The Honorable STEVE RUSSELL
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
INDIANA UNIVERSITY AT BLOOMINGTON
PERSONAL INFORMATION:
Born February 10, 1947, Bristow, Oklahoma
Cherokee Nation Registry No. C0143499
United States Air Force, 1964-68 (Top Secret Security Clearance)
Married; four children
EMPLOYMENT ADDRESS:
Department of Criminal Justice
1033 E. 3rd Street
302 Sycamore Hall
Bloomington, Indiana
(812) 855-2601
(812) 855-5522 (fax)
swrussel@indiana.edu
EDUCATION:
Master of Judicial Studies, University of Nevada at Reno, 1993. NOTE: The J.D. is a prerequisite for this degree. Thesis: “Ethnic Cleansing and Land Ownership: Why the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act Does Not Protect Native American Graves in Texas.”
J.D., University of Texas, 1975.
B.S.Ed., magna cum laude, University of Texas at Austin, 1972.
High school dropout (9th grade).
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:
Associate Professor, Criminal Justice, Indiana University at Bloomington, 2001-present.
Assistant Professor, Division of Criminal Justice (formerly Social and Policy Sciences), The University of Texas at San Antonio, 1995-2001.
Adjunct Professor of Criminal Justice, St. Edward's University, 1983.
Visiting Judge, State of Texas, 1995 to present.
Judge, Travis County Court at Law No. Two, 1982-1995.
Presiding Judge, Austin Municipal Court, 1980-82.
Associate Judge, Austin Municipal Court, 1978-80.
Partner, Russell & Mahlab, 1976-78.
Associate, Simons, Cunningham, Coleman, Nelson & Howard, 1975-76.
Law Clerk, Simons, Cunningham, Coleman, Nelson & Howard, 1974-75.
Law Clerk, United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO, 1973.
PUBLICATIONS:
Refereed and Law Review Articles:
“Searching for ‘Some Accommodation:’ American Indian Religion in the Iron House,” 11 Contemporary Justice Review ___-___ (forthcoming 2008).
“One-Sided Interest Convergence: Indian Sovereignty in Organizing and Litigation,” (with Terri Miles) 23 Wicazo Sa Review 8-39 (2008).
“Law and Bones: Religion, Science, and the Discourse of Empire,” 99 Radical History Review 214-226 (2007).
“Chains and Circles: Hierarchy and the Status of Animals,” (with Sara M. Walsh) 3 Ayaangwaamizin: The International Journal of Indigenous Philosophy 271-290 (2006).
“Sex, Lies and Law: Moral Turpitude as an Enforcer of Gender and Sexuality Norms,” (with Sara M. Walsh and Krista Eckhardt) 3 Sexuality Research and Social Policy 37-51 (2006).
“Making Peace With Crow Dog’s Ghost: Racialized Prosecution in Federal Indian Law,” 21 Wicazo Sa Review 89-114 (2006).
“The Racial Paradox of Tribal Citizenship,” 46 American Studies 147-169 (2005).
“From the Red Core to the Black Sky: Corporate Crime in the Transnational Matrix,” 12 Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture 148-165 (2005).
“Since September 11, All Roads Lead to Rome.” 13 Critical Criminology 37-53 (2005).
“Sovereign Decisions: A Plan for Defeating Federal Review of Tribal Law Applications.” 20 Wicazo Sa Review 93-108 (2005).
“In Search of the Meritocracy.” 27 American Indian Quarterly 400-411 (2004).
“Ethics, Alterity, Incommensurability, Honor.” 27 Cream City Review 121-144 (2003) and 3 Ayaangwaamizin: The International Journal of Indigenous Philosophy 31-54 (2003).
“Honor, Lone Wolf, and Talking to the Wind.” 38 Tulsa Law Review 147-157 (2002).
“Social Control of Transnational Corporations in the Age of Marketocracy.” (With Michael J. Gilbert) 30 International Journal of the Sociology of Law 33-50 (2002).
“Globalization of Criminal Justice in the Corporate Context.” (with Michael J. Gilbert) 38 Crime, Law and Social Change 211-238 (2002).
