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 Alan
Parker is a professor and the Director of the Northwest
Indian Applied Research Institute at
The Evergreen College (Olympia, WA) where he has
served as a member of the faculty since September
of 1997. A citizen of the Chippewa Cree Tribal Nation,
Parker lived for many years with his family on the
Rocky Boy’s Reservation in Northern Montana.
Alan graduated from the UCLA School of Law in 1972
and practiced law in Washington, DC for over twenty
years before joining the Evergreen College faculty
in 1997. While in Washington, DC, he directed research
on tribal governments for the American Indian Policy
Review Commission and was the first Native American
to serve as Chief Counsel to the US Senate Committee
on Indian Affairs. (1977-81, 1987-91)
During his service in the US Senate he was instrumental
in securing passage of the Indian Child Welfare
Act, the Indian Religious Freedom Act, the Native
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
the Tribal Self-governance Act, the American Indian
Development Finance Corporation Act and numerous
tribal land and water claims settlements. He also
served as President of the American Indian National
Bank from 1982 through 1987 and later organized
the first “Native American think tank”,
the National Indian Policy Center at George Washington
University. On May 21, 2000 Washington State Governor
Gary Locke appointed Professor Parker as the first
Native American attorney to serve on the Washington
State Gambling Commission.
Professor Parker recently organized and is now teaching
in the nation’s first graduate school program
in tribal management, the Master in Public Administration:
Tribal Government. His research interests are currently
focused on integrating cultural revitalization,
governance and sustainability through implementing
tribal self-determination.
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