20THAMERICANINDIANSTUDIESASSOCIATION

CONFERENCE

"TheKnowledgeofOurAncestors,theStrengthofOurCommunities"

February6,7,&8,2019

StudentUnionBuilding(SUB)UniversityofNewMexico

2018-2019AISACouncil

EliseBoxer,Ph.D.EnrolledSissetonandWahpetonDakota,FortPeckIndianreservationUniversityofSouthDakota,AssistantProfessor,HistoryandNativeAmericanStudiesProgramCoordinator,NativeAmericanStudiesMajelBoxer,Ph.D.EnrolledSissetonandWahpetonDakota,FortPeckIndianreservationAssociateProfessor,NativeAmericanandIndigenousStudies,FortLewisCollegeJeromeClarkStudentRepresentative,ArizonaStateUniversityTheresaGregor,Ph.D.KumeyaayandadescendantoftheIipayNationofSantaYsabelAssistantProfessor,PrograminAmericanIndianStudies,CaliforniaStateUniversityLongBeach.EricHardyCommunityRepresentativeFrancesKayHolmes,Ph.D.MvskokeCreek,descentAssistantprofessor,NativeAmericanandIndigenousStudies,FortLewisCollegeCornelPewewardy,Ed.D.Comanche-Kiowa:enrolledComancheNationcitizenProfessorEmeritus,IndigenousNationsStudies,PortlandStateUniversityManny(Manuel)Pino,ScottsdaleCommunityCollegeLeolaTsinnajinnie,Ph.D.NativeAmericanStudies,UniversityofNewMexicoMariaWilliams,Ph.D.EnrolledintheCentralCouncilofTlingitandHaidaIndiansofAlaska(federallyrecognizedtribe);OriginalenrolleeofCookInletRegion,Inc.(oneofthe12AlaskaNativeRegionalCorporationsformedafterthe1971AlaskaNativeclaimsSettlementAct)AssociateProfessorofAlaskaNativeStudies,UniversityofAlaskaAnchorageMichaelYellowBird,MSW,Ph.D.EnrolledmemberoftheThreeAffiliatedTribes(Mandan,Hidatsa,andArikaranations)Director,TribalandIndigenousPeoplesStudiesprogram;Professor,DepartmentofSociologyandAnthropology,NorthDakotaStateUniversity

IFAIRExecutiveBoard

JenniferDenetdale,Ph.D.Director,AmericanStudies,UniversityofNewMexicoKevinBrownIndigenousNationsLibraryProgram,UniversityofNewMexicoNickEstes,Ph.D.AmericanStudies,UniversityofNewMexicoKimberlyR.Huyser,Ph.D.Sociology,UniversityofNewMexicoLloydL.Lee,Ph.D.NativeAmericanStudies,UniversityofNewMexicoRobinMinthorn,Ph.D.EducationalLeadership&NativeAmericanStudies,UniversityofNewMexico

DearConferenceAttendees,OnbehalfoftheAmericanIndianStudiesAssociation(AISA)Boarditisapleasuretowelcomeyoutothe20thconferenceoftheAmericanIndianStudiesAssociation.Thisyear’stheme,“TheKnowledgeofOurAncestors,theStrengthofOurCommunities”honorsthesacredknowledgeofourancestorsandIndigenouscommunities.Thisyearmarksthe20thmeetingoftheAmericanIndianStudiesAssociation.Twentyyearsago,ElizabethCook-Lynnwrote:“thechallengetodayistorememberthatthefocusofNativeAmericanStudieswasinthebeginninganattempttocreateamechanismindefenseoftheindigenousprinciplesofsovereigntyandnationhood.”1Today,wecarryforwardwiththatchallengeasourscholarshipandcommunity-organizingeffortscontinuetodefendnationhoodandthesovereignandinherentrightwepossesstofollowourownoriginalinstructions.ThedisciplineofAmericanIndian/NativeAmericanStudiespromotestheseeffortsandcontinuestoserveasanintellectualspacethathonorsIndigenousthoughtandpractice.Iwouldliketogivea“WopidaTanka,”abigandheartfeltthankyoutoEliseBoxerandJamesRidingInfortheirguidanceandhelpinorganizingthisyear’sconferenceagenda.Ihopethateveryonewillenjoytheopportunitiestohavemeaningfuldiscussionsandconversationsthroughouttheconferenceandlongafter.Sincerely,

2018-2019PresidentAmericanIndianStudiesAssociationSissetonandWahpetonDakotaAssociateProfessorofNativeAmerican&IndigenousStudiesFortLewisCollege

1ElizabethCook-Lynn,“EmergentIdeasinNativeAmericanStudies”WicazoSaReview14no.2(1999):20.