“Apples are the Color of Blood.” 28 Critical Sociology 65-76 (2002).
“The Jurisprudence of Colonialism.” 25 Legal Studies Forum 605-617 (2001).
“Truman’s Revenge: Social Control and Corporate Crime.” (with Michael J. Gilbert) 32 Crime, Law and Social Change 59-82 (1999).
“Critical Criminology at the Trial of Joseph K.: A Trial Judge’s Reflections on Asma’s Critique.” Journal of Postmodern Criminology, Vol. 5, Art. 4 (1999).
“A Black and White Issue: The Invisibility of American Indians in Racial Policy Discourse.” 4 Georgetown Public Policy Review 129-147 (1999).
“American Indians in the Twilight of Affirmative Action.” 2 Chicago Policy Review 37-45 (1998).
“Sacred Ground: Un-Marked Graves Protection in Texas Law,” 4 Texas Forum on Civil Liberties and Civil Rights 3-23 (1998).
“The Legacy of Thurgood Marshall in Strawberry Season,” 23 Thurgood Marshall Law Review 19-43 (1997).
“The Legacy of Ethnic Cleansing: Implementation of NAGPRA in Texas.” 19 American Indian Culture and Research Journal 193-211 (1995).
"‘Sacred to All’: American Indians Seek Religious Freedom,” 58 Texas Bar Journal 362 (1995).
“Political Correctness as a Plea for Rhetorical Disarmament,” 56 Texas Bar Journal 1144 (1993).
“The Futility of Eloquence: Selected Texas Family Violence Legislation 1979-1991,” 33 South Texas Law Review 301-375 (1992), reprinted in 5 Texas Family Law Service 1-17 (1993).
“The New Outlawry and Foucault's Panoptic Nightmare.” 17 American Journal of Criminal Justice 39-50 (1992).
“Commentary on Representative Justice,” 16 Thurgood Marshall Law Review 57-74 (1990).
“Status of the Texas Necessity Defense in Abortion Clinic Trespass Cases Assuming the Demise of Roe v. Wade,” 17 American Journal of Criminal Law 1-17 (1989).
“Family Violence: What Lawyers and Judges Can Do,” 49 Texas Bar Journal 965-968 (1986).
Book Chapters:
“Law and Bones and What the Meaning of ‘Is’ Is,” in Kennewick Man: Perspectives on the Ancient One (Heather Burke, Claire Smith, Dorothy Lippert, Joe Watkins and Larry Zimmerman, eds., 2008).
“Globalization of Criminal Justice in the Corporate Context” (with Michael J. Gilbert), in Global Criminology and Criminal Justice: Current Issues and Perspectives 115-139 (Nick Larsen and Russell Smandych, eds., 2008).
“The Cherokee Nation: A Colonial Morality Play in Three Acts,” in Eating Fire, Tasting Blood: Breaking the Great Silence of the American Indian Holocaust 128-145 (Marijo Moore, ed., 2006).
“Levande Indianer” and “Döda Indianer” in De Kallar Oss Indianer 93-117 (Annika Banfield, ed., 2004).
“Apples are the Color of Blood,” in Race and Ethnicity Across Time, Space and Discipline 19-30 (Rodney D. Coates, ed., 2004).
“The Jurisprudence of Colonialism,” in American Indian Thought 217-228 (Anne Waters, ed., 2004).
“Invisible Emblems: Empty Words and Sacred Honor,” in Genocide of the Mind 211-227 (Marijo Moore, ed., 2003).
“Rent-a-Judge and Hide-a-Crime: The Dark Potential of Private Adjudication,” in Privatization of Criminal Justice: Past, Present and Future 113-122 (David Shichor & Michael J. Gilbert, eds. 2000).
“Undercurrents of Judicial Policy: Demystifying the Third Branch of Government and the O.J. Simpson Case,” in Representing OJ: Murder, Criminal Justice & Mass Culture 178-182 (Gregg Barak, ed., 1996).
“Native American Reburial Issues in State Courts,” Vol. 1, No. 11 in Indian Law Summaries (National Judicial College 1995).
