James Zorn.wmv
Channel: Fawn YoungBear-Tibbetts
Date: 2011-09-07

This Panel is the Co-management Panel, with an esteemed group of presentors who have and are still playing an important role with in the areas of Co-management.
Jim Zorn is the executive administrator for the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission(GLIFWC).  Prior to assuming his leadership role as GLIFWC executive administrator, Jim served as the lead attorney/policy analyst from 1987 to 2006.  He has been extensively involved in the affirmation and implementation of Ojibwe ceded territory treaty rights, particularly regarding the LCO versus State of Wisconsin or the Voigt case, and the Mille Lacs Band versus Minnesota case. Prior to joining GLIFWC's staff, he served as tribal attorney for the LCO Band and represented the tribe in the Voigt treaty case.