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Dear readers,

As many of you may know, we have been busy working on migrating Indigenous Peoples Issues Today into our parent site Indigenous Peoples Issues and Resources. We are happy to inform you that this migration is almost complete. We believe that this move will not only benefit you in terms of staying on top of indigenous issues, but will also allow us to provide much more. Indigenous Peoples Issues and Resources is built on a much more stable, scalable platform that allows us to incorporate more information, maps, videos, and other features. Please have a look: http://indigenouspeoplesissues.com

We will continue to bring you news, articles, book reviews, and our weekly Five Key Indigenous Peoples Issues. However, with the new site we will also be able to provide maps that locate each story for better reference, a much more powerful search function, as well as videos, conference announcements, and postings of jobs, funding, and grants.

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We will no longer be posting to this site beginning July 1, 2009.

Thank you and we hope that you migrate over to the new site with us.

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National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers Annual Meeting

On behalf of the board of directors and members of the National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers (NATHPO), we are honored to invite you to attend and participate in the 11th Annual NATHPO Meeting. For the week of August 10, 2009, the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma will host our annual meeting, as well as related events and training sessions. The Tribe's Choctaw Casino-Resort-Hotel in Durant, Oklahoma, will be the main meeting location, and they have graciously offered a discounted room rate for NATHPO participants.

This year's meeting theme is, "Tribal Historic Preservation and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)." Job creation and protecting traditional ways of life and sacred sites may at times be at odds in the current economic climate. NATHPO is encouraging tribal representatives and federal and state officials to attend and discuss their experiences, concerns, and practices as the country responds to competing needs. We are currently accepting proposals for presentations and we encourage you to submit ideas and panels that illustrate the needs and concerns for your constituency. In addition to ARRA sessions and speakers, there will be presenters on a variety of other topics, such as current events in tribal historic preservation, tribal museums and cultural centers, tribal consultation, and information and updates on other timely tribal historic preservation issues.

11th Annual NATHPO Meeting Training Session:

One training session will be offered this year and is NAGPRA related, "Using the Culturally Unidentifiable Native American Inventories Database." This important database includes listings and information for over 118,000 individual Native Americans, out of an estimated 100,000-200,000 minimum number of individuals (determined by the Congressional Budget Office when the law was being drafted in 1989). Participants will receive a copy of the database, both CD and hard copy, and will be led in an overview and discussion of the information contained in the database and how to request additional information in an effort to achieve cultural affiliation. This will be the first organized opportunity for tribal representatives to come together to review and discuss the important information contained in the database. Because of the limited number of spaces available for the training, we encourage tribal representatives to register right away.

Other panels and speakers will be announced as confirmed. Please check the NATHPO website www.nathpo.org for more information and Annual Meeting updates. We encourage you to take a moment and read through this year's agenda at a glance and pre-register today. Thank you for your interest and support of NATHPO over the years and we look forward to seeing you in Oklahoma in August.

Reno Franklin, Kashia Pomo THPO and
NATHPO General Chairman

Terry Cole, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma THPO 11th Annual NATHPO Meeting Host

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Linking Indigenous Policy with Service Delivery 2009

Linking Indigenous Policy with Service Delivery 2009 fleshes out the new whole-of-government approach to reduce the gap in indigenous disadvantage in partnership with NGOs and NFPs on both policy and service delivery levels.

Why you need to attend

Through a focus on rights vs responsibility, accountability, and increased engagement and culturally appropriate processes you will take away knowledge on new and successful initiatives and a better understanding of how we can all work together to achieve improved outcomes in rural and remote areas. This conference is specifically designed for representatives from federal, state and local government involved in Indigenous policy design, strategy, service delivery and program management along with those from community organisations.

Closing the Gap in Indigenous Disadvantage

A new government brought a fresh approach and vigour in reducing the disadvantages faced by our Indigenous brothers and sisters. Twelve months on from ‘The Apology’ all eyes are on the progress made with the 6 key targets outlined in the federal government’s ‘Closing the Gap’ Campaign.