“The New Outlawry and Foucault’s Panoptic Nightmare,” in We Who Would Take No Prisoners 70-79 (Brian D. MacLean & Harold E. Pepinsky eds. 1993), reprinted in Before the Law: An Introduction to the Legal Process 266-270 (7th ed. John J. Bonsignore, Ethan Katsh, Peter d’Errico, Ronald M. Pipkin, Stephen Arons and Janet Rifkin, eds. 2002).
“Trials Before the Municipal Court,” “Plea Bargaining in Municipal Court,” “Jury Trials in Municipal Court,” all in Travis County Practice Handbook (Austin Young Lawyers Association 1982).
Book/Film Reviews and Encyclopedia Entries:
Book Review of Dalia Tsuk Mitchell, Architect of Justice: Felix S. Cohen and the Founding of American Legal Pluralism (Cornell University Press, 2007) in Wicazo Sa Review (forthcoming, 2008).
Book Review of Robert J. Miller, Native America, Discovered and Conquered: Thomas Jefferson, Lewis & Clark, and Manifest Destiny (Praeger Publishers, 2006) in Indigenous Nations Journal, Vol. 6, No. 1 at 93-95 (2008).
“The Second Amendment” and “Criminal Jurisdiction of Tribal Courts” in Battleground: Criminal Justice, pp. 645-650, 778-783 (G. Barak, ed., 2007).
Book Review of Jon Sorensen and Rocky Leann Pilgrim, Lethal Injection: Capital Punishment in Texas During the Modern Era (University of Texas Press, 2006) in Journal of the West, Vol. 45, No. 4 at 94 (2006).
“Consent as a Defense to Criminal Liability,” “Criminal Courts: Personnel,” “Necessity as a Defense to Criminal Liability,” and “Battered Women Defense to Criminal Liability” in Encyclopedia of Criminology, Vol. I, pp. 95-96, 224-226, 297-299, Vol. II, p. 1027 (Richard A. Wright and J. Mitchell Miller, eds., 2005).
Book Review of Jedrzej George Frynas and Scott Pegg (eds.), Transnational Corporations and Human Rights (Palgrave Macmillian 2003) in Human Rights Quarterly, Vol. 26, No. 3 at 783-785. (2004).
Book Review of Eva Marie Garroutte, Real Indians: Identity and the Survival of Native America (University of California Press 2003) in Political and Legal Anthropology Review, Vol. 27, No. 1 at 147-153. (2004).
“Indian Civil Rights Act,” in Major Acts of Congress, Vol. 2, 186-188 (Brian K. Landsberg, ed. 2004).
Book Review of David E. Wilkins and K. Tsianina Lomawaima, Uneven Ground: American Indian Sovereignty and Federal Law (University of Oklahoma Press 2001) on H-AmIndian List (Michigan State University 2003).
Film Review of Naturally Native, American Philosophical Association Newsletter, Vol. 1, No. 2 at 16-17 (2002).
“Gaming,” “The Mexican-American War,” and “The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo,” in The Encyclopedia of Minorities in American Politics 623-624, 656, 700 (Schultz, et al. eds. 2000).
Book Review of John William Sayer, Ghost Dancing the Law: The Wounded Knee Trials (Harvard University Press 1997) in The Texas Observer, Vol. 89, No. 21 at 27, (Nov. 21, 1997).
Film Review of A Time to Kill, 4 Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture 80 (1996).
Book Review of John R. Wunder, "Retained by the People:" A History of American Indians and the Bill of Rights (Oxford University Press 1994) in 9 Western Legal History 97 (1996).
Non-refereed Articles:
“Teaching Criminal Justice Debate.” (with Craig Hemmens, Mathieu Deflem, Vance McLaughlin, and Tom O’Connor) 26 ACJS Today (1): 13-14 (2003).
“The Two Faces in the U.S. Human Rights Mirror.” (with Audrey Zamora and Christopher Boeck) 13 Peace Review 537-544 (2001).
“Identity as Survival.” 11 Peace Review 299-301 (1999).
