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://wssa.asu.edu.
OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS
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.
Continental Summit of Indigenous Peoples and Organizations: "The
Encounter of the Condor, the Quetzal and the Eagle"
is at City of Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina, October
30 - November 1. One of the objectives is that the content
of the resulting Declaration be legally binding for Indigenous
Peoples and urges and commits the States to fully respect it
as well. That rights are not denied and the States commit to
elaborate and to implement legal measures jointly with Indigenous
Peoples in the decision making process. For information Contact:
Executive Secretary Continental Summit of Indigenous and Peoples
Organizations, Tel./Fax: (0054) 11 4326 – 2940, cumbrecontinentalindigena@yahoo.com.ar.
The newly formed "Indian Women In Action"
committee, in partnership with the Office of Community Development
Emerging Markets of Arizona Public Service is sponsoring
the First Native American Women's Conference: Family, Culture
and Business: 'Cultivating the Roles of Native Women',
November 3-4, at the Apache Gold Casino Resort, San Carlos,
AZ. For information contact, Hamidah Awang-Damit, Premiere Project
Management Inc, 2713 N Sandstone, Flagstaff, AZ 86004 (928)526-6755.
Hamidahhad@aol.com.
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 are
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.
11th session of the Working
Group on the Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
(WGCD) is in Geneva, Switzerland, November 14-25, and December
12-16, resumed session (Dates to be confirmed). For details
contact the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human
Rights United Nations, 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland, Phone: +41
22 917 9000, mtabard@ohchr.org,
http://www.ohchr.org/english/issues/indigenous/groups/groups-02.htm.
The 7th World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education
(WIPCE) is taking place at Te Wangga o Aotearoa (The Maori
University of New Zealand), November 27-Dember 1. The hosts
are Te Wananga o Aotearoa in conjunction with WINHEC Head Office,
and with paticipation of the Maori tribes in the area. 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. Coinciding with
WIPCE, this year the Annual World Indigenous Nations Higher
Education Conference (WINHEC) Meeting is being held in Hamilton,
New Zealand in conjunction with WIPCE. The venue for the WINHEC
meeting is the Glenview International Hotel and Conference Centre,
November 23-25. For details e-mail Kiri Price at kiri.price@tauihu-wananga.maori.nz
for a draft program of the week.
Call for Papers: 27th Native/Indigenous Studies Area,
2006 Southwest/Texas Popular Culture/American Culture Association
Conference, Albuquerque, NM, at the Hyatt Regency, February
8-11, 2006. The deadline for submitting proposals is November
15, and for conference registration, December 31. For details
go to: http://www.swtexaspca.org. Send proposals with abstracts
of up to 250 words to Sara C. Sutler-Cohen, Area Chair, Native
Studies, PCA/ACA Annual Regional Conferences, 1817 SE Umatilla
Street, Portland, OR 97202 (503)231-1719, saraksgirl@yahoo.com.
The National Association of Native American Studies
National Conference is February 13-18, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Paper proposals are invited, with abstracts, not to exceed two
(2) pages, that relate to any aspect of the Native American
experience. Subjects may include, but are not limited to: literature,
demographics, history, politics, economics, education, health
care, fine arts, religion, social sciences, business and many
other subjects. Please indicate the time required for presentation
of your paper (25 minutes OR 45 minutes). Abstracts with
home and college/agency address must be postmarked by
Tuesday, November 15, 2005. Send abstracts to: 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.
The Arizona State University American Indian Studies
program is putting on the 7th Annual Conference of the
American Indian Studies Consortium: "Indigenous Nations
and the Academy: The Dynamics of Indigenous Scholarship and
Thought in Defending and Protecting our Lands, Languages, Tribal
Nations and Cultures", February 15-16, in the ASU Memorial
Union, Turquoise Room For more information contact Mary Cleveland
or Maria Dadgar: (480)965-3634. Fax: (480)965-2215, ais@asu.edu.
The Yale Group for the Study of Native America
Conference- Pathways 2006: Cultural Intersections in Native
North America is April 7-9 in New Haven, CT. The goals of
this conference are: to provide a comfortable forum for graduate
students working at the intersection of American Indian or Alaska
Native Studies and other Ethnic and Area Studies to share their
work, and to foster student-to-student and student-to-professional
relationships by encouraging networking and community-building
for those working across traditional disciplinary boundaries.
For information contact Paul Costa, paul.costa@yale.edu or Pathways
2006, c/o Rosalinda Garcia, Yale College Dean's Office, P.O.
Box 208241, New Haven, CT 06520 www.yale.edu/ygsna/pathways.
The 29th Annual California American Indian Education Conference
is at the Radisson Hotel and Conference Center in Fresno, CA,
April 13-15. For details contact: Osa Center: (559)252-8659.
A symposium will take place at the
52nd International Congress of Americanists, Seville,
Spain, July 16-21, 2006: “Protecting and Developing Indigenous
Rights to Resources in the Americas.” After years of working individually and
cooperatively with one another and with other colleagues to
study socio-cultural, political, and economic problems facing
indigenous peoples in the Americas, we want to do more to promote
the rights of indigenous nations to protect and develop their
natural and cultural resources. How have indigenous nations
or communities been successful in protecting their capacities
to develop their natural and cultural resources? What are specific
obstacles to securing and strengthening rights to exercise effective
control over resources and how can they be overcome? We would
like to bring together a multinational group of scholars and
activists from Chile, the United States, and indigenous nations
across the Americas to discuss protecting and sustainably developing
indigenous rights to resources in the Americas. The multinational
gathering of scholars at the 52nd International Congress
of Americanists in Sevilla is a perfect forum for this discussion.
We cordially invite you to submit your proposal for a
paper or presentation and ask that you pass along this invitation
to others—both scholars and activists—who might be interested.
Paper/presentation proposals must be received by December 1
for full consideration. Please send proposals to Stefanie
Wickstrom, Environmental Studies & Political Science, Green
Mountain College, Poultney, VT 05764, Of: (802)287-8303,
Fax: (802)287-8099. wickstroms@greenmtn.edu or Rex Wirth,
Department of Political Science, Central Washington University,
Ellensburg, WA 98926, (509)963-2353, wirth@cwu.edu. For more
information about the ICA, visit http://www.52ica.com.
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