Despite an enormous injection of funding into Indigenous housing, health and education, the conversion of new policies into improved service delivery is not as transparent as the Rudd government’s enthusiasm to improve Indigenous circumstances.

For more information, or to register for the conference, go here.

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Slavery Issues Involving Indigenous Peoples In Africa: Call for Papers

Call for presentations, 2010 meeting of Association of American Geographers

Session Title: Geographies of Slavery

Session Organizers: G. Rebecca Dobbs, UNC-Chapel Hill & Derek H. Alderman, East Carolina University

Session Description: The enslavement of people from Africa and those of African descent played a fundamental role in the development of the economy, society, and culture of the United States as well as many other countries. Yet, despite the large volume of research on this topic, there remains much scholarship to be done, particularly from a geographic perspective. We invite participation in a paper session for AAG 2010 exploring geographies of slavery, both inside and outside the American context. Papers might approach the topic from a variety of scales and perspectives, such as, but not limited to, the following:

• geographic variation in the experiences of slavery
  
• landscapes of slavery, the enslaved, and the enslaver
  
• social and spatial legacies and consequences of slavery
  
• slavery in the world-system
  
• slavery as a circum-Atlantic phenomenon
  
• enslavement of (and by) indigenous peoples
  
• slaveholding and the production of white privilege
  
• slaveholding in and out of the U.S. South
  
• slavery and the evolution of race relations
  
• slavery and the politics of national identity
  
• the intersection of slavery and gender
  
• slavery and plantation geographies (past and present)
  
• the political economy of slavery
  
• the question of slavery reparations and social justice
  
• the slave trade and the African diaspora -social and spatial control of the enslaved
• resistance of the enslaved
  
• the Underground Railroad and the abolitionist movement
  
• religion and slavery
  
• politics/social movements and slavery
  
• cultural geographies of slavery
  
• politics of remembering and commemorating slavery
  
• slave history and the promotion and performance of tourism and many more...

Contact: Rebecca Dobbs grdobbs@email.unc.edu AND Derek Alderman aldermand@ecu.edu

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America's Historical and Cultural Organizations: Planning Grants

America's Historical and Cultural Organizations: Planning Grants

Eligible Applicants

State governments
City or township governments
Special district governments
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Private institutions of higher education

Additional Information on Eligibility:

Agency Name

National Endowment for the Humanities

Description

America’s Historical and Cultural Organizations grants support projects in the humanities that explore stories, ideas, and beliefs that deepen our understanding of our lives and our world. The Division of Public Programs supports the development of humanities content and interactivity that excite, inform, and stir thoughtful reflection upon culture, identity, and history in creative and new ways. Grants for America’s Historical and Cultural Organizations should encourage dialogue, discussion, and civic engagement, and they should foster learning among people of all ages. To that end, the Division of Public Programs urges applicants to consider more than one format for presenting humanities ideas to the public. Planning grants are available for projects that may need further development before applying for implementation. This planning can include the identification and refinement of the project’s main humanities ideas and questions, consultation with scholars in order to strengthen the humanities content, preliminary audience evaluation, preliminary design of the proposed interpretive formats, beta testing of digital formats, development of complementary programming, research at archives or sites whose resources might be used, or the drafting of interpretive materials. America’s Historical and Cultural Organizations grants support projects that are presented in these formats: traveling exhibitions that are presented at multiple venues; long-term exhibitions at one institution; interpretive Web sites or other digital formats; interpretation of historic places or areas; reading and discussion programs; panel exhibitions that travel widely, reach a broad audience, and take advantage of complementary programming formats (e.g., reading and discussion series, radio, or other media) to enhance the visitor experience; or other project formats that creatively engage audiences in humanities ideas. Applications that make innovative use of emerging technologies are encouraged. Projects must do more than simply provide a digital archive of material. They should offer new ways of contextualizing and interpreting information that engages public audiences interactively. Applications may, for example, include plans to create PDA tours and resources, podcasts, virtual environments, wiki formats, other formats that utilize user-generated content, virtual imaging, GIS mapping, online scholar-led discussions, streaming video, games, or other digital formats. When it is relevant, applications must explain how user-generated postings to public cyberspace will be vetted by qualified scholars or project staff for accuracy and public educational value. Digital components must rest on sound humanities scholarship and enhance the project’s humanities content for the general public in ways that take unique advantage of the proposed formats.

