Jaime M.N. Lavallee, a citizen of the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation in Treaty 6 Territory, Saskatchewan, Canada, is an Assistant Professor in the College of Law at the University of Saskatchewan. She holds a JD from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, and an LLM and SJD from the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law in Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy. She focuses on Nation-building according to the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development (HPAIED) model. Dr. Lavallee has held positions as the Director of Indigenous Governance, Law & Policy with the File Hills Qu’Appelle Tribal Council; First Peoples Worldwide working on international Indigenous rights in southern Africa; National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers on Indigenous cultural rights; National NAGPRA Program, specializing in the U.S. law - Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA); National Preservation Institute; and Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Regina Campus. She is also an active volunteer and community member, and currently serves on the Association on American Indian Affairs Working Group on International Repatriation; Program of Legal Studies for Native Peoples Alumni Group, Muskeg Lake Cree Nation Investment Management Corporation; and Saskatchewan Polytechnic Business Diploma Advisory Committee, as well as several other committees and organizations.