Udall Center Update no.38

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News from the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy and the Native Nations Institute for Leadership, Management, and Policy (NNI) at The University of Arizona	No. 38 December 2008

News Briefs from the Udall Center/Native Nations Institute
Recent Publications – Project Reports – Upcoming Events

Recent Publications
	ARIZONA'S ECONOMY AND THE LEGAL ARIZONA WORKERS ACT Judith Gans, Manager of the Udall Center’s Immigration Policy Program, presented a report prepared for the Communications Institute at the recent forum "Immigration and the Economy" held in Phoenix. more>> Contact: Judith Gans, judygans@u.arizona.edu
	BIG SYCAMORE STANDS ALONE Hot off the press, this book by Ian Record, NNI Educational Resources Manager, published by the University of Oklahoma Press, analyzes the homeland struggle of the Western Apaches. See publisher’s end-of-year discount. more>> Contact: Ian Record, recordi@u.arizona.edu
	POLITICAL ECONOMY OF AMERICAN INDIAN GAMING The prestigious Annual Review of Law and Social Science has published a comprehensive article by Udall Center Director Stephen Cornell on “The Political Economy of American Indian Gaming.” Access the article via the Annual Review Web site under “Law and Social Science,” December 2008, v.4, pp. 63-82. more>> Contact: Stephen Cornell, scornell@u.arizona.edu
	LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN THE NATIVE AMERICAN ARTS & CULTURE SECTOR In a report commissioned by the Ford Foundation, Miriam Jorgensen, NNI Associate Director for Research, and Rachel Starks, NNI Research Analyst, review ways that the Native arts sector might cultivate and sustain leaders. more>> Contact: Miriam Jorgensen, mjorgens@u.arizona.edu, or Rachel Starks, rstarks@u.arizona.edu
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Project Reports
	BINATIONAL WATER-CLIMATE RESEARCH TEAM CONVENES IN SONORA, MEXICO Christopher Scott, Udall Center Assistant Research Professor of Water Resources Policy, and other project leaders (Margaret Wilder, Center for Latin American Studies; Robert Varady, Udall Center) convened the binational research team for the project, “Information Flows and Policy: Use of Climate Diagnostics and Cyclone Prediction for Adaptive Water-Resources Management Under Climatic Uncertainty in Western North America,” at a recent workshop in Hermosillo, Sonora. The project is supported by the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. See notes and presentations from the research team’s meeting (in English and Spanish) at the project Web site. more>> Contact: Christopher Scott, cascott@u.arizona.edu
Upcoming Events
	NNI YOUTH PROGRAMS CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT [pdf] Phoenix, AZ (Wildhorse Pass Resort), February 20, 2009
	EMERGING LEADERS EXECUTIVE EDUCATION TRAINING [pdf] Tucson, AZ, March 25-26, 2009
	NATIVE AMERICAN YOUTH GOVERNANCE CAMP [pdf] Tucson, AZ, June 23-25, 2009
	NATIVE AMERICAN YOUTH ENTREPRENEUR CAMP [pdf] Tucson, AZ, July 19-24, 2009
	Contact: Carrie Stusse, cms1@u.arizona.edu, or Julian Billy, jbilly@u.arizona.edu

Udall Center Update
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