“The Invisible People,” Texas Spectrum, Vol. 6, No. 2 (1998).
“Background on the Indian-Archaeologist Wars” (bibliography), Tennessee Archaeology, http://www.mtsu.edu/~kesmith/TNARCHNET/archpage.html (January 1998).
“Broken Windows: Prevention Strategy or Cracked Policy?” (roundtable discussion), The Critical Criminologist, Vol. 8, No. 1 at 7-10 (Fall 1997).
“Exon Act, Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night,” The American Reporter, Vol. 3, No. 580 (June 27, 1997).
“Twixt Texas and the Pearly Gates,” The American Reporter, Vol. 3, No. 482 (February 11, 1997).
“The Politics of Indian Identity,” 9 Peace Review 515-519 (1997).
“The Roots of NAGPRA” (interview), The Mining Company, http://archaeology.miningco.com/library/weekly/aa083197.htm (September 6, 1997).
“Picking Bones in the Legislature,” The Texas Observer, Vol. 89, No. 14 at 15 (Aug. 1, 1997).
“Naming the Dragon: Law School Admissions in the Twilight of Affirmative Action,” Conference Proceedings, The Minority Student Today: Recruitment, Retention, and Success (University of South Carolina 1996).
“The Public Problem of Private Matters,” The American Reporter, Vol. 2 No. 320 (June 28, 1996).
“An Indecent Act,” Harper’s Magazine at 24 (May, 1996).
“Confessions of an Indecent Subversive,” Texas Lawyer, Vol. 12, No. 26 at 28 (Sept. 9, 1996).
“A Time to Bury the Dead,” 8 Peace Review 245-247 (1996).
“Indians and Anthropologists and the Politics of Identity,” epilogue to Quigg et al., Archeology and Native American Religion at the Leon River Medicine Wheel (Department of the Army 1996).
“Heresy From the Ivory Tower: Killing the Corporate ‘Person’,” The American Reporter, Vol. 2, No. 311 (June 17, 1996), reprinted in The Progressive Populist and The Albion Monitor.
“Waiting Out the CDA Challenge,” The American Reporter, Vol. 2, No. 308 (June 12, 1996).
“The X-On Congress: Indecent Comment on an Indecent Subject,” The American Reporter, Vol. 2, No. 219 (February 8, 1996), reprinted in The Philadelphia City Paper.
“Courtrooms are Ground Zero of US Immigration Policies,” The American Reporter, Vol. 1, No. 76W (July 22, 1995).
“Why the Exon Amendment Matters,” The American Reporter, Vol. 1, No. 63 (July 5, 1995).
“The Law of Diminishing Alternatives,” Voice for the Defense, Vol. 17, No. 7 at 18 (1988).
“Pretrial Release at the City Jail: A Primer for Civil Lawyers,” 3 Austin Lawyers Journal 7 (1981).
“Lest We Forget,” The Texas Observer, Vol. 71, No. 21 at 16 (December 28, 1979).
“Getting Organized in the Valley,” The Texas Observer, Vol. 70, No. 2 at 18 (February 3, 1978).
“Oh Say, Can You See What's Going On Here?,” The Texas Observer, Vol. 69, No. 11 at 16 (June 3, 1977).
“I Chose Law,” The Texas Observer, Vol. LXVIX, No. 4 at 17 (February 25, 1977).
“300,000 Migrants and the Legislature,” The Texas Observer, Vol. LXVIX, No. 3 at 7 (February 11, 1977).
“Looking Toward the Legislature,” The Texas Observer, Vol. LXVIII, No. 15 at 3 (August 6, 1976).
Poetry and Fiction:
“Honor Rap,” Pulse,
http://www.heartsoundspress.com/poetrycontest03/poetrycontest03.html (May 4, 2004).
“Indistinguishable Color,” Coloring Book: An Eclectic Anthology of Fiction and Poetry by Multicultural Writers 289-290 (boice-Terrel Allen, ed., 2003).
“Disruption, 1997,” Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy Vol. 18, No. 2 at 1-2 (2003).
“What Indians Want,” Gatherings: The En'owkin Journal of First North American Peoples, Vol. 13, 81-82 (2002).
