2008 Sequoyah Research Center Symposium
Voices from the Past, Education for the Future
October 16-18, 2008

Symposium Program (pdf)
Speaker Biographies

Symposium Program

Note: All sessions will be in the Donaghey Student Center at UALR. Registration, book sales, display tables, and breaks will be in DSC room B.

The New Faces of an Ancient People

Thursday, October 16, 2008

6:00-7:00 25th Anniversary of the SRC-ANPA Reception at the Little Rock Club,

400 W Capitol Ave., Little Rock, AR

Friday, October 17, 2008

8:00-11:45 Registration, Book Sales

8:25-8:30 Welcome

Joel E. Anderson, Chancellor, University of Arkansas at Little Rock

8:30-10:00 Session One - Researching and Writing about Indian Country

Moderator: Tony Rose, University of Arkansas at Little Rock

J. Diane Pearson, Ph. D. U. C. Berkeley, “The Nez Perces in the

Indian Territory: Nimiipuu Survival”

Cristina L. Azocar, Ph.D. (Upper Mattaponi), San Francisco State

University, “Journalistic Accuracy in Reporting on Indian Country”

10:00-10:15 Break

10:15-11:45 Session Two - Tribal Writers

Moderator: Loriene Roy (White Earth Anishinaabe)

Frederick White (Haida), Slippery Rock University, “Feathers on Water,”

a collection of recent poetry

Elgin Jumper (Seminole), Broward Community College, South Campus
Poetry Reading

11:45-1:00 Lunch on your own

1:00-5:00 Registration, Book Sales

1:00-2:30 Session Three - The Power of Words

Moderator: Kim Blaeser (White Earth Anishinaabe), University
of Wisconson, Milwaukee

Richie Plass (Menominee/ Stockbridge-Munsee), “Anatomy of a Protest”

Dan Lewerenz (Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska), "Free Press and

Free Speech in Indian Country"

2:30-2:45 Break

2:45-4:15 Session Four – More than beads and feathers

Moderator: Robert Sanderson Sequoyah Research Center

                                   Dustin Tahmahkera (Comanche), University of Illinois, Urbana-
                                            Champaign “42 Indians and 1 Guitar: Songs on Representations of
                                            Redface.”

                                   Dr. Loriene Roy (White Earth Anishinabe), University of Texas, "We
                                            Shall Remain": An American Experience Series Focuses on
                                            American Indian History.

4:15-4:20 Break

4:20-5:00 Session Five – Tribal Storytelling

Moderator: James Parins Sequoyah Research Center

Warren Petoskey (Waganakising Odawa), “One American Indian’s

Journey”

Linda LeGarde Grover (Bois Forte Band Lake Superior Chippewa)

“The Indian at Indian School”

5:00-6:00 SRC Advisory Board business meeting

Saturday, October 18, 2008

8:00-11:45 Registration/Book Sales

8:30-10:00 Session One – Indigenous history and pre-history

Moderator: Selene Phillips (Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe), University

of Louisville

Donna Akers (Choctaw), University of Nebraska, "Challenging the Victors'

History: Indian Removal in US History.”

Patricia Wade (Chickaloon), Editor, The Chickaloon News, “Ya Ne Dah

Ah: a collection of ancient legends”

10:00-10:15 Break

10:15-11:45 Session Two – Issues in Indian Identity

Moderator: Richie Plass (Menominee/Stockbridge-Munsee)

Jennifer K. Wagner, J.D. Pennsylvania State University, “Redefining

Native Americans in a Post-Genomic Era: Legal Implications of
Genetic and Genomic Ancestry Tests”

John Sanchez (Yaqui-Apache), Pennsylvania State University, “A

question of Blood; American Indian Identity and DNA testing”

Kathleen Ratteree University of Wisconsin, Madison “Wahupta Ska

Pejuta Hemp and Treaty Abrogation”

11:45-1:00 Lunch with Dr. Bill Wiggins Lunch is provided by the SRC with a talk

about American Indian Art by Dr. Wiggins

1:00-5:00 Book Sales

1:00-2:00 Session Three – 21st Century Indian Affairs

Moderator: Paul DeMain (Oneida)

Dan Lewerenz (Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska), “The Cherokee

Nation Freedom of Information Act: Context and Analysis for an
Open-Records Law in Indian Country”

2:00-4:00 Visit the Native American Press Archives and the Dr. J. W. Wiggins
Gallery of Native American Art

Thanks to Our Sponsors

Philip Jonsson Foundation
UALR Department of Sociology and Anthropology
UALR Ottenheimer Library
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2008 Sequoyah Research Center Symposium Voices from the Past, Education for the Future October 16-18, 2008

Symposium Program

2008 Sequoyah Research Center Symposium
Voices from the Past, Education for the Future
October 16-18, 2008