Alice Walker is a highly experienced advocate for Tribal Nations who joined NARF after thirty-two years in private practice at Meyer, Walker & Walker, P.C., located in Boulder, Colorado. She has accrued a long and successful career representing Tribes in all aspects of federal Indian law, including the litigation and negotiation of Tribal water rights, natural resource disputes, treaty rights, regulatory and jurisdictional issues, and matters related to Tribal gaming and federal acknowledgment.
At NARF, Alice is working as part of the Tribal Water Institute team and her practice focuses on the litigation and negotiation of tribal water rights, treaty rights, natural resource disputes, and resource regulatory issues. When she isn’t championing Tribal water rights, Alice enjoys hiking with her dog and traveling.
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Education
- Georgetown University Law Center, J.D.
- Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, M.S.
- Earlham College, B.A. in Economics and Spanish
Admissions to Practice
- United States Supreme Court
- United States Courts of Appeals for the Sixth, Ninth, Tenth and Federal Circuits
- United States District Courts for the District of Colorado, Eastern District of Washington, District of Oregon, Western District of Michigan, and Southern District of California
- United States Court of Federal Claims
- State of Colorado
Publications & Presentations
- September 2024: Tribal Water Law Conference, will deliver presentation on Tribal Interests in Water in the Pacific Northwest, focusing on Upper Columbia River adjudication and claims of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation.
- August 2021: With Peter Chestnut and Richard Hughes, delivered presentation titled Settlement of Pueblo Water Rights in New Mexico v. Aamodt, for the 17th Symposium on the Settlement of Indian Reserved Water Rights Claims, virtual conference.
- Alice E. Walker, Protecting Sacred Sites: The Lake Powell Pipeline Project, in INSIDE THE MINDS, EMERGING ISSUES IN TRIBAL-STATE RELATIONS (Aspatore 2013 ed.).
