Doug Thompson
Adjunct Instructor
(He/Him) | douglas.thompson@lltc.edu | No LLTC Phone Number Available | Online
Start Date
January 3, 2018
Biography
He teaches courses for the Master of Tribal Administration and Governance (MTAG) program, the Tribal Resource and Environmental Stewardship (MTRES) program, and the Tribal Administration and Governance (TAG) program at the University of Minnesota Duluth. He is from the Redbone community of southwestern Louisiana.
Prior to joining the American Indian Studies team at UMD, he served in various roles as an environmental attorney, Tribal advocate, and freelance writer on Tribal sovereignty and Treaty Rights. Mr. Thompson also teaches the law of Sovereignty and Treaty Rights at the Leech Lake Tribal College and natural resources law at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. Previously, he taught administrative and natural resources law at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry.
He received his B.S. in Wildlife Conservation from Louisiana Tech University in 1989, M.A. in Natural Resource Economics from Auburn University in 1991, J.D. from Syracuse University in 1994, and L.L.M. in Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy from the University of Arizona in 2011. His research interests include Tribal natural resources management and restoration of Tribal lands.
Education
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Masters
Law of Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy
University of Arizona College of Law
2011
Doctorate
Jurisprudence
Syracuse University College of Law
1994
Masters
Agricultural Economics/Rural Sociology
Auburn University
1991
Bachelors
Wildlife Conservation
Louisiana Tech University
1989
