UPCOMING EVENTS

ISN PROGRAM AT APSA 2008

WSSA 2008 AMERICAN INDIAN STUDIES SECTION PROGRAM

ISN PROGRAM AT APSA 2008

The Indigenous Studies Network plans to again offer at least one cosponsored panel and a business meeting and networking session at the 2008 American Political Science Association (APSA) meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, August 28-31. Please send panel and paper proposals, if possible by November 15, to ISN Program Coordinators: Darlene Williams: williamsd018@hawaii.rr.com, and Stephanie DiAlto, sdialto@uci.edu.

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WSSA 2008 AMERICAN INDIAN STUDIES SECTION PROGRAM, April 23-26, 2008

The American Indian Studies Section of the Western Social Science Association, at its 50^th meeting, expects to again have a full program of panels at the association's meeting at the Hyatt Regency Downtown, in Denver, CO, April 23-26, Paper/panel proposals for the American Indian Studies Section can either be submitted on line by going to: http://wssa.asu.edu/wssa_conference.htm, or by sending them (preferably by E-mail) to AIS section coordinator Daniel Wildcat, Haskell Indian Nations University, 155 Indian Ave., Lawrence, KS 66046 (758)865-8428, dwildcat@sunflower.com. Deadline for proposals, including abstracts, is December 1. Information, which will eventually include the preliminary program, can be accessed on line at: http://wssa.asu.edu.

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OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS

California Indian Conference 2007 is October 26-27, 2007 at University of California Davis. For details contact Conference organizers: Martha Macri, (530) 752-7086, mjmacri@ucdavis.edu or Sheri Tatsch (530) 754-8361, sjtatsch@ucdavis.edu.

Conference Website: http://nas.ucdavis.edu/NALC/cicg/, All past CIC programs 1985-2006: http://bss.sfsu.edu/calstudies/cic/.

The American Indian Health Policy Symposium is at the Pechanga Casino and Resort in California, October 29-30. The program is jointly hosted/sponsored by American Indian Health Management and Policy (AIHMP) and the California Rural Indian Health Board (CRIHB). For details go to: http://www.aihmp.com/conference.html.

The 16^th annual Navajo Studies Conference is in Albuquerque, New Mexico, November 1-4 at the University Libraries of the University of New Mexico. For more information go to http://elibrary.unm.edu/inlp/navajo_studies-conf.php.

The 2007 Fostering Indigenous Business & Entrepreneurship in the Americas (FIBEA) Conference is at Acoma Pueblo - Sky City Resort, New Mexico, November 7-9. The conference agenda includes two days of academic and business workshop sessions, and cultural performances. For details contact Raul de Gouvea, Ph.D., FIBEA 2007 Conference Chair, Chair FIT Department, Anderson Schools of Management, (505) 277-6471, or Jaye Francis, FIBEA 2007 Conference Coordinator, (505)277-8889, francis@mgt.unm.edu, http://fibea.mgt.unm.edu

The 2^nd Annual American Indian Education Conference American Indian Languages and Culture in Indiana Education: “Sacred Words ~ Sacred Ground”is at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, November 15 – 16, For details contact Charmayne Champion-Shaw: championshaw@yahoo.com.

The 3rd Native American Women Conference, focusing on Information Management and Communication, is scheduled for November 19-20, at the Sheraton Wildhorse Pass Resort on the Gila River Indian Community. For details contact Arizona Indian Women In Action, P. O. Box 53999 MS 8010, Phoenix, AZ 85072-3999 (602)250-2553, info@arizonaiwia.org, http://www.arizonaiwia.org/.

CLE Conference: Administrative Law: Indian Tribes and the Federal Agency Maze is November 30th & December 1^st, in Tempe, AZ. For details contact Darlene Lester : 9480)965-7715, www.law.asu.edu/ILP.