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Repatriation, NAGPRA, and The Ongoing Battle Over Cultural Patrimony

The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA; 25 U.S.C. § 3001 et seq) has been one of the more controversial laws to be passed in the last quarter century. The principal reason is that NAGPRA is the guiding legislation in the United States for all items of human origin found on federal or state lands, which currently consists of over 650 million acres (around 30% of the United States), all of which fall under the legislative purview of NAGPRA. Although this law was passed in 1990, and the final Rules were established in 1995, a struggle over "who owns the past" has continuously been fought. A recent article published in Indian Country Today illustrates this struggle and how the battle over "who owns the past" continues, a battle that often attempts to deny (or not recognize) Native American history, identity, and affiliation.

What is troubling about this story, and the others you see in the media on an almost monthly basis, is that NAGPRA was supposed to be an example for other countries on how to deal with the massive amount of cultural patrimony and human ancestral remains stored in in museums, collections, and institutions. However, as other countries watch us continuously bicker and fight over "who owns the past", they are less and less likely to enact legislation similar to NAGPRA - legislation that had its heart in the right place. How are other countries to deal with their large holdings of ancestral human remains? How are they going to establish a system of repatriation? It is inevitable that indigenous peoples must fight scientists, museum officials, and others for their cultural patrimony and ancesters?

One of the benefits of NAGPRA was that it not only returned these "living" items back to the people who they belonged to, but it allowed scientists, museum officials, and others to study them in the process. It was supposed to be a sort of win-win for everyone. Study the item, take photos, identify its characteristics, catalog it, and then return it to the people who it belongs to. Instead, NAGPRA often results in the first four of those steps, but fails to act on its final promise - repatriation (obviously, this is a slight characterization as there are hundreds of positive examples that have come about because of NAGPRA, but the point still stands). Again, what are other countries supposed to do now that they have seen how NAGPRA leads to the spending of millions of dollars, power struggles, and divisiveness? What are our options?

NARRAGANSETT, R.I. - A complaint against the University of Massachusetts Amherst, claiming violations of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act is under investigation and will be heard at a Review Committee meeting in the fall.

The complaint was filed jointly by Tribal Historic Preservation Officers Cheryl Andrews-Maltais of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head, Aquinnah; John Brown III of the Narragansett Indian Tribe; and Sherry White of the Stockbridge-Munsee Community Band of Mohican Indians in May 2008.

Andrews-Maltais has since been elected chairwoman of her tribe.

Sherry Hutt, NAGPRA program director, confirmed that the complaint is under investigation.

"That matter, to my knowledge, is under investigation so I couldn't comment on it until the investigation is completed."

The complaint will be heard by the NAGPRA Review Committee this fall, said White, who has been coordinating documentation from the three tribes.

"We've been working on this for years, trying to get UMass to repatriate the remains to us. Over the years, as the three tribes started learning what was there (at UMass Amherst) and realizing we were the only federally recognized tribes that could establish cultural affiliation, the three tribes came together and put in a claim for repatriation. Our case will be reviewed in the fall."

The complaint says that UMass Amherst has violated NAGPRA by failing to respond to the tribes' request for repatriation of human remains from the Connecticut River Valley that are in its possession, and failing to consult with the tribes.

The joint complaint also says the university failed to publish a complete inventory of the human remains and other items of cultural patrimony in its possession, and claims the remains from the Connecticut River Valley listed in its partial inventory are "culturally unaffiliated" even while admitting that the three tribes had a historical presence in and historical ties to the area, and that they are the only federally recognized tribes with standing to claim the remains.