Welcometothe20thAmericanIndianStudiesAssociationConference.OnbehalfoftheInstituteofAmericanIndianResearch(IFAIR)andUNM,IampleasedtowelcomeAISApresidentMajelBoxer,theAISACouncil,thepresentersandtheparticipantstothisyear’sconference.WeareexcitedthattheprogramreflectsanengagementwithcurrenttopicsinIndigenousAmericaandexpressesacommitmenttohonorIndigenousepistemologiesandknowledge.Sinceitsestablishmentin2004,IFAIRhasshowcasedIndigenousbasedteaching,research,andserviceatUNM.WestrivetofosterIndigenous/NativeeducationatUNMandweactivelypromoteourownfacultyandstudentswhohaveacommitmenttobuildingbridgeswithourrespectiveIndigenousnationsandcommunities.TheAISAconferenceatUNMisanopportunitytospotlightouruniversityasaplacewhereIndigenous/Nativeeducationtakesfrontandcenter,wherewejoinwiththelargerUNMcommunitytoendeavortomakeouruniversitytheplaceforundergraduateandgraduateeducation,theplacewherethefacultyandadministrationfosterIndigenousresearchandcollaborationswithIndigenouscommunities.Wehopethatyoumakenewrelatives,friends,andcolleaguesandthatyouleavewiththewisdomandgenerosityofourpresenterswhocomefromsomanyuniversities,colleges,andcommunities.WethankAISAPresidentMajelBoxerandtheAISACouncilfortheircollaborationtomakethisconferenceasuccessfulone.WecontinuetoextendgoodcommunityandrelationstoAmericanIndianStudiesatArizonaStateUniversity.ThankyouimmenselytotheIFAIRexecutivecommitteeforalltheirlaborintomakingthisconferencehappen.ThankyoutoDeliaHalona,RenataYazzieandTrudieJacksonforofferingtheirtimetomakethisasuccessfulconference.ThankyoutoDeanPecenyandtheCollegeofArts&Sciences,toLawrenceRoybalofDivisionforEquity&Inclusion,toLeaChesneyoftheOrtizCenter,toTiffanyLeeandNativeAmericanStudies,toAmericanStudies,andtoSUBSatelliteCoffeefortheirsupport.JenniferDenetdale,ChairInstituteforAmericanIndianResearch

Wethankthefollowingco-sponsorsfortheirgenerouscontributionsandsupport:

WednesdayFebruary6,2019_________________________________________________________________________________________________2:00p.m.–4:00p.m. ConferenceRegistrationRoom:OutsideofSUBBallroomB3:15p.m.-4:00p.m. OpeningandWelcomeRoom:SUBBallroomC

Blessing:ChenoaBahStilwell-Jensen(Diné)fromTseyaató,Dziltl’aanímother,Indigenouscultural,healtheducator,andcommunityadvocate

Welcome:

MajelBoxer(SissetonandWahpeton,Dakota)President,AmericanIndianStudiesAssociation,FortLewisCollegeJenniferDenetdale(Diné)Director,IFAIR,UniversityofNewMexico

4:00p.m.–5:00p.m. FilmScreening:MoreThanaWordRoom:SUBBallroomC (OpentothePublic)MoreThanaWordanalyzestheWashingtonfootballteamandtheiruseofthederogatorytermR*dskins.Usinginterviewsfromboththoseinfavorofchangingthenameandthoseagainst,MoreThanaWordpresentsadeeperanalysisofthemanyissuessurroundingtheWashingtonteamname.ThedocumentaryalsoexaminesthehistoryofNativeAmericanculturalappropriation.5:00p.m.–5:45p.m. Discussion Room:SUBBallroomC Panel

JohnLittle(StandingRockSioux&Dakota)Filmmaker,UniversityofMinnesotaAmandaBlackhorse(Diné)SocialWorker&FounderArizonaRallyAgainstNativeMascotsJamesRidingIn(Pawnee)AmericanIndianStudies,ArizonaStateUniversity

6:00p.m.–7:30p.m. WelcomeReceptionRoom:SUBBallroomA (AISAconferenceattendeesonly)

ThursdayFebruary7,20198:00a.m.–3:30p.m. ConferenceRegistrationRoom:OutsideofSUBBallroomB8:00a.m.–9:30a.m. ContinentalBreakfastRoom:SUBBallroomC8:15a.m.–9:00a.m. WelcomeRemarksRoom:SUBBallroomC Blessing MarkPecenyDean,CollegeofArts&Sciences,UniversityofNewMexico

PamelaAgoyo(Cochiti,Kewa,OhkayOwingehPueblos)SpecialAssistanttothePresidentforAmericanIndianAffairs,UniversityofNewMexicoTiffanyS.Lee(Diné&Lakota)Chair,NativeAmericanStudies,UniversityofNewMexicoLloydL.Lee(Diné)Co-Chair,NativeAmericanFacultyCouncil,UniversityofNewMexicoMajelBoxer(SissetonandWahpeton,Dakota)President,AmericanIndianStudiesAssociation,FortLewisCollege

9:00a.m.–10:30a.m.

