UPCOMING EVENTS

ISN PROGRAM AT APSA 2008

WSSA 2009 AMERICAN INDIAN STUDIES SECTION PROGRAM

ISN PROGRAM AT APSA 2008

The Indigenous Studies Network plans two cosponsored panels and a business meeting and networking session at the 2008 American Political Science Association (APSA) meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, August 28-31. The program for the meeting, including other Indigenous panels, papers posters and meetings was posted in June, and will be updated thereafter at: http://apsanet.org/section_222.cfm. Locations of sessions will be in the printed program available at meeting registration at the APSA meeting. For more information contact ISN Program Coordinators: Darlene Williams: williamsd018@hawaii.rr.com, and Stephanie DiAlto, sdialto@uci.edu.

Reconceiving the National Story, Co-sponsored by Politics, Literature, and Film, 41-3 and ISN 1,
Friday, Aug 29, 10:15 am
Each of the four papers on this panel investigates the ways in which the reconstruction of national identity in times of political transition is a literary project. Hunt's work combines empirical research and theory to show how new states use literature to support their establishment. Salinas' paper on Jorge Luis Borges examines the contribution of literature to the understanding of the collective self and the individual identities within it. Sullivan's paper examines how a minority uses myth and story to establish cohesion within a larger community. Rahman and Chestnut explore the special power of literature to shape narratives of societal transformation during post-authoritarian transitions.
Chair: Peter Josephson
Co-discussants: Cyrus Ernesto Zirakzadeh & Peter Josephson
1. Stacey Leigh Hunt: “Violent Literatures: Uniting the Nation; Revealing the State.”
2. K Sabeel Rahman: “Historical Narrative and Reconciliation: The Literary Public Sphere in Post-Authoritarian Transitions.”
3. Eileen Sullivan: “How Can A Catholic Minority Survive In A Secular Society? Guidance From Popular Fiction.”
4. Alejandra M. Salinas: “Culture, politics and literature in Jorge Luis Borges.”

American Indian Legal Claims: Negotiating Rights and Identities through a Non-Native Judicial Lens,
Co-sponsored by ISN and Race, Ethnicity, and Politics (REP), 32-27 and ISN 2, Thursday, Aug 28, 10:15 AM
Chair: Stephanie Di Alto, sdialto@uci.edu.
Co-discussants: Sheryl Lightfoot, slightft@umn.edu and Timothy Waligore, tpw2001@columbia.edu.
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1. Paula Mohan: “Moving Beyond ‘Mea Culpa’: Reparations and Damages to Indigenous Peoples in the Cobell Class Action Suit.”
2. Urszula Piasta, ulapiasta@yahoo.com: “Hartford Convention: A Compromise of Interests between New York and Massachusetts in the Western New York Territorial Dispute and its Impact on the Seneca Nation Land Title.”
3. Anne Flaherty, afb4@duke.edu: “Innocent until Proven Greedy? American Indian Land Claims and Gaming Rights.”
4. Michael Lerma, lerma@email.arizona.edu: “Federal Indian Law and the Rehnquist Court: a search for unstated norms.”

ISN Business Meeting: Thursday, Aug 28, 12:15 PM.

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WSSA 2009 AMERICAN INDIAN STUDIES SECTION PROGRAM, April 15-18, 2009

The American Indian Studies Section of the Western Social Science Association, at its 51st meeting, expects to again have a full program of panels at the association's meeting at the Hyatt Regency Downtown, in Albuquerque, April 15-18, 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 Tom Hoffman <dr_tomh@swbell.net. Deadline for proposals, including abstracts, will be no earlier than November 1. Information, which will eventually include the preliminary program, can be accessed on line at: http://wssa.asu.edu.

OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS

There are several American Indian Health Policy Symposiums around the country each year a list is posted at: http://www.aihmp.com/conference.html. The South Dakota American Indian Health Policy Symposium will be in August. For details go to: http://www.aihmp.com/2008-may-dakota.html. The Oklahoma Symposium will be in November. Details can be found at: http://www.aihmp.com/2008-aug-oklahoma.html.

A list of indigenous Language Conferences is kept at the Teaching Indigenous Languages web site at Northern Arizona University: http://www2.nau.edu/jar/Conf.html.