“Donna’s Potsherds,” “How to Succeed as an Indian Poet,” and “Chitto Harjo,” Messenger Journal of Cherokee Literature, Vol. 1, No. 1 at 3-5 (2001).
“Six O’Clock News,” in Hozho: Walking in Beauty 97-103 (Carolyn Dunn and Paula Gunn Allen, eds. 2001).
“The Year They Drilled for Oil,” “Eleven Mile Hill,” and “Bison Bones,” South Dakota Review, Vol. 38, No. 1 at 15-21 (2000).
“Repatriation,” Moccasin Telegraph, Vol. 6, No. 6 at 13 (1996).
PAPER PRESENTATIONS:
“One-Sided Interest Convergence: Indian Sovereignty in Organizing and Litigation.” What’s Next for Native American and Indigenous Studies? Oklahoma University, Norman, OK, 2007 (with Terri Miles).
“Chains and Circles: Hierarchy and the Status of Animals.” Kindred Spirits, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN., 2006 (with Sara M. Walsh).
“Indigenous Individual Rights: Theory, Praxis and ‘Special Privileges.’” American Philosophical Association Pacific Division Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, 2006.
“Tribal Soveriegnty and Civil Rights.” American Indian Law Section of the State Bar of Texas Indian Law Conference, Austin, TX, 2005.
“Sex, Lies and Law: Moral Turpitude as an Enforcer of Gender and Sexuality Norms.” Fifth International Conference, Sexual Rights and Moral Panics, International Association for the Study of Sexuality, Culture and Society, San Francisco, CA. 2005 (with Sara M. Walsh and Krista
Eckhardt).
“The Racial Paradox of Tribal Citizenship.” The Shifting Borders of Race and Identity, University of Kansas and Haskell Indian Nations University, Lawrence, KS, 2004.
“Making Peace With Crow Dog’s Ghost.” Justice Studies Association Annual Meeting, Madison, WI, 2004.
“U.S. v. Lara and the Foundations of Federal Indian Law.” American Indian Law Section of the State Bar of Texas Indian Law Conference, Austin, TX, 2004.
“From the Red Core to the Black Sky: Corporate Crime in the Transnational Matrix.” Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, 2004.
“A Disease Theory of Race and the Paradox of Indian Identity.” Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, 2003.
“Discipline of Corporations in the Age of Globalization.” Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, 2003 (with Michael J. Gilbert).
“Breaking Silence About Native American Sovereignty.” Indiana University at Indianapolis School of Law/Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, IN, 2002.
“The Ethics of Indian Mascots.” American Indian Law Section of the State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX 2002.
“Ethics, Alterity, Incommensurability, Honor.” American Philosophical Association Central Division Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 2002.
“Tribal Sovereignty, Individual Rights, and the Myth of Special Privileges.” American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 2001.
“Sovereign Decisions: A Plan for Defeating Federal Review of Tribal Law Applications.” Second Annual Modern Native America: Thoughts from the Past and Paths toward the Future, Flagstaff, AZ, 2001.
“Indian Law Issues in Death Penalty Litigation.” American Indian Law Section of the State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, 2001.
“Tribal Sovereignty.” Conference on Indian Affairs, The Virginia Council on Indians, Richmond, VA, 2001.
“El Mundo Sin Fronteras: Obstacles to Transnational Crime Control.” American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2000 (with Michael J. Gilbert).
“Transforming the Corporation.” Alliance for Democracy Fourth National Convention, University of California at Davis, 2000.
“The Jurisprudence of Colonialism.” American Indian Law Section of the State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, 2000.
“Crimes of War; Wars on Crime.” Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 2000 (with Michael J. Gilbert).
“Searching for ‘Some Accommodation:’ American Indian Religion in American Prisons.” National Association of Native American Studies Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, 2000 (with Rita Williams).
“Beyond ‘Moral Turpitude:’ Expanding the Collateral Consequences of Criminal Convictions.” Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 1999 (with lead author Patricia M. Harris).
“The Human Rights Mirror has Two Faces: International Legality and the U.S. Death Penalty.” Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, 1999 (with Audrey Zamora).
