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Robert Anderson

Director, Native American Law Center
Professor of Law

Phone: (206) 685-2861
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Tribes' salmon court win may go way beyond $1B in culvert repairs. Prof. Robert Anderson quoted - Seattle Times A federal judge has ordered culvert repairs to ensure tribes have fish to catch, as guaranteed by their treaty rights. The ruling could have broader impact on other types of development. (4/2/13)
Tribes given power to prosecute non-Indians for crimes linked to domestic violence. Prof. Bob Anderson quoted - Peninsula Daily News Congress has given Native American tribes new power to prosecute non-Indians in tribal courts for any crimes linked to domestic violence.
(3/4/13)
Tribes regain ability to prosecute criminals for some crimes on their reservations. Prof. Bob Anderson quoted - Seattle Times At Suquamish, justice comes full circle 35 years later as tribes regain ability to prosecute some crimes on their reservations. (3/1/13)
House passes Violence Against Women Act with protections to Native women. Prof. Robert Anderson quoted - The Voice of Russia radio Host Jamila Bey spoke with Bob Anderson, law professor and director of the Native American Law Center at the University of Washington School of Law, to discuss the vote and what it means for the women in the U.S. who have the highest rate of sexual assault perpetrated against them. (3/1/13)
Tribes back prosecution of non-Indians, Prof. Robert Anderson quoted - The Columbian The Violence Against Women Act passed the U.S. Senate last week with a provision that would allow tribal courts to prosecute non-Indians in some abuse cases, closing a loophole that many American Indian women say leaves them unsafe. Professor Robert Anderson is quoted. (2/26/13)
Law would let tribes prosecute non-Indians’ domestic violence. Prof. Robert Anderson quoted - Seattle Times (2/19/13)
Prof. Robert Anderson presented at a conference co-sponsored by the National Archives, Nixon Foundation, and the National Museum of the American Indian - The Richard Nixon Foundation
Nixon-era government officials, contemporary scholars, and leaders from the American Indian community discussed how the 37th President initiated the era of self-determination.
(12/3/12)
Prof. Robert Anderson to speak at Harvard Law Nov. 11 Bob Anderson is organizing and speaking at a conference, Tribal Courts and the Federal System (10/15/12)
Fish vs. Farms on the Skagit Delta. Prof. Bob Anderson is quoted - Seattle Weekly Aggressive assertions of tribal water rights are threatening to imperil the crops of a fertile region. (8/28/12)

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