You can read the rest of the story on Indian Country Today.

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EIRIS Issues Report on Companies and Indigenous Rights

EIRIS is an SRI Research Group that has just issued this report on Companies and Indigenous Rights

According to the United Nations there are 370 million indigenous people in the world and 5,000 distinct indigenous cultural identities in more than 70 countries. Although indigenous people only account for 5% of the world’s population, they account for over 15% of the world’s poor. Following the paper Indigenous rights, indigenous wrongs: risks for the resource sectors released in 2007, EIRIS and CAER have analysed the response of companies in the FTSE All World Developed Index to indigenous rights. This latest research highlights the challenges facing companies and examines the implications for investors. This paper covers companies operating in sectors (mining, oil and gas, agricultural producers and forestry and paper) and countries considered high risk for indigenous rights.

The entire report can be downloaded from the EIRIS site here.

A summary of the report and key findings can be found here: Investors Urged To Focus Attention On Rights Of Indigenous Peoples

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June 17-23, 2009: Five Key Indigenous Peoples Issues

Five Key Indigenous Peoples Issues for the Week of June 17 - 23, 2009


International: Lack Of Indigenous Rights Policies Puts Companies At Risk

Report finds that few companies engaged in extractive business activities in indigenous lands have policies that address indigenous rights concerns.

Despite the fact that 250 companies listed on the FTSE All World Developed Index have a high- or medium-risk exposure to the rights of indigenous people, the quality of corporate reporting on indigenous rights issues is poor, and fewer than 20% have policies that require free prior informed consultation for indigenous peoples.

A report issued by Ethical Investment Research Services (EIRIS) and the Center for Australian Ethical Research (CAER) also found that only 19% of companies disclose employment data on indigenous people, and 6% have a policy addressing involuntary resettlement.

The report, entitled Indigenous Rights: Risks and Opportunities for Investors, identifies several key issues for indigenous people, who account for 5% of the world's population but over 15% of the world's poor. Perhaps the most important key issue is that of consultation or consent regarding extractive business activities in ancestral lands. Because only consent gives indigenous people veto power over such activities, the report grades management response as good only when companies commit to free prior informed consent. Read more about corporate investment on indigenous lands here....


United States: Coalition Petitioning For Glacier Park Protections

Glacier National Park and its neighbor to the north are endangered by mining proposals, and the international community must intervene to protect the region's natural and cultural heritage.

That's the message being delivered this week by tribal leaders, community organizers, business interests and conservationists, whose concerns will be aired at the 33rd annual meeting of the United Nations World Heritage Committee.

“Our petition,” said Will Hammerquist, “asks the World Heritage Committee to hear the concerns of local communities and indigenous peoples by recognizing the threat these projects pose to a globally significant ecosystem.”

Hammerquist works for the National Parks Conservation Association, which joined a dozen other groups in petitioning for the endangered status.

Glacier, along with adjacent Waterton Lakes National Park in Canada, was named a World Heritage Site in 1995, by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. At the time, UNESCO recognized the region for its “outstanding universal value.”

As two of the 157 signatories to the World Heritage treaty, Hammerquist said, both the United States and Canada accepted certain conservation obligations. But Canada has failed to meet those, he said, by moving ahead with controversial coal and coalbed methane energy development plans in southeastern British Columbia, on the borders of the parks.

Last year, NPCA joined a bi-national coalition representing a half-million Americans and Canadians, asking for a UNESCO review. Currently, only 30 World Heritage sites around the globe are listed as endangered. None is in North America. Read more about Native Americans and Glacier National Park here....


Greenland: Fondly, Greenland Loosens Danish Rule

The thing about being from Greenland, said Susan Gudmundsdottir Johnsen, is that many outsiders seem to have no clue where it actually is.

