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The University of South Dakota
School of Law
414 East Clark Street
Vermillion, SD 57069
Phone: (605) 677-5361
Room: 211
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Frank Pommersheim
Professor of Law
Frank Pommersheim was born in New York City, but has lived in South Dakota for more than 30 years. Prior to joining the faculty in 1984, he lived and worked on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation for ten years. He currently serves on a number of tribal appellate courts throughout Indian country including Chief Justice for the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Court of Appeals and Associate Justice for the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Supreme Court.
Professor Pommersheim writes extensively in the field of Indian law. He is the author of Braid of Feathers (American Indian Law and Contemporary Tribal Life) and numerous scholarly articles. Frank is also a poet. His most recent book is East of the River: Poems Both Ancient and New. He has also received the University of South Dakota Belbas-Larson Award for Excellence in Teaching and the South Dakota Peace and Justice Center Reconciliation Award. Frank is also a contributor to the 2005 edition of Felix Cohen’s Handbook of Federal Indian Law and received the 2006 John Wesley Jackson Award as the Outstanding Professor of Law. He recently completed a book entitled Broken Landscape: Indians, Indian Tribes and the Constitution, which is due out early in 2009.
Frank is also an amateur but avid bird watcher, who is well-acquainted with the works of Bob Dylan and has played a lot of hoops all over this land.
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B.A., Colgate University
J.D., Columbia University
M.P.A., Harvard University
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South Dakota, Oregon |
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Criminal Law |
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Criminal Procedure |
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Federal Jurisdiction |
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Indian Law |
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