The American Indian Studies Association 2007 Conference: “Decolonization of American Indians in Art, Politics and Nationhood,” is February 8 & 9 at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. Proposals may be sent by email to sharel.hailey@asu.edu or mailed as a hard copy with a diskette in MSWord no later than November 30, to Sharel Hailey, American Indian Studies Program, Arizona State University, P.O. Box 874603, Tempe, AZ 85287. For more information contact Carol Lujan: (480)965-6977.

The 2008 conference of the National Association of Native American Studies probably will be held February. For information contact: Dr. Lemuel Berry, Jr., Executive Director, NANAS, P.O. Box 325, Biddeford, ME 04005-0325 (207}839-8004, Fax: 207/839-3776, naaasconference@earthlink.net, www.NAAAS.org.

Native/Indigenous Studies Area of the 2008 Southwest/Texas Popular Culture/American Culture Association's 29th annual meeting is February 13-16 in Albuquerque, NM at the Hyatt Regency Albuquerque.. Deadline is November 15 for proposals for Panels and Individual Papers for the Native/Indigenous Studies Area. Inquiries regarding this area and/or abstracts of 250 words may be sent to Sara Sutler-Cohen, Area Co-Chair, Native Studies, PCA/ACA Annual Regional Conferences, Department of Sociology, Bellevue Community College, 3000 Landerholm Circle, SE, Bellevue, WA 98007, bcc.ctc.edu or sara.sutlercohen@gmail.com. Deadline for conference registreation is December 31. Further details regarding the conference (listing of all areas, hotel, registration, tours, etc.) can be found at http://www.h-net.org/.

Conferences of the International Society for Language Studies: Beginning in 2009, conferences will be held on a two-year cycle (every other year) with publication of the annual volume series Readings in Language Studies to be of primary focus during the intervening year. Consistent with these changes, the 2008 conference planned for New York has been cancelled to be rescheduled for spring of 2009 at a location to be announced. For information contact International Society for Language Studies, c/o OSBORN, Graduate School of Education, Fordham University, 113 W. 60th Street, Room 1102, New York, NY 10023, conf2009@isls-inc.org, http://www.isls-inc.org/conference/conference.html.

The Native American Literature Symposium (NALS) is April 5-7. Deadline for proposals is October 25. For information contact Dr. Gwen Griffin, Native American Literature Symposium, English Department, 230 Armstrong Hall, Minnesota State University, Mankato, Mankato, MN 56001 (507)389-2117, gwen.griffin@mnsu.edu, www.mnsu.edu/nativelit/.

The 2008 Indigenous Professor's Association (IPA) will be April 21 - 23 in Lawrence, KS, hosted by Haskell Indian Nations University and the Center for Indigenous Nations Studies at the University of Kansas. For information contact Julia GoodFox: jgoodfox@HASKELL.edu. A listing may be at: http://www.news.ku.edu/2005/april/19/native.shtml.

The Society of American Indian Government Employees (SAIGE) is a national non-profit organization that advocates for American Indian and Alaska Native federal employees. SAIGE will host its 5th annual national joint training conference with the American Indian Alaska Native Employees Association (AIANEA), is June 2 -5, at the Grand Traverse Hotel, Traverse, MI. As part of the Training Conference, SAIGE will also host the Native Youth Track, designed to provide Native American students an opportunity to learn about careers within the Federal Government, to participate in professional and personal development workshops and training, and to provide an opportunity for students to network with Native American professionals within the federal government. The students are provided with mentors within their respective career field and with the tools and coaching to better enable them to compete in the federal sector marketplace. For information contact Society of American Indian Government Employees, P.O. Box 7715, Washington, D.C. 20044, www.saige.org, or Youth Coordinator JoAnn Brant (202)564-0375, brant.joann@epa.gov, or www.aianea.org.

The Eighth Annual Conference for American Indian Families, with a special workshop for youth, Conducted by the National Indian Justice Center, is July 12-14, at the Hyatt Regency Near Disneyland Resort, 11999 Harbor Boulevard, Garden Grove, CA 92840. For information contact NIJC staff at (707)579-5507, nijc@aol.com, www.NIJC.org.

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