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Protecting Tribal Cultural and Natural Resources During the Biden Administration
Original Program Date :
Length: 01:02
Program examines strategies to protect tribal cultural and natural resources with a focus on opportunities available with the current Administration.
Faculty:
Laura Berglan, Senior Attorney, Tribal Partnerships Program, Earthjustice
Robert Lundberg, Associate Attorney, Tribal Partnerships Program, Earthjustice
Chairpersons:
Doreen McPaul, Attorney General, Navajo Nation; President, Tribal In-House Counsel Association
Virjinya Torrez, Assistant Attorney General, Pascua Yaqui Tribe; Secretary, Tribal In-House Counsel Association
Laura Berglan, Attorney
Laura Berglan is a senior attorney in the Tribal Partnerships Program at Earthjustice and is based in Tucson, Arizona. The Tribal Partnerships Program partners with tribes, Native groups, and Indigenous communities to ensure their natural and cultural resources are protected for future generations. Laura has focused her career on environmental and tribal cultural resource matters, working on several significant environmental and tribal cultural resource cases. Prior to coming to Earthjustice, Laura spent more than a decade as in-house counsel for tribes including serving as Attorney General of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe and Acting Attorney General for the Tohono O’odham Nation. Laura has also spent time in private practice and in legal service organizations.
Robert Lundberg
Robert Lundberg is currently an associate attorney in Earthjustice’s Tribal Partnerships Program. They joined the Program as a Legal Fellow in Fall 2021. Prior to that, they completed a two year Equal Justice Works fellowship with Midwest Environmental Advocates, where they work with tribes within Wisconsin to halt extractive projects and support tribal environmental regulatory authority. Lundberg earned a law degree and a master’s degree in environmental studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as well as a BFA in jazz performance from New School University. During law school, they served as a research assistant for the Great Lakes Indigenous Law Center and interned with Midwest Environmental Advocates and WildEarth Guardians.
