Native American Indian Policy since Little Bighorn with Philip Baker-Shenk

Wednesday, April 21, 2021
​7:00 pm via Zoom 
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Philip "Phil" Baker-Shenk is a Native American Law attorney in Holland & Knight's Washington, D.C., office who provides legal and policy representation to dozens of American Indian and Alaska Native tribal governments and organizations as well as companies doing business with Native communities. Phil has decades of experience forging practical, common-sense solutions to the diverse challenges confronting his Indian law clients. He regularly appears before courts, federal agencies and tribal governing bodies. He has extensive experience drafting regulations, legislation, constitutions and ordinances as well as negotiating agreements, developing strategic positions and litigating cases on behalf of clients.  
He began his work in Washington, D.C. on behalf of Indian tribes in 1976, later serving a two year stint as majority general counsel to Sen. John McCain, chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. During several tours of duty totaling a half decade on the Indian Affairs Committee staff, Mr. Baker-Shenk drafted legislation and committee reports dealing with Indian gaming, housing, economic development, tribal status, land and resource management, environmental protection, taxation, child welfare, education, housing, self-governance and many other issues. A resident of nearby Sharpsburg for several decades, Phil and his wife Charlotte are in the middle of moving to their new home in Shepherdstown.