Saturday October 25th from 1PM- 3PM

EVERYbody Reads is very excited to announce a visit from Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Associate Professor of Law & Director of the Indigenous Law & Policy Center at Michigan State University.

Please join us as Professor Fletcher discusses his recent book, American Indian Education: Counternarratives in Racism, Struggle, and the Law

About the Book America Indian culture and traditions have survived an unusual amount of oppressive federal and state educational policies intended to assimilate Indian people and destroy their cultures and languages. Yet, Indian culture, traditions, and people often continue to be treated as objects in the classroom and in the curriculum. Using a critical race theory framework and a unique "counternarrative" methodology, American Indian Education explores a host of modern educational issues facing American Indian peoples—from the impact of Indian sports mascots on students and communities, to the uses and abuses of law that often never reach a courtroom, and the intergenerational impacts of American Indian education policy on Indian children today. By interweaving empirical research with accessible composite narratives, Matthew Fletcher breaches the gap between solid educational policy and the on-the-ground reality of Indian students, highlighting the challenges faced by American Indian students and paving the way for an honest discussion about solutions.

Associate Professor of Law & Director of the Indigenous Law & Policy Center

Notes: Indigenous Law Program
Turtle Talk: The Indigenous Law and Policy Center Blog

Courses: Advanced Topics in Indian Law, Constitutional Law I, Federal Law and Indian Tribes

Biography: Matthew L.M. Fletcher is an Associate Professor at Michigan State University College of Law and Director of the Indigenous Law and Policy Center. He also sits as an appellate judge for the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, and the Hoopa Valley Tribe, and is a consultant to the Seneca Nation of Indians Court of Appeals. Professor Fletcher is an enrolled member of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, located in Peshawbestown, Michigan.

Professor Fletcher will be co-author of the sixth edition of Cases on Federal Indian Law (Thomson West) with David Getches, Charles Wilkinson, and Robert Williams. He recently published American Indian Education: Counternarratives in Racism, Struggle, and the Law with Routledge. Professor Fletcher recently has published articles with Harvard Journal on Legislation, Houston Law Review, Hastings Law Journal, and Tulane Law Review. He is currently writing a book on the history of the Grand Traverse Band.

Professor Fletcher graduated from the University of Michigan Law School in 1997 and the University of Michigan in 1994. He has worked as a staff attorney for four Indian Tribes - the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, the Hoopa Valley Tribe, the Suquamish Tribe, and the Grand Traverse Band. He has litigated over 20 tribal court cases. He is married to Wenona Singel and they have a son named Owen.