SpecialSessionAwithHighSchoolStudentsRoom:SUBBallroomCTitle:ListeningSessiononCulturalAppropriation&Racism:TheImpactsonIndigenousYouthandCommunitiesFacilitators:AmandaBlackhorse,ArizonaRallyAgainstNativeMascotsMcKenzieJohnson,CibolaHighSchoolTiffanyS.Lee,UniversityofNewMexicoJohnLittle,UniversityofMinnesotaJenniferMarley,UNMKivaClubPresident

Thissessionwillofferspacetohearfromstudentswhohavequestionsandconcernsregardingracismanddiscriminationinpublicschools.ThissessionisofferedinlightoftherecenteventsatCibolaHighSchool,Albuquerque,NM,whereNativestudentsweresubjectedtoracismanddiscriminationintheclassroom.Session1: 9:00a.m.–10:30a.m.Room:SUBAcomaA&BTitle:ThePoweroftheOralandWrittenWordModerator:MariaWilliams,UniversityofAlaskaAnchorageJenniferDenetdale,UniversityofNewMexico TrailofLightingandtheViolationofDiné/NavajoBodiesTheresaGregor,CSULongBeach

DelfinaandFriends:TheUnwrittenStoryofKinshipandFriendshipintheAutobiographyofDelfinaCuero

DelphineRedShirt,StanfordUniversityGeorgeSword'sWarriorNarratives:CompositionalProcessesinLakotaOralTradition

MarkBradshawBusbee,StanfordUniversity TheEffectsofTranslationonNavajoRitualSession2: 9:00a.m.–10:30a.m.Room:SUBSantaAnaA&BTitle:UsingKnowledgeandHealingtoRegainStrength:FortLewisCollegeStudentScholarsModerator:FrancesKayHolmes,FortLewisCollege MariqueMoss,FortLewisCollege

WhatisBlack,White,andRedAllOver?IdentityRisenFromtheThreeHistoriesofAmerica.

ChynnaLevaldo,FortLewisCollegeUnderstandingHistoricalTraumathroughCommunitySupportandYouthEmpowerment.

BrandyCalabaza,FortLewisCollege UnderstandingNativeHistoryandHealingThroughEducationAliciaNequatewa,FortLewisCollege GerminatingIndigenousSeedsinanAcademicEnvironmentDanielleHena,FortLewisCollege ArtTherapythatIncorporatesCulturalPerspectives

Session3: 9:00a.m.–10:30a.m.Room:SUBFiestaA&BTitle:The“New”LandWarsModerator:MajelBoxer,FortLewisCollegeJimmyCamacho,UniversityofWisconsinMadison DecolonizingtheCommunityLandTrustModelJoseVillegas,TexasBandofYaquiIndians USHomelandSecurityonTribalTerritoriesMatthewIrwin,UniversityofNewMexico

“ThrowintheBlanketsandCorn”:Anti-Indianism,andtheThreatofIndigenousSovereignty

ShellyKnight,ArizonaStateUniversity IndigeneityintheAirSession4: 9:00a.m.–10:30a.m.Room:SUBLoboA&BTitle:GettingaDinéLeadertoCongress:TrialsandTribulationsofformerNavajoCongressionalContendersandtheFutureofNavajoNationModerator:WendyGreyeyes,UniversityofNewMexicoDiscussants:WendyGreyeyes,UniversityofNewMexicoDerrickWatchman,SagebrushHillGroupJackJackson,Jr.,DirectorofTribalEngagementforthe1stDistrictunderCongressmanTomO’HalleranWenonaBenally,ArizonaStateLegislatureJamesSinger,WestminsterCollegeThispanelwillcoverformerandcurrentCongressionalcandidates’experiences.TheywilltalkabouttheirideasofwhyaNavajohasnotwonaseatinU.S.Congress,thechallengesofrunningforCongress,suggestionsforfuturecontenders,andwhatthismeansforthefutureofNavajoNation.

Session5: 9:00a.m.–10:30a.m.Room:SUBMirage/ThunderbirdTitle:IndigenousCenteredandCommunityInspiredApproachestoEducationinNewMexicoModerator:RobinMinthorn,UniversityofNewMexicoDiscussants:RobinMinthorn,UniversityofNewMexicoGlenabahMartinez,UniversityofNewMexicoChristineSims,UniversityofNewMexicoCathyGutierrez-Gomez,UniversityofNewMexicoTerriFlowerday,UniversityofNewMexicoShawnSecatero,UniversityofNewMexicoVincentWerito,UniversityofNewMexicoLeolaTsinajinnie-Paquin,UniversityofNewMexicoInthispresentation,UNMNativeAmericanfacultyintheCollegeofEducationandNativeAmericanStudieswilldiscussacommunityinspiredapproachtoIndigenouseducationinNewMexico,whichincludescommunityforumsandfeedbackthatwillguidethecollectiveworkoftheuniversityandfaculty.

10:45a.m.–12:15p.m.

SpecialSessionBwithHighSchoolStudentsRoom:SUBBallroomCTitle:ReproductiveJusticeZineMakingWorkshopFacilitators:NativeAmericanCommunityAcademyHealingPeersRebeccaJones,PlannedParenthoodKeioshiahPeters,CoalitiontoStopViolenceAgainstNativeWomenInthisworkshop,wewillbelearninghowtomakeazinetoshareinformationwithourcommunitybyexploringconceptssuchasreproductivejusticeandIndigenousliberationwiththeNativeAmericanCommunityAcademyHealingpeereducatorgroup.ZinesareagreattoolfororganizingandspreadingknowledgeaboutissuesthatdirectlyaffectaNation.ParticipantswillleavewiththebasicfoldingtechniqueforzinesandworktogethertocreateabooklettosharewiththegreaterIndigenouscommunitythroughoutNewMexico.

