Stephanie Sanders. She has five beautiful grandchildren.
Rainey Enjady (Mescalero Apache Tribe) is currently employed by Life Comes From It - a national grant-making organization that focuses on Indigenous Peacemaking, restorative justice, transformative justice, and land-based healing. She most recently led efforts to bring Indigenous peacemaking to her community, first assessing the interest of tribal council and tribal court leaders in pursuing information about these Indigenous-based processes to settle disputes. In addition, Miss Enjady has provided support and guidance on several Indigenous peacemaking 101 trainings, partnering, and collaborating with the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians Indigenous peacemaking court to explore the interest of other tribal nations on this Indigenous approach to dispute resolution. Previously, she worked for the University of New Mexico‘s Native American Budget & Policy Institute. Recently, Miss Enjady earned her Master’s degree in Business Administration. Rainey Enjady is also a member of Collaborent LLC, where she helps in procuring mediators, facilitators, conflict coaches, and trainers involved in the field of conflict management. She brings 23 years of leadership, accounting, and human resource experience from the executive level of a small community hospital.
Conference Schedule
Thursday, June 8
4:00 - 4:30 pm: Prayer Circle - Inviting Ancestral Spirits (location: Stidham Union)
4:30 - 5:30 pm: Registration & Social (location: Stidham Union)
5:30 - 6:00 pm Street Opera - “The Return” (location: outside in front of auditorium)
6:15 - 7:15 pm: Panel Discussion with Indigenous Peacemakers (location: auditorium)
7:30 – 8:00 pm: Circles and Ciphers (location: auditorium)
8:30 - 10:00 pm: Social Hour offsite at Fields and Ivy Brewery
Friday, June 9
8:00 - 8:30 am: Registration (location: Stidham Union)
8:00 - 8:30 am: Grab-n-go Breakfast (location: auditorium foyer)
8:30 - 9:00 am: Welcome & Opening Session (location: auditorium)
9:10 - 9:40 am: Street Opera - "The Return" (location: outside in front of auditorium)
9:50 - 10:50 am: Keynote Speaker - Justice Robert Yazzie (Native Nations Institute) (location: auditorium)
11:00 – 11:30: Circles & Ciphers (location: auditorium)
11:30 - 12:20 pm: Lunch & Networking (location: Stidham Union)
12:20 pm – 1:30 pm: Breakout Session 1 (location: Sequoyah)
1:40 - 2:50 pm: Breakout Session 2 (location: Sequoyah)
3:00 - 4:10 pm: Breakout Session 3 (location: Sequoyah)
4:20 - 5:30 pm: Closing Panel & Next Steps (location: auditorium)
Conference Sponsors
Life Comes From It
City of Lawrence
Unmistakably Lawrence
Mennonite Central Committee
Topeka Center for Peace and Justice, Inc.
Planning Committee Partners
Building Peace
Center for Conflict Resolution
Dept of Social Work Washburn University
Haskell Indian Nations University
Heartland Dispute Resolution Association
Hickman Mills C-1 School District
Kansas City Public Schools (Missouri)
Kansas City Kansas Public Schools
Kansas Department of Corrections, Victim Services
Kansas Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution
Mennonite Central Committee
OVM, Inc.
RestorED
Salina Initiative for Restorative Justice
Topeka Center for Peace and Justice, Inc
Chief Justice Emeritus Robert Yazzie of Navajo Nation
The Honorable Robert Yazzie served as the Chief Justice of the Navajo Nation from 1992 through 2003. He practiced law in the Navajo Nation for 16 years, and was a district judge for eight years. He is now teaching Navajo Law at the Navajo Technical University. He was the Director of the Diné Policy Institute of Diné College (Navajo Nation), developing policy using authentic Navajo thinking. He is the author of articles and book chapters on many subjects, including Navajo peacemaking, traditional Indian law, and international human rights law. He is a visiting professor at the University of New Mexico School of Law, an adjunct professor of the Department of Criminal Justice of Northern Arizona University and a visiting member of the faculty of the National Judicial College. He recently taught Navajo law at the Crownpoint Institute of Technology. Chief Justice Yazzie continues a career devoted to education in formal participation in faculties, lectures and discussions of traditional indigenous law at various venues throughout the world. He has a global audience and he has frequently visited foreign lands to share his wisdom about traditional indigenous justice and governance.
Featured Panelists
Thursday, June 8 Panel Discussion with Indigenous Peacemakers
with Keynote Speaker Justice Robert Yazzie
Cheryl Demmert Fairbanks, Esq. works in the area of Indian law as an attorney and tribal court of appeals justice. Currently she is the Interim Executive Director of the UNM Native American Budget and Policy Institute. She recently was in Oregon serving as the Walter R. Echo-Hawk Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law at Lewis and Clark; and also she was a visiting Professor of Law at the University of New Mexico’s Southwest Indian Law Clinic. Formerly a Partner at Cuddy McCarthy LLP, she had a general practice in Indian law, including tribal-state relations, personnel, tribal courts, peacemaking and family conferencing, mediation, family, school, education, and indigenous law. Also, Ms. Fairbanks was a partner with the law firm of Roth, VanAmberg, Rogers, Ortiz, Fairbanks & Yepa, LLP, where she specialized in Indian law. She also worked as senior policy analyst with the New Mexico Office of Indian Affairs in the area of state-tribal relations. There, she was instrumental in establishing the Indian Child Welfare Desk, New Mexico Office of Indian Tourism, the University of New Mexico Indian Law Clinic, and the passage of the New Mexico Indian Arts and Crafts Act. Ms. Fairbanks is Tlingit-Tsimshian and was born in Ketchikan, Alaska. She obtained her BA from Fort Lewis College in 1969 and her JD in 1987 from the University of New Mexico. Prior to her law career, she served as a teacher for the Albuquerque Public Schools, Zia Day School, and Administrator for Acomita Day School and the Albuquerque/Santa Fe Indian Schools.
