Indigenous Policy Upcoming Information

UPCOMING EVENTS

OTHER INDIGENOUS PANELS, PAPERS AND POSTERS AT APSA

ISN PROGRAM AT APSA 2005

The Indigenous Studies Network (formerly known as the Native American Studies Association) offers 2 panels and a business meeting and networking session at the 2005 APSA meeting in Washington DC, September 1-4. Conference registration and many panels will be at the Marriott Wardman Park hotel. Other sessions will be at the Omni Shoreham and Washington Hilton hotels. To pre-reregister, to see the continually up dated program, download papers from the on line proceedings or for more information go to: http://www.apsanet.org.

Locations of sessions will be listed in the final, printed, program, available at conference registration. The ISN Program Coordinator is Darlene Williams; email address: williamd@eastwestcenter.org.

Indigenous Studies Group Panel 1: Comparative Politics and State's Political Impacts on Indigenous People

Thursday, Sep 1, 4:15 PM

Chair: Darlene M. Williams, williamsd018@hawaii.rr.com, University of Hawaii, Manoa

Papers: Flogging a Dead Horse? Neo Marxism and Indigenous Mining Negotiations -

Catherine Howlett, c.howlett@griffith.edu.au, Griffith University

Conflict Between Indigenous Populations and the Brazilian Nation State: A Constructivist

Genealogy of Ethnic Conflict - David Edward Toohey, dtoohey@hawaii.edu, University of Hawaii

Responding to a Globalized World: Changes in Pehuenche-Mapuche Leadership Structure in the Biobio Highlands, Chile - Jeanne W Simon, jsimon@udec.cl, Universidad de Concepcion, Claudio Gonzalez-Parra, Universidad de Concepcion

Transnational and Cross-Border Relations and the International Spread of Ethnic

Conflict: The Spread of Ethnic Conflict from Rwanda to the Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire) in 1996. - Eric N. Mvukiyehe, mvukie@u.washington.edu, University of Washington

Discussants: Stephanie J. Di Alto, University of California, Irvine, Dale Mason, reds@unm.edu, University of New Mexico

Indigenous Studies Group Panel 2 & Race, Ethnicity and Politics, 32-1 The Rise of American Indians in Democratic Politics: Mobilization, Participation, and Influence, Friday, Sep 2, 8:00 AM

Chair: Joely De La Torre, joely@joelydelatorre.com, California State University, San Bernardino

Papers: Mobilizing Grassroots Democracy: American Indians, Anglos, Mexicans, and Mexican Americans, John G. Bretting, jbretting@utep.edu, University of Texas at El Paso, Irasema Coronado, icoronado@utep.edu, University of Texas, El Paso

From Digger Indian to Donor Elite: The Emergence of Tribal Political Power in California and Beyond, Joely De La Torre, joely@joelydelatorre.com, California State University, San Bernardino

New Friends and Old Enemies: Protecting Tribal Political Power in an Endlessly Changing Landscape, Kouslaa Kessler-Mata, kouslaa@yahoo.com, University of Chicago

Representing Indigenous Self-Determination, Michael Murphy, michael.murphy@stonebow.otago.ac.nz, University of Otago

Native American Tribal Participation in Collaborative Watershed Management: A Comparison Between the Southwest and Pacific Northwest, United States, Amanda E Cronin, david.ostergren@nau.edu, Northern Arizona University Discussant: David E. Wilkins, wilkinsd@umn.edu, University of Minnesota

ISN Business and Networking Meeting (Tentative time, Friday, September 2, 6:00pm. Check the on line program after about July 15, and the final, printed program for the final day and time). Facilitator: Steve Sachs, ISN Coordinator, ssachs@iupui.edu. We will have a business meeting followed by a net working time to share interests, concerns, etc. Agenda: 1) Choose ISN Coordinator, Program Coordinator, and decide whether to continue Indigenous Policy coordinating Editor, 2) review program and IPJ. 3) new business. 4) networking.

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OTHER INDIGENOUS PANELS AT APSA

T-8 Theme Panel & Race, Ethnicity and Politics,32-12: Roundtable on Race, Ethnicity and Political Science: The REP Section - A Ten-Year Retrospective, Thursday, Sep 1, 10:15 AM

Chair: Tony Affigne, affigne@providence.edu, Providence College

Participants: John A. Garcia, jag@email.arizona.edu, University of Arizona

Andrew L. Aoki, aoki@augsburg.edu, Augsburg College

William E. Nelson, nelson.18@osu.edu, Ohio State University

Toni-Michelle Travis, ttravis@gmu.edu, George Mason University

David E. Wilkins, wilkinsd@umn.edu, University of Minnesota

1-20 Political Thought and Philosophy: Politicizing Indigeneity, Thursday, Sep 1, 2:00 PM

Chair: Dale Turner, dale.turner@dartmouth.edu, Dartmouth College

Papers: Kant's Cosmopolitan Right, Cultural Interaction, and the Right to Visit, Timothy P. Waligore, Columbia University

Politicizing Indigeneity, Dale Turner, dale.turner@dartmouth.edu, Dartmouth College

Why is Indigeneity Important? Jeremy Waldron, jwaldron@law.columbia.edu, Columbia University

Discussant: Melissa S. Williams, melissa.williams@utoronto.ca, University of Toronto

