2009 Plateau Conference Preliminary Agenda
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Monday, May 11, 2009 |
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| Registration | 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. |
| Welcome & Opening Invocation
We·pqaqan (Wehp-qa-qan) Drum - 1855 Song of Chief Looking Glass Gordon Fisher, Invocation: Nez Perce Language |
11:00–11:30 a.m. |
| Conference Luncheon
Keynote Speaker: Leah George-Wilson Tsleil-Waututh First Nation (TWFN), British Columbia |
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. |
| Traditional Subsistence & Environment - General Assembly I Using First Foods to Guide Natural Resource Management Eric Quaempts, Natural Resources Director Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (OR) Recent USDA-NRCS Collaborative Efforts to Address Environmental Issues and Assist Tribes with Restoration of Cultural Watersheds in Central Washington State Roger Amerman, USDA, Natural Resource Conservation Service Tribal Liaison *Special guest speaker(s) |
1:30–2:45 p.m. |
| Break | 2:45–3:00 p.m. |
| Traditional Subsistence & Environment - General Assembly II A River Lost, A River Found: Historic photographs of a free flowing lower Snake River Jerry White, Save Our Wild Salmon Honoring the Land and the People Barbara Aston, Washington State University & Bill Hacker, The Portico Group *Special guest speaker(s) |
3:00–4:30 p.m. |
| Recent Author’s Reception (Concurrent) Finding Chief Kamiakin: The Life and Legacy of a Northwest Patriot (WSU Press 2008) The Wenatchee Valley and its First Peoples (Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center 2005) Forgotten Voices: Death Records of the Yakama, 1888-1964 (WSU Press 2008) The Nez Perces in the Indian Territory: Nimiipuu Survival (UO Press 2008) The Jefferson Peace Medal: A Cultural Phenomenon Passed Down from Chief to Chief in Walla Walla Culture Circa 1805-1986 (Plateau Center for American Indian Studies 2008) wiyaxayxt, wiyaakaa’awn ‘as days go by’: Our History, Our Land, and Our People The Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla (OHS & UW Press 2006) Our Land, Our Languages Poster Slam! (Concurrent) Nadasi'ne' Nde' Isdzane' Begoz'aahi' shimaa shini' gokal gowa gosh jaa ha'ana'idili' texas-nakaiye' godosczog... “[Returning Lipan Apache Women's Laws, Lands & Strength in El Calaboz Rancheria, Texas-Mexico Border] Margo Tamez, Washington State University Post Fire Archaeology at Cougar Bar Village (10NP464) Hells Canyon NRA, Nez Perce County, Idaho Todd M. Volkenand, Central Washington University The Center for Interior Salish: Using, Preserving and Revitalizing Interior Salish Languages Larae Wiley, The Center for Interior Salish Christopher Parkin, The Center for Interior Salish Giving Back: Honoring Our Cultures, Traditions, Land, and Our People Norma Joseph, Washington State University Gabriella Reznowski, Washington State University Envisioning Collaborative Environments for Language Revitalization Norma Joseph, Washington State University Gabriella Reznowski, Washington State University Honoring the Land and the People: WSU Arboretum and Wildlife Center Proposal Barbara Aston, Washington State University Bill Hacker, The Portico Group |
5:00–6:00 p.m. |
| Dinner Break (on your own) | 6:00–7:30 p.m. |
| Screening: The Exiles (1961) A Film by Kent Mackenzie, Milestone Films |
7:30–8:30 p.m. |
Tuesday, May 12, 2009 |
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| Registration | 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. |
| Session I (Concurrent) Assessing Contaminated Cultural Materials in Museums Randall Melton, Tamastslikt Cultural Institute Alyce Sadongei, Arizona State Museum Session II (Concurrent) NIMIIPUUM WEET’ES (Nez Perce Homeland): Part I A Film Documentary by Nicolas Barbier, University of Bourgogne, France |
8:45–10:15 a.m. |
| Break | 10:15–10:30 a.m. |
| Session III (Concurrent)
Sundown in the Golden State A Documentary Film by Janet Kendall, University of California, Berkeley Introduced by J. Diane Pearson, University of California, Berkeley K’áplats ’Ip’ílp and His Legacy William Willard, Professor Emeritus, Washington State University Spirit Rocks: Histories both Spoken and Stolen Mary C. Wright, University of Washington Forgotten Voices: Death Records of the Yakama, 1888–1964 Robert McCoy, Washington State University Session IV (Concurrent) "Shimaa shini’ ndé gozlíni nagoni’í Land-Made-People" Margo Tamez, Washington State University Documentary Filmmaking for Endangered Language Communities Phillip Cash Cash, University of Arizona |
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. |
| Lunch Break (on your own) Special Poster Session: Lewis & Clark State College Student Our Languages Poster Slam! |
12:00–1:30 p.m. |
| Session V
"Holding Sacredness": The Chief Cleveland Kamiakin Oral Histories Richard Scheuerman, Seattle Pacific University Michael Finley, Colville Confederated Tribes Peoplehood, Treaties, Prison Camps, and Governance: Nez Perce Resurgence J. Diane Pearson, University of California, Berkeley Historical Trauma and its effects on a Nimiipuu Family; finding story, healing wounds Robbie Paul, Washington State University |
1:30–3:00 p.m. |
| Break | 3:15–3:30 p.m. |
| Session VI (Concurrent)
Envisioning Collaborative Environments for Language Revitalization Norma Joseph, Washington State University Gabriella Reznowski, Washington State University Aurality and Embodied Knowledge in Nez Perce Religious Texts Beth Piatote, University of California, Berkeley Getting Archie Phinney's 'Nez Perce Texts' back into the hands of "the People" Michael Wasson-Pinkham, Lewis and Clark State College Harold Crook, Lewis and Clark State College |
3:30–5:00 p.m. |
| Traditional Salmon Dinner
Performances, Presentations, & Honorings |
6:00–8:00 p.m. |
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 |
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| Session VII (Concurrent) Spiritual Symbiosis: The Jesuit, the Medicine Man, and the Leader of Song Chad Hamill, Northern Arizona University Performing Indianness and Excellence: Nez Perce Jazz Bands of the Twentieth Century Janis (Jan) Johnson, University of Idaho |
9:15–10:15 a.m. |
| Break | 10:15–10:30 a.m. |
| Session VIII
(Concurrent) Relationship Building and Wellbeing through Language, Culture, and History Jason A. Sievers, Washington State University Susan Banks-Joseph, Washington State University Ella Inglebret, Washington State University Session IX (Concurrent) NIMIIPUUM WEET’ES (Nez Perce Homeland): Part II A Film Documentary by Nicolas Barbier, University of Bourgogne, France |
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. |
| Conference Luncheon, Speakers, & Conference Closing | 12:00–1:30 p.m. |