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, 2008 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 34th Anniversary International Indian Treaty Council Conference, "Implementing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Upholding Self-determination and Free Prior Informed Consent for Indigenous Peoples" is June 19 - 22, 2008, in Chimaltenango, Guatemala, proceeded on June 17 - 18, by the Right to Food and Cultural Indicators Guatemala community workshop/training. The conference is hosted by: CITI GUATEMALA, CEPRODI, Oxlajuj Ajpop de los Ajq'ijab', DefensorÃ–a Maya, Asociacion Sotzil, CPD, Tzu Kim Pop, Sakbe, CNP-Tierra, ASECSA, Consejo de Organizaciones Mayas de Sacatepequez, Aq' Tenamit, CALAS, Aj Ch'mol, FODIGUA. For more information: go to: Conferencia2008@treatycouncil.org, or contact Francisco Cali (502)5722-8480, francisco@treatycoucnil.org, or Andrea Carmen (907)745-4482, andrea@treatycouncil.org, Alberto Saldamando (415)641-4482, alberto@treatycouncil.org, www.treatycounciI.org.

The Nineth Annual Conference for American Indian Families, “For All My Relations,” with a special workshop for youth, Conducted by the National Indian Justice Center, is July 10-12, 2008 at the Anaheim Marriott Hotel, Anaheim, CA. For information contact NIJC staff at (707)579-5507, nijc@aol.com, www.NIJC.org, click Training Schedule.

Fostering Indigenous Business and Entrepreneurship in the Americas Conference: FIBEA 2008 is at Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, July 22-25, 2008. for information go to: http://fibeamanaus.mgt.unm.edu/.

Third Annual Vine Deloria, Jr. Indigenous Studies Symposium is at Northwest Indian College, July 24-26, 2008. For detils and reservations contact Steve Pavlik, Co-coordinator, Native American Studies, Northwest Indian College, 2533 Kwina Rd., Bwllingham, WA 98226 (360)392-4307, spavlik@nwic.edu.

The South Dakota American Indian Health Policy Symposium will be in August. For details go to: http://www.aihmp.com/2008-may-dakota.html.

The Fall 2008 California Indian Conference will be at UC Riverside, Riverside, CA, October 2-4. Cliff Tafzer is the organizer. For information, contact conference organizer, Clifford Trafzer, (951)827-1974, History, Costo Professor of American Indian Affairs, University of California, Riverside, clifford.trafzer@ucr.edu.

The National Indian Education Association Conference: Crossroads - Pulling Together our Indigenous Knowledge is at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center in Seattle, WA, October 23-26, 2008. For details go to: http://www.niea.org/events/overview.php.

Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988, is October 16-17, 2008 at the Radison Fort McDowell Resort and Casino, Scottsdale/Fountain Hills, AZ. For details call (480) 965-7715, or go to: http://ilp.law.asu.edu/.

The Oklahoma American Indian Health Policy Symposiums will be in November. Details can be found at: http://www.aihmp.com/2008-aug-oklahoma.html.

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/.

The 3rd Annual Native American Indian Education Conference will be held, November 14, 2008 at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). This year the theme of the conference is Native Americans and New Media. For details contact Charmayne Champion-Shaw: championshaw@yahoo.com.

Native/Indigenous Studies Area of the 2009 Southwest/Texas Popular Culture/American Culture Association's 30th annual meeting will be in February, in Albuquerque, NM at the Hyatt Regency Albuquerque.. Deadline may be as early as 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 registration may be December 31. Further details regarding the conference (listing of all areas, hotel, registration, tours, etc.) can be found at http://sarasutlercohen.com/Projects.html and http://www.h-net.org/%7Eswpca/.

The 2008 World Indigenous Peoples Congress on Education (WIPCE) is December 7-11 on the traditional lands of the Kulin Nation, Melbourne, Australia. For details go to: www.wipce2008.com.

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 2009 conference of the National Association of Native American Studies probably will be held in 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.

The 2009 Indigenous Professor's Association (IPA) likely will be 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.

5th Annual Southeast Indian Studies Conference is at the University of North Carolina, Pembroke, April 2-3, 2009. Abstracts should be submitted by December 19, 2008 to Ms. Alesia Cummings, American Indian Studies Department, UNC-Pembroke, P. O. Box 1510, Pembroke, NC 28372, alesia.cummings@uncp.edu. For more information, contact Dr. Mary Ann Jacobs (910)775-4262, mary.jacobs@uncp.edu.

The 2009 National Center for American Indian Enterprise and Development's Reservation Economic Summit and American Indian Business Trade Fair is at the Las Vegas Hilton March 9 - 12, 2009, with a focus on the global marketplace. For more information, call (800)4NCAIED or visit www.ncaied.org.

2009 Native American and Indigenous Studies Conference is May 21-23, 2009 at the University of Minnesota in the Twin Cities, hosted by the American Indian Studies Department at the University of Minnesota: http://amin.umn.edu/NAIS2009/. Paper proposals are due by December 1, 2008. For more information go to the web site or contact Heather Dorr, UMN College of Continuing Education, at cceconf3@umn.edu.

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