5th Annual
Friday
May 15th, 2020
9:00am - 4:30pm
Pasqua Yaqui Tribe
Albert V. Garcia Auditorium
7777 South Camino Huivisim
Tuscon, Arizona 85757
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Ms. Roberta Armstrong, Attorney
Overview
Workshop topics includes:
- Define real and personal property in Indian Country
- Identify applicable federal, tribal and state law
- Determine who is an Indian landowner client
- Draft an Indian Will
Participants will receive legal education relating to federal Indian probate law and engage in discussions about the ethical considerations involved in on-reservation legal practice and procedure.
Participants will be informed about current development and changes in the practice of law and legal profession in regards to real and personal property of deceased Indians.
Participants will receive a global perspective of the law, courts and other dispute resolution systems pertaining to Indian probates; regulation of the practice of federal Indian probate law and low-cost legal service planning.
Agenda
American Indian Probate Reform Act of 2004 (AIPRA) Education and Will Scrivener Training
The Will of AIPRA, a practical approach to assisting Trust Landowners
- A Brief History of the Birth of AIPRA
- A Review of AIPRA Regulation
- Review of Amendments affecting AIPRA
- Understanding Trust Property
- Special presentation: What is an Indian Will?
- AIPRA of 2004: Highlights
- The Will of AIPRA
- Avoid Probate
- BIA Land Sales and Gift Deeds
- Probate of an Indian Will
- Why SIRE?
Presenters
Ms. Armstrong is a licensed attorney of Washington State. She is also licensed in over 15 tribal courts located in the states of Washington, Idaho, North Dakota, Nevada, California, Oregon, and Arizona with a focus of Indian will, estate planning, and probate. Her desire to address the massive need for estate planning education and services within Indian Country, she founded and established Stewards of Indigenous Resources Endowment (“SIRE”), a grassroots 501(c)3 federally recognized non-profit.
While providing on-reservation estate planning services, she was immediately challenged by the amount of time and effort to accomplish a single estate plan. In response, she employed her engineering skills in tandem with her legal trainings to invent an Indian Will Production System (IWPS) for effectively providing consistent and efficient delivery of Indian estate planning documents to tribal communities. She single-handedly financed and designed the IWPS accomplishing the mission of SIRE to educate Indian people on the preservation of their ancestral lands through Indian wills and estate planning services. The IWPS has been remarkably successful allowing her to execute an Indian Will with her client during a single estate planning meeting. The IWPS is now offered on-line at www.NativeWill.org.
Since the summer of 2007, Ms. Armstrong has been a part of Indian Country offering free educational outreach on Indian Estate Planning, the Cobell Settlement and the Indian Trust Land Buy-Back Program. She has assisted hundreds of Indian families with their estate planning needs.
Pricing and RSVP
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WHO IS SIRE?
The Stewards of Indigenous Resources Endowment [SIRE] is a grassroots non-profit professional service corporation founded in 2007 by Washington State attorney Roberta Armstrong.
SIRE'S mission is to provide AIPRA education and quality estate planning services to as many Indian landowners as possible and the legal community who serves them.
WHAT IS AIPRA?
On June 20, 2006, the American Indian Probate Reform Act of 2004 [AIPRA] went into effect. Prior to the passage of this Act, the transfer of Indian lands was governed by the state law in which the Indian land was located. This Act replaces state intestacy laws when an Indian landowner dies without a will. As with any section of the law, it is important for the legal community to be aware of the effects AIPRA brings.
