UPCOMING EVENTS
ISN PROGRAM AT APSA 2005
The Indigenous Studies Network (formerly known
as the Native American Studies Association) invites proposals
for the 2005 APSA meeting in Washington DC, September 1-4.
Since the official theme of the conference is “Mobilizing Democracy,”
panels and papers that focus on the political efforts of indigenous
peoples to affect policy change and to push towards greater
tribal sovereignty would be very appropriate and fitting. But,
also welcome would be proposals that focus on the interdependence
and mutual illumination of indigenous topics with other, more
conventional areas of political research. In this way, we can
continue to show how the wide range of possible applications
of indigenous topics moves it beyond being a specialized sub-field
to one, which exists at the foundations of politics and public
policy.
With this goal in mind and with the practical
aim of increasing our interdisciplinary presence, we invite
proposals that seek to show the applicability of indigenous
studies to the comparative politics of race and ethnicity, intergovernmental
relationships, political theory, public policy, law and jurisprudence,
and the increasing prominence of indigenous voices in international
decision-making arenas. We are open to non-traditional forms
of presentation and discussions as well as any ideas that others
have to better represent our sub-field at the national meetings.
Please submit all proposals, ideas, and suggestions
as well as possible co-sponsored panels by December 1 to:
Darlene Williams; email address: williamd@eastwestcenter.org.
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APSA RACE, ETHNICITY AND POLITCS SECTION
The APSA Race, Ethnicity and Politics Section
welcomes paper and panel proposals on American Indian or
international indigenous topics for the 2004 APSA meeting in
Washington, DC, September 1-4. Proposals must be made electronically
to APSA by November 15. For information and to make a proposal,
go to: http://www.apsanet.org/mtgs/divisions/index.cfm.
REP Program coordinators are Paula Mohan: mohanp@uww.edu,
and Gary Segura: gary-segura@uiowa.edu.
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WSSA 2004 AMERICAN
INDIAN STUDIES SECTION PROGRAM
The 47th American
Indian Studies Section of the Western Social Science
Association expects to again have a full program of panels
at the association's meeting at the Hyatt Regency Downtown in
Albuquerque, NM, [(505}842-1234] April
13-16, 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 to section coordinator Jeff Corntassel,
WSSA@uvic.ca [(250)472-4724]. Deadline for proposals, including
abstracts, is November 26. Information, which
will eventually include the preliminary program, can be accessed
on line at http://www.asu.edu.
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The National Association of Native American
Studies (NANAS) will hold it’s 2004 Annual Conference jointly
with the National Associations of African American and Latino
Studies and at the International Association of Asian Studies,
in Atlanta, GA, November 11-14, 2004. To receive information,
contact Dr. Lemuel Bery, Jr., Executive Director, NAAAS &
Affiliates, P.O. Box 865, Morehead, KY 40351 (207)282-1925,
Fax: 606/784-1037 E-mail: naaasgrp@webcom.com www.NAAAS.org.
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2nd Conference on Aboriginal Languages: "Paroles
d'Avenir", organized by the First Nation Education
Council (FNEC), is taking place at the Manoir Saint-Sauveur.
near St-Sauveur, Quebec, October 24-26. The conference will
give participants, including international experts, the opportunity
to learn about the situation of Aboriginal languages at the
national and international levels. It will also present various
projects that a number of communities have undertaken to preserve
their languages. Participants will be able to discuss the possibilities
for carrying out similar actions. The FNEC is planning to conclude
the event with the formulation of recommendations and an action
plan for preserving and revitalizing the languages of the Aboriginal
communities in Quebec. The FNEC will also be inviting artists
and crafts persons from the communities to present their work
at the conference., For information c0ntact Eve Bastien, (418)842-7672,
http://www.cepn-fnec.com.
The 5th National Indigenous Environmental
Health Conference will be hosted by NSW Health for the Health
Council and the National Indigenous Environmental Health Forum
(NIEHF) at the Crowne Plaza Terrigal, Central Coast, NSW on
November 3 and 4. For details go to: http://tinyurl.com/466ru
Maintaining Connections: Natives in Academia
and Community Unification, Activism, and Responsibility
is in Ithaca, NY, November 5-6, Hosted by the Cornell Council
of American Indian Graduate and Professional Students. For information,
contact: joshuabnelson@aya.yale.edu.