Session6: 10:45a.m.–12:15p.m.Room:SUBAcomaA&BTitle:BoardingSchools:AnOngoingLegacyofU.S.ColonialismModerator:JamesRidingIn,ArizonaStateUniversityMajelBoxer,FortLewisCollege

“Indianpupilsshallatalltimesbeadmitted…freeofchargefortuitionandontermsofequalitywithwhitepupils”:FortLewisIndianSchool(FortLewisCollege),1892—2018

JoannieRomero,InstituteofAmericanIndianArtGrandmother’sSeeds:MitigatingtheLifespanofIndianBoardingSchoolTrauma

JamesRidingIn,ArizonaStateUniversity PawneeBoardingStudents:TheEarlyYearsSession7: 10:45a.m.–12:15p.m.Room:SUBSantaAnaA&BTitle:ConnectingKnowledgesThroughtheStrengthofFamilyandNativeGround:RehumanizingMathematics,HydrologyforCommunitySustainability,andPracticingEducationalSovereigntyModerator:LeolaTsinnajinnie-Paquin,UniversityofNewMexicoDiscussants:LeolaTsinajinnie-Paquin,UniversityofNewMexicoLaniTsinajinnie,UniversityofNewMexicoBelinTsinnajinnie,SantaFeCommunityCollegeThediscussantswillsharehowtheyaccesstheirrootsfromtheDinécommunityofNa’NeelzhiinintheirresearchprojectsandengagementwithNativeepistemologies.Session8: 10:45a.m.–12:15p.m.Room:SUBFiestaA&BTitle:ReelMisrepresentationsandSovereignDigitalSpacesModerator:TheresaGregor,CSULongBeachRenaeWatchman,MountRoyalUniversity ReelRestorationinDrunktown’sFinestJiminaAfuola,UniversityofCaliforniaRiverside CommercializationofWomenintheSouthPacificNichlasEmmons,IndianLandTenureFoundation&ElizabethLaPensee,MichiganStateUniversity WhenRiversWereTrails:SovereigntyandNationhoodinGameDesign

Session9: 10:45a.m.–12:15p.m.Room:SUBLoboA&BTitle:BookReviewPanel:OurHistoryistheFuture:StandingRockversustheDakotaAccessPipeline,andtheLongTraditionsofIndigenousResistanceModerator:NickEstes,UniversityofNewMexicoDiscussants:NickEstes,UniversityofNewMexicoJohnLittle,UniversityofMinnesotaClementineBordeaux,UniversityofCalifornia,LosAngelesEliseBoxer,UniversityofSouthDakotaSarahManning,NDNCollectiveLewisGrassrope,WiconiUnTipiThispaneldrawstogetherOcetiSakowinandIndigenousscholarsinacriticaldiscussionofthebook.Panelistsrangefromgrassrootscommunityorganizerstoscholars.Session10: 10:45a.m.–12:15p.m.Room:SUBMirage/ThunderbirdPosterPresentationsCarolineMuraida,StanfordUniversity IntegratingIndigenousMethodologiesinEnvironmentalEpidemiologyDanielleLucero,ArizonaStateUniversity

DevelopingaPuebloCornMethodology:AnExplorationintoExistingLiteratureandReviewofSummerFieldResearch2018

ArinaMelkozernova,ArizonaStateUniversityTheCoushattaTribeofLouisiana:DataSovereigntyandDigitalHistory

ReneaPerry,PortlandStateUniversity HowICametoRemember:EducatingHigherEd

12:15p.m.-1:45p.m.

BreakforLunch(onyourown)

1:45p.m.–3:15p.m.

Session11: 1:45p.m.–3:15p.m.Room:SUBAcomaA&BTitle:ReclaimingandDecolonizingtheArchivesModerator:FrancesKayHolmes,FortLewisCollegeShelbiNahwiletMeissner,MichiganStateUniversity&SaginawChippewaTribalCollege SitesofViolenceinIndigenousLanguageArchivalEngagementGrantGliniecki,MichiganStateUniversity

IfYouWillNotYetFreeYourHostages:ConfrontingHostage-takingofIndigenousBeingsandHeritagesintheArchives

JanetHess,SonomaStateUniversityMappingIndigenousAmericanCulturesandLivingHistories

RachelJackson,OklahomaStateUniversityHOIYETDOENGYAH:KiowaGhostDanceandDecolonizingtheDigitalArchive

