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Carl Hakansson
Department of Geography
Framingham State College

100 State St.

Framingham, MA 01701

 

Office:     Hemenway Hall 242
Phone:   508-626-4772
E-mail:
    chakansson@frc.mass.edu
 
Education  
Juris Doctoral Degree New England School of Law, Boston, MA  
Graduate School of Arts and
Sciences
Northeastern University,
Boston, MA

 
B.S. Biology

 

Framingham State College, Framingham, MA

Employment

Private Law Practice:
C
oncentration Environmental Law, Land Use Law, Indian Law
 
Adjunct Professor

Teaching courses in Resource Management,  Environmental Law and Policy, Municipal Land Use, and Development and Native Americans: A Geographical and Legal Perspective.
 

Director of the Indian Land
Consolidation and Preservation Fund

A nonprofit  organization whose objective is to effectively consolidate  and preserve Indian lands and to offer assistance in effecting sound environmental and land use practices for these lands. Over the past eleven years ILCPF has worked with twelve tribes on ten reservations in six states regarding issues of water resource protection, land use initiatives, environmental  codes, protection of wilderness areas, economic development initiatives, and land consolidation plans.


Professional Affiliations
Member of the Massachusetts Bar Association

 

Member of the American Bar Association

 

Contributing Editor to American Indian Research and  Culture Journal, American Indian Studies Center, University of California at Los Angeles

 

Publications 

"An Historical Overview of Legal Doctrine and its Impact on New England State and Tribal Relations", The New England Journal of History, vol. 62, number 1, Fall 2005.

"South Dakota v. Yankton Sioux Tribe: The United States Supreme Court In Need Of A Modern Paradigm" Amicus Brief United States Supreme Court (1999).

 “Indian Land Use Zoning Jurisdiction: An Argument in Favor of Tribal  Jurisdiction Over Non-Member Fee Lands Within Reservation  Boundaries” 73 North Dakota Law Review 721 (1997).

 

“Allotment at Pine Ridge Reservation: Its Consequence and Alternative Remedies” 73 North Dakota Law Review 231 (1997).

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