The American Indian
Science & Engineering Society (AISES), a national, nonprofit
organization which nurtures building of community by bridging
science and technology with traditional Native values, will
hold its 26th Annual National Conference, "Expanding
the Circle," in Anchorage, Alaska, November 11-13.
Topics to be discussed include as native science, traditional
ecological knowledge, subsistence lifestyles, traditional healing.
For information contact Cristy Davies, cristy@aises.or, AISES
Event s Department, PO Box 9828, Albuquerque, NM 87119, http://www.aises.org/events/2004/.
The National Day
of Morning is November 25. On Thanksgiving Day, many Native
Americans and their supporters gather at the top of Coles Hill,
overlooking Plymouth Rock. The first National Day of Mourning
was held in 1970. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts invited
Wampanoag leader Frank James to deliver a speech. When the text
of Mr. James' speech, a powerful statement of anger at the history
of oppression of the Native people of America, became known
before the event, the Commonwealth "disinvited" him.
That silencing of a strong and honest Native voice led to the
convening of the National Day of Mourning. For information go
to: http://www.pilgrimhall.org/daymourn.htm.
The 7th World Indigenous Peoples Conference
on Education (WiPCE) is in Hamilton, Aotearoa, New Zealand,
November 27-December 1, hosted by the Te Wananga o Aoteora,
the Maori University of Aoteora, in collaboration with the University
of Waikato (which has the highest number of Maori university
graduates in Aoteora), which is providing the conference site,
and Waikato Institute of Technology. For details contact Ms.
Aroha Te Kanawa, Project Manager, WIPCE Conference 2005, P.O.
Box 151. Te Awamutu, New Zealand, Tel. +027 276 4285, info@wipce2005.com, http://www.wipce2005.com/.
The Meeting on
Traditional Forest Related Knowledge (TFRK) and related
international commitments is in San Jose, Costa Rica, December
6-10, sponsored by the International Alliance of Indigenous
and Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forests and Associacion Ixacavaa.
Central to discussions in this event are national government
actions related to their international commitments to protect
and promote TFRK. The international event will commence with
a two-day preparatory meeting on of December 6-7, open to indigenous
experts, holders of traditional knowledge and representatives
of forest dependent and/or indigenous communities in Africa,
Asia, Latin America and the Pacific to discuss the promotion
and protection of Traditional Forest Related Knowledge. On the
8th, 9th and 10th of December indigenous and local community
experts will join government and international agency delegates
in a three-day official Expert Meeting of the United Nations
Forum on Forests which is being organized by the International
Alliance of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forests
and Associacion Ixacavaa, with support from the Secretariat
of the Convention on Biological Diversity and forest-related
support NGOs. The meeting will provide an opportunity for indigenous
and other experts to discuss the extent to which governments
have implemented international commitments related to the protection,
promotion and support of Traditional Forest Related Knowledge.
Outcomes from this meeting will be introduced into the 5th Session
of the United Nations Forum on Forests, and will feed into discussions
on the Convention on Biological Diversity and other relevant
international and national forest policy processes. The International
Alliance of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forests
is dedicated to ensuring the effective and widespread participation
of indigenous peoples and local communities. For information,
contact Kittisak Rattanakrajangsri, Executive Secretary, kittisak@international-alliance.org,
Annabel Pinker, Project Assistant for the Expert Meeting, annabel@international-alliance.org,
or Helen Leake, Information Officer, helen@international-alliance.org,
Tel: +66.53 904 037, Fax: +66.53 277 645
http://groups.msn.com/salasaca-runakuna.
The International
Conference on Environmental, Cultural and Social Sustainability
is at the East-West Center, Hawai'i, February 25-27. The conference
aims to develop a holistic view of sustainability, in which
environmental, cultural and economic issues are inseparably
interlinked. It will work in a multidisciplinary way, across
diverse fields and taking varied perspectives in order to address
the fundamentals of sustainability. For details go to the conference
website. http://www.SustainabilityConference.com, or contact
Peter Phipps: peter.phipps@sustainabilityconference.com.
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