Session12: 1:45p.m.–3:15p.m.Room:SUBSantaAnaA&BTitle:DigitizingIndigeneityModerator:ShaneLynch,UniversityofKansasDiscussants:VictoriaKaye,UniversityofKansasRainCharger,UniversityofKansasShaneLynch,UniversityofKansasTweesnaMills,UniversityofKansasTheIndigenousMediaLabattheUniversityofKansasemploysamultidisciplinaryapproachtostrengthenIndigenoussovereignty.ThispanelconsistoffourIndigenousStudiesgraduatestudentswhoareengaginginrepresentationthroughIndigeneitydigitalmediabasedinIndigenoustraditionsSession13: 1:45p.m.–3:15p.m.Room:SUBFiestaA&BTitle:Protecting,Reclaiming,andRestoringSacredSitesandKnowledgeModerator:JamesRidingIn,ArizonaStateUniversityRichardConley,UniversityofFlorida

TheSpiritualandthePolitical:InnovationandChallengestotheProtectionofSacredSitesintheGreatPlains

KatieWade,CaliforniaStateUniversityLongBeach

IndigenousWomen'sWaysofKnowinginYosemiteValleyDavidMartinez,ArizonaStateUniversity

EarthMedicineManMakesThisPlace:AProlegomenontoanAkimelO'odhamEnvironmentalEthics

KatSlucum,WayneStateUniversityTheArchaeologyofNativeAmericanLandscapesinNorthernMichigan:bridgingpastcolonization,presentlanddisputes,andfutureNativeplace

Session14: 1:45p.m.–3:15p.m.Room:SUBLoboA&BTitle:DefendingTribalSovereignty:LinguisticRevitalization,IndigenousEducationandRepatriationModerator:SednaVillavicencio,UniversityofCaliforniaLosAngelesDiscussants:ClementineBordeaux,UniversityofCaliforniaLosAngelesSednaVillavicencio,UniversityofCaliforniaLosAngelesDeniseMorales,UniversityofCaliforniaLosAngelesCesarBarreras,UniversityofCaliforniaLosAngelesUsingdifferentmethodologiesandframeworksourobjectivesaretoengagewithtribalcommunitiesandprovidearelevantdiscourseinvolvingIndigenousscholarsandmethodstoenhanceandsupporttribalsovereignty.Session15: 1:45p.m.–3:15p.m.Room:SUBMirage/ThunderbirdTitle:IndigenousIdentityintheLandandLanguageofOurAncestorsModerator:LloydL.Lee,UniversityofNewMexicoSkahendowanehSwamp,TrentUniversity Iakwatatenonhkwe-WeAreAllRelatedJonathanKunkel,TexasBandofYaquiIndians WhereOurAncestorsLieBuriedMoisesGonzales,UniversityofNewMexico

GenizaroSelfRecognitionandResistancetoEthnographicErasureNicholasLaluk,WhiteMountainApacheTribeHeritageProgram

GoingbacktoNígosdzán:NdeeIdentity,LandandPowerNegotiation,andPerpetualMisrepresentation

3:30p.m.–5:00p.m.

Session16: 3:30p.m.–5:00p.m.Room:SUBAcomaA&BTitle:VoicesofIndigenousYouthModerator:DanielleLucero,ArizonaStateUniversityDiscussants:DanielleLucero,ArizonaStateUniversityGloriannaJaramillo,ValenciaHighSchoolAmberZuni,LosLunasHighSchoolThispanelwillbringthevoicesofIndigenousyouthintoconversationwithacademicsinordertothinkthroughimportantquestionsaroundIndigeneity,education,andactivism.Session17: 3:30p.m.–5:00p.m.Room:SUBSantaAnaA&BTitle:EmergingLakotaandDakotaScholarsattheUniversityofSouthDakotaModerator:EliseBoxer,UniversityofSouthDakotaMyahRedhorse&GavynSpottedTail,UniversityofSouthDakota TheMiseducationofLakotaChildren:ReclaimingIdentityThrough EducationTannerDrappeau,UniversityofSouthDakota Sdod’iciyaSession18: 3:30p.m.–5:00p.m.Room:SUBFiestaA&BTitle:IndigenousKnowledgeandItsApplicationsModerator:WendyGreyeyes,UniversityofNewMexicoTrudieJackson,UniversityofNewMexico

DecolonizingHeteropatriarchalTribalLeadershipTaylorWilson,UniversityofWinnipeg

CommoditizationofIndigenousMedicines:IndigenousIssuesandSolutions

HershelWalkerClark,BlackHillsCenterforAmericanIndianHealthEvaluationofCulturallyRelevantTobaccoVideosamongAmericanIndianYouth

CarlieDomingues,UniversityofCaliforniaLosAngeles CaliforniaIndians:SolaceFoundandSolaceEmerges

Session19: 3:30p.m.–5:00p.m.Room:SUBLoboA&BTitle:NativeAmericans,NativeHawaiiansinHigherEducationModerator:MannyPino,ScottsdaleCommunityCollegePamYabeny,UniversityofArizona

ContributionsofTwo-yearInstitutionsuponanIndigenousStudent’sEducationalPathwayintoaUniversitySystem

HomerHubbell,UniversityofNewMexico NativeAmericanStudentExperiencesandAcademicEngagementArielHanohano,UniversityofCaliforniaRiverside

