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Land rights, monuments presentations set
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Posted on Oct 09 2008
Visiting professors Jon Van Dyke and Ron Crocombe will discuss indigenous land rights and marine monuments during a series of public presentations in October sponsored by the Northern Mariana Islands Council for the Humanities.
The presentation series will kick off with “Indigenous Land Rights in the Pacific: Views from Hawaii and the South Pacific” starting at 9am, Saturday, Oct. 18, at the Visitors Center Theater of the American Memorial Park.
During this presentation, Van Dyke will examine a number of legal questions relating to indigenous rights during a talk titled “Rights of Indigenous Peoples under U.S. and International Law.” This will be followed by two presentations by Crocombe titled “Constraints on Land Rights in the South Pacific” and “The Current Drive for Land Reform in the South Pacific.”
The second part of the series features a presentation by Van Dyke titled “What are Marine Monuments?” It will start at 6:30pm on Oct. 18 at the AMP’s Visitors Center Theater.
During his talk, Van Dyke will explore a number of legal and practical issues relating to marine monuments, with a special focus on the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
Van Dyke and Crocombe will give these same presentations at public venues on Rota and Tinian on Oct. 20 and 21. Crocombe will also visit classes at Northern Marianas College on Oct. 22.
Van Dyke is on the faculty of the University of Hawaii School of Law where he teaches Constitution and International Law. He has authored five books and has worked on problems relating to the status of Native Hawaiians, nuclear waste, ocean law, and human rights.
Crocombe is professor emeritus of Pacific Studies at the University of the South Pacific in Raratonga, Cook Islands. He is a recognized authority on land tenure and land policies in the Pacific and has written widely on these subjects.
This series, supported by funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities, is a part of the Humanities Council’s ongoing efforts to facilitate public dialogue on important community issues. [B][I](PR)[/I][/B]
