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Agenda
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Tuesday, April 15, 2008
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5:00 PM - 9:00 PM |
Registration - 3rd floor, University Center
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7:00 PM - 9:00 PM |
Town Hall Meeting - 3rd floor, University Center
Co-sponsored by ASUM Multi-Cultural
Alliance &
National Native Children's Trauma
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Wednesday, April 16, 2008
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7:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
Registration - 3rd floor, University Center
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7:30 AM - 8:15 AM |
Continental Breakfast – University Center Foyer
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8:30 AM - 9:30 AM |
Welcome
- University Center Theater |
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Bob McAnnally,
Conference MC, Fort Peck Community College
Prayer
Royce
Engstrom, Ph.D., Provost, University
of Montana
Tribal
Dignitaries
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9:30 AM - 11:00 AM |
Knowledge Keepers and Tribal
Guardianship of Knowledge |
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Narcisse Blood,
Red Crow Community College, Blood
Reserve
Director, Learning from Place,
Canadian Aboriginal
Learning Knowledge Center
Ryan Heavy Head,
Kainai Studies, Red Crow Community
College
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11:00 AM - 11:15 AM |
Break
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11:15 AM - 12:45 PM |
1st Breakout Session
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12:45 PM - 2:00 PM |
Lunch – provided
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2:00 PM - 3:30 PM |
Building a Community of
Indigenous/Researcher Collaborators |
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Marie Battiste, Director, Aboriginal Education Research Center, University of
Saskatchewan and Director,
Comprehending and Nourishing the
Learning Spirit Theme Bundle,
Canadian Aboriginal Learning
Knowledge Center
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3:30 PM - 3:45 PM |
Break
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3:45 PM - 5:00 PM |
2nd Breakout Session
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Thursday, April 17, 2008
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8:00 AM - 4:30 PM |
Registration-
3rd floor, University Center
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8:00 AM - 8:45 AM |
Continental Breakfast - University Center Foyer
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9:00 AM - 10:30 AM |
Elements of Research in Indian
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Sam Deloria,
Director, American Indian Graduate
Center,
National Indian Health Service IRB Member,
Renowned Indian Country Policy
Analyst
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10:30 AM - 10:45 AM |
Break
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10:45 AM - 12:15 PM |
Distinguishing Law and Ethics in the
Context of Tribal Knowledge |
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Ray Cross,
Professor, University of Montana
School of Law
Maylinn Smith,
Director, Indian Law Clinic,
University of Montana
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12:15 PM - 1:30 PM |
Lunch - provided
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1:30 PM - 2:45 PM |
3rd Breakout Session
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2:45 PM - 3:00 PM |
Break
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3:00 PM - 4:30 PM |
Moderated Open Discussion and
Open Mic for Declaration of
Commitments
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End of Conference |
The
40th Annual Kyi-Yo Pow Wow and the ground-breaking of the University of Montana’s
Native
American Center will round off the event.
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“…and she listened to the silence that The People left behind.
She knew that what her friend said was true, that within this calm, cold land waited
a certain death if they did nothing for themselves. Finally,…she echoed her friends’s
words, “Let us die trying.”
(Velma Wallis, Two Old Women, 1993)
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