HighereducationofNativeHawaiiansacrossthediaspora:ThefactorsofsuccessratesandthealienatingeffectsoftheAsian/PacificIslandaggregation

KristaThompson,UniversityofNewMexicoSchoolofLawAmericanIndianEconometricStudyofaTriballyFundedAcademicSupportProgram

Session20: 3:30p.m.–5:00p.m.Room:SUBMirage/ThunderbirdWorkshopTitle:LanguageRevitalizationwithChildren:ThroughthePerspectiveofFamilyandEducationWorkshopOrganizer:CatherineMontoya,UniversityofNewMexicoLanguagelossisamajorissuewithinallIndigenouscommunities.Therearemanymethods,strategies,andmodelsastohowtogoaboutsavingalanguageandthewaysinwhichacommunitychoosestogoaboutitmustbeuniqueandfittingofthatindividualcommunity.Throughadiscussionandgroupactivitywewilllookatthedimensionsoflanguagerevitalizationasitrelatestoanurbanandruralcommunity.IneachcasewewillidentifythemodelsinuseandexpandtheviewintofamilylifeandSTEMeducation.

FridayFebruary8,20198:00a.m.–11:30a.m. ConferenceRegistrationRoom:OutsideofSUBBallroomB8:00a.m.–9:30a.m. Coffee&PastriesRoom:SUBBallroomC

9:00a.m.–10:30a.m.

Session21: 9:00a.m.–10:30a.m.Room:SUBLoboA&BTitle:Community-basedPerformance(theaterandsong)andHeritageLanguageLearningModerator:RachaelNez,UniversityofCaliforniaDavisDiscussants:MarcellaErnest,UniversityofNewMexicoAlanWallace,Community-basedScholarandArtistLindsayArbaugh,UnitedAuburnIndianCommunityIsabelleDelatore,UnitedAuburnIndianCommunitySadieHampshire,UnitedAuburnIndianCommunityTravisLang,UnitedAuburnIndianCommunityAveDelatore,UnitedAuburnIndianCommunityRachaelNez,UniversityofCalifornia,DavisAustinArista,UnitedAuburnIndianCommunityThisdiscussionisintendedtobringtogetherinstructors,practitioners,activists,Indigenousyouth,scholarsandlearnerswhospeakandstudyheritagelanguagesthroughperformanceandencouragingtheexchangeofideasandexperiencesthatwilltranscendandfindspaceinthelargerIndigenouscommunity.Session22: 9:00a.m.–10:30a.m.Room:SUBAcomaA&BTitle:DisruptingtheStatusQuo:AchievingSelf-DeterminationthroughActivismModerator:NicholetDeschineParkhurst,ArizonaStateUniversityDiscussants:NicholetDeschineParkhurst,ArizonaStateUniversityAlainaGeorge,ArizonaStateUniversity

DelphinaThomas,ArizonaStateUniversityThisroundtablewillexplorerecentcourtdecisionsoftheIndianChildWelfareActof1978andtheresponsesof#DefendICWA,thePhoenixWomen’sMarchof2018thathighlightsthe(in)visibilityofIndigenouswomen,andarguesthatourTribes’abilitytoachievefulltechnologicalself-determinationishinderedbytheappointmentofcurrentFederalCommunicationCommissionChairman,AjitPai.Session23: 9:00a.m.–10:30a.m.Room:SUBTrailblazer/SpiritTitle:That‘TwoSpirit’NavajoPhotograph:MisrecognitionandtheQuestionofAppropriationandHistoricTruthModerator:JenniferDenetdale,UniversityofNewMexicoDiscussants:DevorahRomanek,MaxwellMuseumofAnthropologyUNMHannahAbelbeck,NewMexicoHistoryMuseumJenniferDenetdale,UniversityofNewMexicoThispanelexaminesafamoushistoricalphotographoftwoDinémenclaspingeachother.IndigenousandDiné2SLGBTQIactivistshavetakenthisimageasevidencethatinDinésociety,thatsame-sexrelationsexistedpriortoAmericancolonization.Weexplorethegenealogyofthisparticularphotographandofferahistoricalandculturalcontextforthephotograph,includingitspresentdayuseinNativetwospiritmedia.Session24: 9:00a.m.–10:30a.m.Room:SUBMirage/ThunderbirdTitle:CulturalContinuityandNation-Building:MovingForwardwithIndigenousFuturismModerator:CeciliaMarek,ArizonaStateUniversityDiscussants:OraMarek-Martinez,NorthernArizonaUniversityDanielleLucero,ArizonaStateUniversitySarahSadlier,HarvardUniversityCeciliaMarek,ArizonaStateUniversityIndigenouspeoples’abilitytoenvisionhealthy,sustainable,andwell-functioningcommunitiesforfuturegenerationsisacornerstoneofculturalcontinuityandnation-building.Theabilitytoenvisionafutureinlinewithculturalvaluesandtraditionsisalsoarightofsovereignty.IndigenousFuturismurgesNativenationstoenactlong-ranginggoalsthattakeintoaccountfuturegenerationswhilevaluingancestralknowledge.