Ka’illjuus (Lisa Lang) is the Executive Director, Xaadas Kil Kuyaas Foundation (XKKF), the elected Supreme Court Chief Justice for the Tlingit and Haida Central Council Indian Tribes of Alaska, and the owner of Minority Woman-Owned Business, Lisaverosh Consulting. She is bar licensed since 2012 to practice law in New Mexico. She has a Master of Arts, Simon Fraser University; First Nations Linguistics, Xaad Kil; Juris Doctorate, University of New Mexico; Bachelor of Science in political science with a minor in business, Emporia State University, Kansas; Associate degree in liberal arts with a business emphasis, Haskell Indian Junior College. Lisa is Northern Alaska Haida; she follows her mother Carolyn Sandersons Yahkw ‘Laanas Clan, a Raven, Two Finned Killer Whale, from the K’aad Naay (Shark House). Her Haida name is Ka’illjuus. She is a child of Gerald “Osh” Lang, a Tsimshian Eagle and Tlingit heritage from Metlakatla, Alaska. Lisa lives in Hydaburg, Alaska. Her children are Verlaine Ravana, Ty Edenshaw, and Stephanie Sanders. She has five beautiful grandchildren.
Rainey Enjady (Mescalero Apache Tribe) is currently employed by Life Comes From It - a national grant-making organization that focuses on Indigenous Peacemaking, restorative justice, transformative justice, and land-based healing. She most recently led efforts to bring Indigenous peacemaking to her community, first assessing the interest of tribal council and tribal court leaders in pursuing information about these Indigenous-based processes to settle disputes. In addition, Miss Enjady has provided support and guidance on several Indigenous peacemaking 101 trainings, partnering, and collaborating with the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians Indigenous peacemaking court to explore the interest of other tribal nations on this Indigenous approach to dispute resolution. Previously, she worked for the University of New Mexico‘s Native American Budget & Policy Institute. Recently, Miss Enjady earned her Master’s degree in Business Administration. Rainey Enjady is also a member of Collaborent LLC, where she helps in procuring mediators, facilitators, conflict coaches, and trainers involved in the field of conflict management. She brings 23 years of leadership, accounting, and human resource experience from the executive level of a small community hospital.
Conference Schedule
Thursday, June 8
4:00 - 4:30 pm: Prayer Circle - Inviting Ancestral Spirits (location: Stidham Union)
4:30 - 5:30 pm: Registration & Social (location: Stidham Union)
5:30 - 6:00 pm Street Opera - “The Return” (location: outside in front of auditorium)
6:15 - 7:15 pm: Panel Discussion with Indigenous Peacemakers (location: auditorium)
7:30 – 8:00 pm: Circles and Ciphers (location: auditorium)
8:30 - 10:00 pm: Social Hour offsite at Fields and Ivy Brewery
Friday, June 9
8:00 - 8:30 am: Registration (location: Stidham Union)
8:00 - 8:30 am: Grab-n-go Breakfast (location: auditorium foyer)
8:30 - 9:00 am: Welcome & Opening Session (location: auditorium)
9:10 - 9:40 am: Street Opera - "The Return" (location: outside in front of auditorium)
9:50 - 10:50 am: Keynote Speaker - Justice Robert Yazzie (Native Nations Institute) (location: auditorium)
11:00 – 11:30: Circles & Ciphers (location: auditorium)
11:30 - 12:20 pm: Lunch & Networking (location: Stidham Union)
12:20 pm – 1:30 pm: Breakout Session 1 (location: Sequoyah)
1:40 - 2:50 pm: Breakout Session 2 (location: Sequoyah)
3:00 - 4:10 pm: Breakout Session 3 (location: Sequoyah)
4:20 - 5:30 pm: Closing Panel & Next Steps (location: auditorium)
Conference Sponsors
Life Comes From It
City of Lawrence
Unmistakably Lawrence
Mennonite Central Committee
Topeka Center for Peace and Justice, Inc.
Planning Committee Partners
Building Peace
Center for Conflict Resolution
Dept of Social Work Washburn University
Haskell Indian Nations University
Heartland Dispute Resolution Association
Hickman Mills C-1 School District
Kansas City Public Schools (Missouri)
Kansas City Kansas Public Schools
Kansas Department of Corrections, Victim Services
Kansas Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution
Mennonite Central Committee
OVM, Inc.
RestorED
Salina Initiative for Restorative Justice
Topeka Center for Peace and Justice, Inc
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