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NARF Attorneys & Staff
We would like to recognize
the NARF attorneys and staff who contributed
to the project.
Mark C. Tilden (Navajo), NARF
Senior Staff Attorney. Mark was the Lead
Attorney and Project Manager on the development
and publication of A Practical Guide
to the Indian Child Welfare Act,
as well as a contributing author. He was
formerly with a private law firm from September,
1990 to September, 1994 when he then joined
the Native American Rights Fund as a staff
attorney. He represents tribal governments
on federal recognition, administrative
law, water law, environmental law, Indian
gaming law and economic development, legislative
advocacy at the state and federal level, Indian
child welfare and protection services law
and tribal governance. He
writes, lectures and trains in some of
these areas of federal Indian law. He
was awarded the Environmental Achievement
Award by the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency for Outstanding Work
with the Oglala Sioux Tribe on developing
a Tribal Environmental Code. He is the
author of a book titled Tribal
Constitution Handbook, A Practical Guide
to Writing or Revising a Tribal Constitution and
co-author of the soon-to-be-published Indian
Child Welfare Act Handbook: A Legal Guide
to the Custody and Adoption of Native American
Children.
He is admitted to practice law in Colorado,
New York and the District of Columbia,
as well as several federal and tribal courts.
He is a member of a number of legal associations,
including current service on the American
Bar Association’s
Presidential Advisory Council on Diversity
in the Profession, and former service on
the ABA Steering Committee on the Unmet
Legal Needs of Children and the ABA Commission
on Homelessness and Poverty.
Kim Gottschalk, NARF
Senior Staff Attorney. Kim is a Senior
staff attorney who joined the Native American Rights Fund in August of 1982.
From 1974-1982 he was with the law firm of Fettinger and Bloom in Alamagordo,
New Mexico representing the Mescalero Apache Tribe. At NARF, Kim has worked
primarily on federal recognition, land claims cases and international indigenous
rights. He received his law degree from Northwestern University.
David Gover (Pawnee/Choctaw), NARF
Staff Attorney. David
joined the Native American Rights Fund as a staff attorney in May, 2005. Since
joining NARF’s Boulder office, he has worked in the areas of Indian child
welfare, water rights, and repatriation. Before joining NARF, David served
as an Assistant Attorney General for the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and was primarily
assigned to natural resource, environmental and water issues. He also served
as Legislative Counsel for the Navajo Nation from October, 2001 to June, 2004.
While serving the Navajo Nation, David was assigned to the Navajo Nation Council’s
Resources Committee and provided advice on water, land, and oil and gas legal
issues, and various governmental and legislative process matters. David received
his J.D. and B.A. degrees from the University of Oklahoma in 2001 and 1997,
respectively. He is admitted to practice law in Oklahoma, New Mexico, the Navajo
Nation, and Muscogee (Creek) Nation.
David Selden, NARF/NILL
Law Librarian. David
has been the Law Librarian for the Native
American Rights Fund/National
Indian Law Library (NARF/NILL) since 1998. He is responsible
for the overall direction and management
of the NARF and NILL library programs and
services. Prior to this position, David
was the Research Specialist/Law Librarian
at Orr & Reno,
PA a mid-sized law firm in Concord, NH.
David’s areas of expertise include
legal research and instruction, digitization
and web publishing and is a frequent speaker
on Indian law. David serves on the Native
Peoples Law Caucus of the American Association
of Law Libraries as the project manager
for the Tribal Law Cooperative project
which seeks to improve access to tribal
law. David has a Master of Library Science— Simmons
College, Boston MA, 1987, and a B.S. Music
Education, Appalachian State University,
Boone NC 1983.
Monica Martens, NARF/NILL Assistant Law Librarian. Monica
joined the Native American Rights Fund as a law librarian in October 2001.
She coordinates technical services for NARF’s National
Indian Law Library and co-manages NARF’s various web sites. She holds a Bachelor of Science
degree in Journalism and Communications from the University of Florida, a Master
of Arts degree in Sociology from Colorado State University, and a Master of
Science degree in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois.
She frequently presents programs and writes articles about Indian law research.
In 2006, she was awarded the Public
Access to Government Information Award for the library's work in making its unique collection of tribal laws accessible
online. She is a member of the Library and Information Technology Association,
the American Association of Law Libraries, and was inducted into the honor
society of Phi Kappa Phi.
We would also like to acknowledge volunteers and part-time employees at the
National Indian Law Library who offered web support: Megan Blanton, Amjad Chaudhry,
Connie Ge, Jill Herbert, Lisa Hertz, Jordan Howard, Marcin Mroz, Audra Schaefer,
Jeff Schmidt and Erik Zurinskas,
We also recognize NARF's law clerks that contributed in multiple ways during
the development of the guide: Molly Barnett, Jennifer Bear Eagle, Amy Bowers,
Karol Dixon, Erin Dougherty, Dianne Hippe, Nicole Homer, Meghan Kelly, Stephanie
Lurie, Ruth Mackey, Ray Rubio, Natasha Singh and Merrill Yeslith.
Lastly, we recognize NARF's legal assistant, Joanne Soklin, for her outstanding
administrative support from its inception.
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