Session25: 9:00a.m.–10:30a.m.Room:SUBFiestaA&BTitle:CriticalIndigenousResearchMethodologiesandIndigenousWaysofKnowingModerator:MajelBoxer,FortLewisCollegeDaphneLittlebear,ArizonaStateUniversity

DevelopingaDoctoralEducationStudyutilizingPuebloApproachesinCriticalIndigenousResearchMethodologies

SandraGonzales,WayneStateUniversityNativeEpistemologiesofResistance:Re-ImaginingthePublicinPublicEducation

VictorBegay,NorthIdahoCollege BanishingBias:NegotiatingLegitimateKnowledgeErikaVas,UniversityofWinnipeg TheHonourableHarvest:AnIndigenousResearchProtocolSession26: 9:00a.m.–10:30a.m.Room:SUBSantaAnaA&BWorkshopTitle:KnowingYourLanguageWorkshopOrganizer:CoreySill,UniversityofOklahomaFacilitators:CoreySill,UniversityofOklahomaChristineAmer,UniversityofOklahomaFreddieLewis,UniversityofOklahomaThisworkshopwillfocusonopeningdiscussionfromtheperspectiveoflanguageteacheronhowwecanbetterrevitalizediscussionsaboutpracticesusedtomaintainandsustainlanguagelearning.

10:45a.m.–12:15p.m.

Session27: 10:45a.m.–12:15p.m.Room:SUBLoboA&BTitle:MentorshipandNativeAmericanStudentRetentionandSuccessModerator:PatrickBurtt,UniversityofNevadaRenoDiscussants:SaundraMitrovich,UniversityofNevadaRenoTayloureBaker,UniversityofNevadaRenoPatrickBurtt,UniversityofNevadaRenoMercedesRamirez,UniversityofNevadaRenoLittleDoveRey,StanfordUniversityAvoryWyatt,UniversityofNevadaReno

ThisroundtablediscussionwillexploreinstitutionalacademicmentorshipprogramsdesignedtoincreaseNativeAmericanstudentretentionandsuccessinhighereducation.Session28: 10:45a.m.–12:15p.m.Room:SUBAcomaA&BTitle:LearningIndigenousSovereigntythroughLandsandWatersModerator:FarinaKing,NortheasternStateUniversityDiscussants:MarcusC.Macktima,UniversityofOklahomaJoshThunderLittle,UniversityofCalifornia,RiversideFarinaKing,NortheasternStateUniversityMeganRedShirt-Shaw,UniversityofMinnesotaThisroundtablebringstogetherNativeAmericanscholarstodiscusstheoverarchingthemeoflearningsovereigntyfromlandsandwaters,whichexploresinterconnectingdynamicsofIndigenouspeoplehood,homelands,andeducation.Session29: 10:45a.m.–12:15p.m.Room:SUBFiestaA&BTitle:MappingaPuebloFeministMovementModerator:JenniferMarley,UniversityofNewMexicoDiscussants:JenniferMarley,UniversityofNewMexicoJustineTeba,TheRedNationMarissaNaranjo,UniversityofNewMexicoAhjaniYepa,TheRedNationThisroundtableseekstomapoutthepossibilitiesforaPueblofeministmovementatthiscrucialmomentof#MeTooand#TimesUp.TheyoungPuebloactivistsandscholarsonthisroundtablewillre-articulatethepresenceofWomenandQueer,two-spiritpeopleinPueblocommunitiesasalternativestotheviolentpatriarchalpoliticalordersthatneitherserveusorournon-humanrelatives.Session30: 10:45a.m.–12:15p.m.Room:SUBSantaAnaA&BTitle:IndigenousSociology:CrossingBoundariesandEngagingIntersectionsModerator:KimberlyHuyser,UniversityofNewMexicoDiscussants:KimberlyHuyser,UniversityofNewMexicoTiffanyLee,UniversityofNewMexicoDwannaMcKay,ColoradoCollegeWendyGreyeyes,UniversityofNewMexico

ThepanelwillhearfromNativeAmericanfacultywhohavereceivedtraininginSociologyandhaveacademicpositionsoutsideoftheSociologydiscipline.ThescholarswilldiscusshowthedisciplineofSociologyandtheireducationhasinfluencedtheirscholarshipandhowtheyhavemaintainedtheirIndigenousperspective.Session31: 10:45a.m.–12:15p.m.Room:SUBMirage/ThunderbirdTitle:ActsofSovereigntyandRestorativeJusticeagainstSettlerColonialismModerator:UahikeaMaile,UniversityofNewMexicoColtonBrandau,UniversityofCaliforniaDavis

“ForSomethingMoreAttractive”:Settler-ColonialMemorialsandDena’inaSovereignRelations

DanielWeed,WayneStateUniversityFlippingWashington'sWhig:Examininganti-IndigenousRacismintheU.S.Constitution

EdwardCharlesValandra,CommunityfortheAdvancementofNativeStudies SettlersinRestorativeJustice:UndoingtheFirstHarmCynthiaBenally&DanielPiper,UniversityofUtah

TheDichotomyofNavajoLanguageRevitalizationinUtah:ActsofSovereigntyorSettler-ColonialImaginings?