OTHER INDIGENOUS PAPERS AT APSA

Ecological and Transformational Politics Panel 1: Political Expressions of Environmental Justice, Saturday, Sep 3, 10:15 AM

Paper: "New Directions for Environmental Justice", Winona LaDuke, muskrat@unitelc.com, White Earth Ojibwe Nation

Latino Caucus in Political Science Panel 4 & Race, Ethnicity and Politics 32-4: Transnational Identity and Action, Sunday, Sep 4, 10:15 AM

Religion, Transnationalism, and Collective Action Among Guatemalan-Mayan and Mexican Immigrants in Florida, Philip Joel Williams, pjw@polisci.ufl.edu, University of Florida, Tim Steigenga, tsteigen@fau.edu, Florida Atlantic University

INDIGENOUS POSTERS AT APSA

Ethnic and Identity Politics Poser Session, Sep 2, 4:15 PM:

Rebellion in the Americas: Are Indigenous groups more likely to mobilize, violently protest, or rebel than other ethnopolitical groups? Michael Lerma, lerma@email.arizona.edu, University of Arizona

The APSA program is subject to change, and additional indigenous panels, papers, posters, meetings or events may be scheduled that are not listed here. To consult APSA's continually updated program or download papers from the meeting proceedings (as they are added to it), go to: http://www.apsanet.org.

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OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS

WSSA 2005 AMERICAN INDIAN STUDIES SECTION PROGRAM, April 19 - 22, 2006

Phoenix, Arizona

The 48th American Indian Studies Section of the Western Social Science Association expects to again have a full program of panels at the association's meeting in Phoenix, AZ April 19-22, 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 AIS section coordinator Jaimee Eyrich, jaimee@email.arizona.edu. Deadline for proposals, including abstracts, is December 1. Information, which will eventually include the preliminary program, can be accessed on line at http://www.asu.edu.

The 12th Annual Stabilizing Indigenous Languages Symposium (SILS), “Weaving Languages and Culture Together,” sponsored by the First Peoples’ Cultural Foundation and the University of Victoria, is at the University of Victoria and the LAW, WELNEW, June 2-5, 2005 at. Information about the conference can be found at: http://www.fpcf.ca/SILS2005/. Full text proceedings of previous SILS can be found on the Teaching Indigenous Languages web site at: http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~jar/TIL.html.

Arvol Lookinghorse, Keeper of the Lakota Buffalo Calf Pipe, has declared June 21, the Tenth World Peace and Prayer Day, with events on and around that date, including a gathering at Black Hills – Elk Creek Resort, in Piedmont, SD. People are invited to organize their own related local activities. For details call (866)786-7989.

The National Institute for Native Leadership in Higher Education (NINLHE) 2005 Annual Institute is at the University of New Mexico, in Albuquerque, August 3-7. NINLHE is an alliance of higher education professionals committed to changing colleges and universities in ways that enable Native students to earn degrees while strengthening their cultural identities. NINLHE supports Native students by strengthening the skills and staying power of administrators, faculty and staff working directly with those students. By providing job skills training, peer networking and opportunities for personal and cultural renewal to these key individuals, we impact the lives of thousands of Native students. For more information contact, Louise Chavez, Program Coordinator, Office of the Provost & Exec Vice President for Academic Affairs NINLHE, Department, MSC02 1580, Hokona Hall, Room 320, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 (505)277-2614, Fax: (505)277-6085, http://ninlhe.unm.edu.

The Society of American Indian Government Employees 2nd annual national training conference: Youth Track Application is August 15-18 at the Holiday Inn Capitol, Washington, DC. For more information contact JoAnn Brant, Youth Track Coordinator, Society of American Indian Government Employees, PO Box 7715, Washington, DC 20044 (202)564-0375, brant.joann@epa.gov.

New Directions in American Indian Research: A Gathering of Emerging Scholars is October 7-8, 2005 at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, hosted by Representatives of the First Nations Graduate Circle and the Carolina Indian Circle, organizations of American Indian students at the UNC, with the support of faculty and the Graduate School. The meeting will highlight the research of graduate students and senior-level undergraduate students. The conference is a student initiative specifically targeted toward bringing together members of local Indian and non-Indian communities as well as scholars from across the region and nation. For more information contact Lindsey Claire Smith, Graduate Assistant, American Indian Recruitment, The Graduate School, CB#4010, 200 Bynum Hall, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, nativeconf@unc.edu, http://nativeconf.unc.edu.

The Sixth Native American Symposium is set for November 10-12, 2005 at Southeastern Oklahoma State University in Durant, Oklahoma. The symposium’s theme is Native Women in the Arts, Education, and Leadership, but papers and presentations welcome on all Native American topics and issues, including history, literature, autobiography, film, cultural studies, education, religion, politics, the social sciences, and fine arts. For information contact Dr. Mark B. Spencer, Department of English, Humanities, and Languages, Box 4121, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, Durant, OK 74701, mspencer@sosu.edu.

The National Association of Native American Studies (NANAS) will hold its 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.

The 7th World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education (WIPCE) is taking place at Te Wangga o Aoeraro (The Maori University of New Zealand), November 27-Dember 1. For more information contact, Aroha Te Kanawa, Te Wananga o Aotearoa, PO Box 19439, Hamilton, New Zealand, Phone: + 64 7 838 7649,

info@wipce2005.com, Web: www.wipce2005.com.

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