“Sacred Ground: Un-Marked Graves Protection in Texas Law.” Southwestern Association of Criminal Justice Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX and at Common Ground: The Twelfth Year Conference on Protecting Un-Marked Graves, sponsored by the Texas Indian Bar Association, Council of Texas Archeologists, and others in Austin, TX, 1998.
“’What is Good for the Goose. . .’: Social Control and Corporate Crime.” Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, 1998 (with Michael J. Gilbert).
“Naming the Dragon: Law School Admissions in the Twilight of Affirmative Action.” The Minority Student Today, a national conference sponsored by The University of South Carolina, San Antonio, TX, 1996.
“sex, lies and misdemeanor moral turpitude.” Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, 1996.
“Sacred Ground: Indian Graves Protection in Texas Law.” Texas Indian Bar Association Annual Indian Law Conference, Austin, TX, 1995.
“Contesting the Domain of the Dead: The Legacy of Ethnic Cleansing in Implementation of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.” Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, 1994.
“The New Outlawry and Foucault's Panoptic Nightmare.” Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, 1992.
“The Futility of Eloquence: Selected Texas Family Violence Legislation 1979-1991.” Southwestern Association of Criminal Justice Educators Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, 1991.
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING:
“Citizen Ignorance, Police Deception, and the Constitution,” Texas Tech University School of Law, Lubbock, TX, 2007 (invited).
“Who Do We Think We Are?,” Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX 2007.
“ The Nuremberg War Crimes Trial and Its Consequences,” Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, 2006.
“Sovereignty and the Right to Death,” Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland, OH, 2003.
“International Indian Treaty Council Conference,” Sac & Fox Nation, 2003.
“Decolonizing American Indian Studies,” The Newberry Library, Chicago, IL, 2003.
“Honoring Nations,” The Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development, Santa Fe, NM, 2002 (invited).
“Neo-Nationalisms, a Cultural Studies/American Studies Conference,” Indiana University-Bloomington, 2002.
Symposium, “John Bingham and the Meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment,” University of Akron School of Law, Akron, OH, 2002.
Workshop, “Issues in Family Violence,” Texas Center for the Judiciary, Houston, TX, 2001 (invited and expenses paid).
Workshop, “The Internet and Libraries,” American Library Association, Chicago, IL, 1998 (invited and expenses paid).
Symposium, “Moments of Change: Transformation in American Constitutionalism,” Yale Law Journal, New Haven, CT, 1998 (invited).
Symposium, “Textualism and the Constitution,” George Washington University, Washington, DC, 1998.
Seminar, “Practicing Law and the Internet, ” State Bar of Texas, Austin, 1998.
Annual Conference, State Bar of Texas Judicial Section, Austin, TX, 2005; Dallas, TX 2003; Austin, TX, 1999; Houston, TX, 1998; Corpus Christi, TX, 1996 (invited and expenses paid).
Symposium, “Excellence in the Legal Profession With a Focus on Diversity,” University of Houston Law Center, Houston, TX, 1997 (invited).
Symposium, “Current Research on the Second Amendment,” Academics for the Second Amendment, Seattle, WA, 1997 (invited and expenses paid).
Conference, “Tribal Law and Governance,” University of Kansas School of Law, Lawrence, KS, 1997.
Seminar, “Business Disputes on the Information Superhighway,” State Bar of Texas, Dallas, TX, 1997.
Seminar, “Capital Punishment in Law and Culture,” University of Massachusetts at Amherst, MA, 1997.
Annual Indian Law Conference, Federal Bar Association, Albuquerque, NM, 1994, 1995.
Municipal Court Judges Training Seminar, Texas Tech University School of Law, 1978.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (life)
American Society of Criminology (life)
Bristow Historical Society
Cherokee National Historical Society
Justice Studies Association (life)
Law and Society Association
Native Writers Circle of the Americas
State Bar of Texas
Texas Indian Bar Association (two term President)
United States District Court Bar (Western District of Texas)
United States Supreme Court Bar
Wordcraft Circle of Native American Writers and Storytellers