Session32: 10:45a.m.–12:15p.m.Room:SUBTrailblazer/SpiritTitle:OurLanguagesAreOurSovereignty:StoriesfromtheFieldofLanguageRevitalizationinNewMexicoModerator:SamuelVillarrealCatanach,NewMexicoTribalLanguageConsortiumChristineSims,NewMexicoTribalLanguageConsortiumSamuelVillarrealCatanach,NewMexicoTribalLanguageConsortium TalkInIt,NotAboutItFrancisVigil,NewMexicoTribalLanguageConsortium

FoundationsofKnowledgeforLanguageProgramsviaPlaced-basedEducationalSovereignty

FeliceLucero,NewMexicoTribalLanguageConsortium ItMustbeaTricksterThing

12:30p.m.—1:45p.m.Luncheon

WelcomebyMajelBoxer,2018-2019AISAPresidentAISACouncilPlenaryPanelLocation:SUBBallroomC

2:00p.m.–3:30p.m.

Session33: 2:00p.m.–3:30p.m.Room:SUBAcomaA&BTitle:IndigenousIntellectualandLanguageTraditionsModerator:MajelBoxer,FortLewisCollegeEvaJewell,BrockUniversity

Ithappenedatthewater:Women'smemoryofAnishinaabegNationhood

JoshuaFrank,UniversityofNewMexicoJackD.ForbesandtheSearchforaDecolonizingPhilosophyofEducation

DarrenCourchene,UniversityofWinnipegAnishinaabe-Ojibweago’idiwingimaamaawizimin(OjibweTreatyNationalism)

PaigeWilliams,WayneStateUniversity AnishinaabemowininBaawtingSession34: 2:00p.m.–3:30p.m.Room:SUBSantaAnaA&BTitle:ResiliencyandtheLumbee,Choctaw,andChumashCommunitiesModerator:KylieNicoleGemmell,UniversityofCalifornia,LosAngelesDiscussants:KylieNicoleGemmellUniversityofCaliforniaLosAngelesCarlieDominquesUniversityofCaliforniaLosAngelesTabathaKetonUniversityofCaliforniaLosAngelesAlexSampsonUniversityofCaliforniaLosAngelesThisroundtablewillfocusonthemethodsandmeansinwhichIndigenouscommunitiesrelatetostateandfederalfundingtosupportforitscitizens,accesstoIndigenoushealthcareandbirthingpractices,andstaterecognitionSession35: 2:00p.m.–3:30p.m.Room:SUBLoboA&BTitle:TheSocietyofNativeAmericanGraduateStudentstheUniversityofNewMexicoModerator:LorenBenally,UniversityofNewMexicoDiscussants:ShawnSecatero,UniversityofNewMexico,facultyadvisorUNMSNAGSLorenBenally,UniversityofNewMexicoAzulCortes,UniversityofNewMexicoCatherineMontoya,UniversityofNewMexicoChelseyBegay,UniversityofNewMexico

ThispanelwillhighlighttheexperiencesoffourcurrentgraduatestudentswhoareapartoftheSocietyofNativeAmericanGraduateStudentsattendingtheUniversityofNewMexico.TheywillsharetheirownpersonalexperiencesofhowtheybecameinterestedinpursuinggraduatestudiesattheMasterorDoctorallevelsandhowthatworkisimportanttothevarioustribalcommunitiestheyrepresent.Session36: 2:00p.m.–3:30p.m.Room:SUBFiestaA&BTitle:Diné-centeredHistoryofChacoCanyonPresenter:TaftBlackhorseIndependentScholarIntroduction:JenniferDenetdale,UniversityofNewMexicoThissessionwillbeintheDinélanguage.Inthispresentation,BlackhorsewillpresentaDinéhistoryofChaco,itsimportanceinDinéhistoryandasaplacerootedinceremonialknowledge.Inthecurrenttimewherethissite,whichisaculturalheritagesite,isunderthreatbynaturalresourcesexploitationandthelivingcommunitiesarethreatenedbydevelopment,itiscriticalthatweberemindedofthesignificanceofthisplaceforDiné.Session37: 2:00p.m.–3:30p.m.Room:SUBMirage/ThunderbirdTitle:BeyondtheWarriorImage:ALookattheCurrentTrendofNativeMeninHigherEducationWorkshopOrganizer:CoreySill,UniversityofOklahomaFacilitators:CoreySill,UniversityofOklahomaMontyBegaye,UniversityofOklahomaThisworkshopwillprovideparticipantswithanunderstandingofthecurrenttrendsandgenerateadiscussionaroundIndigenous/NativeAmericanmeninhighereducation.3:30p.m.–5:00p.m. AISABusinessMeeting(EveryoneWelcome)Room:SUBSantaAnaA&B5:00p.m.–7:00p.m. ClosingReception@ UniversityClub 1923LasLomas PerformancebyRenataYazzie(Diné)