Ed Chamberlin
2026
Memorial Lecture Series
Lectures are held at the Martha Liebert Public Library,
126 Calle Malinche, Bernalillo, NM
Refreshments are served afterwards. Masks are optional.
All lectures are free to the Public.
Tribes, Pueblos,
and Federal Control
What You Need To Know
Ed McCool
Tribal Attorney
Sunday - March 22 - 2:00pm​
Do you know what plenary power over Tribal recognition means? It’s part of our history and certainly impacts our Puebloan, Navajo and Apache neighbors. Legal constructs such as Independent Sovereign Nations, Blood Quantum and jurisdiction over criminal acts all have a historical and legal basis. And, how do Native American casinos factor into this legal scenario? This talk will explain, in a guilt-free overview, some of the Federal laws governing our Native American neighbors.
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Ed McCool, a retired attorney, served as a tribal attorney for the Navajo Nation Council for ten years. He holds a Master of law (LL.M) in Indigenous Law and Policy from the University of Arizona Rogers School of Law and a Juris Doctorate (J.D.) in law and Masters in Political Science from Temple University. He was the director and chief lobbyist for New Jersey Common Cause in addition to being an attorney for Community Legal Services.
Alabados, Alabanzas, Inditas & Corridos:
New Mexico’s Hispanio Music
Rob Martinez
New Mexico State Historian
Sunday - April 26th - 2:00pm​
Are Alabanzas, Alabados, Inditas and Corridos words you’ve never heard before? If so, this presentation of traditional New Mexican Hispano music is the presentation you’ve been waiting to hear. With guitar in hand, Rob Martinez will blend history, culture and a musical context to learn about the rich Hispano music traditions in the enchanted land of New Mexico.
Rob Martinez, a native New Mexican, has been the state’s historian since 2019. He received his B.B.A.in International Business Management and M.A. in Latin American history from the University of New Mexico. As a research historian for the Sephardic Legacy Project, he scoured civil and church archives in New Mexico, Mexico, Spain, France, Italy, Cuba and Puerto Rico for 14 years. That research resulted in a published paper about the Crypto-Jewish phenomenon in New Mexico.