“They say, ‘Oh, my God, Greenland?’ It’s like they’ve never heard of it,” said Ms. Johnsen, 36, who was born in Iceland but has lived on this huge, largely frozen northern island for 25 years. “I have to explain: ‘Here you have a map. Here’s Europe. The big white thing is Greenland.’ ”

But Greenland, with 58,000 people and only two traffic lights, both of them here in the capital, is now securing its place in the world. On Sunday, amid solemn ceremony and giddy celebration, it ushered in a new era of self-governance that sets the stage for eventual independence from Denmark, its ruler since 1721.

The move, which allows Greenland to gradually take responsibility over areas like criminal justice and oil exploration, follows a referendum last year in which 76 percent of voters said they wanted self-rule. Many of the changes are deeply symbolic. Kalaallisut, a traditional Inuit dialect, is now the country’s official language, and Greenlanders are now recognized under international law as a separate people from Danes.

Thrillingly, the Greenlandic government now gets to call itself by its Inuit name, Naalakkersuisut — the first time in history, officials said, that the word has been used in a Danish government document. Read more about Greenland and it's self-governance here....


Peru: Amazonian Indians End Protest After Peru's Congress Repeals Decrees

A 10-week protest by Peru's Amazonian indigenous groups against legislation that facilitates development in their region ended yesterday after the Peruvian Congress repealed two legislative decrees. Leaders of the Peruvian Rainforest Inter-Ethnic Development Association, AIDESEP, called upon thousands of indigenous protesters to lift blockades of two highways and return to their villages.

The congressional vote was a partial victory for the seven indigenous organizations that AIDESEP represents, which were demanding that the government repeal nine decrees. Indigenous leaders claim those decrees threaten their people's rights to land and natural resources, and that they violate the UN International Labor Organization's convention 169, which requires the government to consult indigenous groups before passing laws that will impact them.

Peruvian President Alan Garcia signed the decrees last year as part of an extensive legislative package designed to help Peru comply with its Free Trade Agreement with the United States.

In a televised address to the nation on June 16, Garcia admitted that it was a mistake not to consult indigenous leaders when drafting the legislation, though he added that he didn't think the decrees affected indigenous lands. Read more about the Peruvian protest here....


Bangladesh: Eviction Of Indigenous People

The news out of Khatirpur at Porsha in Naogaon, where over 50 indigenous families have been attacked and forcibly evicted from their land, shocks us all. We unequivocally condemn this barbarous act, and strongly urge the government to take remedial action.

The victimisation of Bangladesh's indigenous populations is, unfortunately, not a new phenomenon. We feel that the government has a special responsibility to protect the country's minority communities and to ensure that none of their rights are violated.

It is because of their being in a minority, being out of the mainstream of society that land-grabbers and other criminal elements feel emboldened to cheat them or deny them of their rights.

Powerful members of the majority community calculate that no one will lift a finger to help such marginalised people, and that they can thus be targeted with impunity. The government must ensure that this assumption is proved wrong.

Indeed, this government has a reputation for being protective of minority rights, and, as such, we very much hope that it will move swiftly to correct this injustice and to ensure that the affected families are able to swiftly get back their land and live there without fear of reprisal. Read more about the indigenous peoples eviction here....

Last weeks Five Key Indigenous People's Issues can be found here.

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Engaging with Indigenous Identities in Cross-Cultural Perspective: Call for Papers

We invite abstracts before the 25 July deadline for the panel 'Engaging with Indigenous Identities in Cross-Cultural Perspective' for the AAS annual conference hosted by Macquarie University this upcoming December. Please contact either of the panel organisers, Greg Acciaioli or David Trigger, with your abstracts. Look forward to seeing you all in Sydney, Greg

Panel summary:

Despite criteria for Indigenous status established by the ILO, other UN organizations, and NGOs affiliated with the international Indigenous Peoples movement, the interpretation and application of such criteria are quite variable, prioritising various combinations of ancestry, acknowledgement of Custom or Law, and different positions in histories of colonial and postcolonial interaction. This panel problematises universal frameworks of Indigeneity, interrogating political processes and cultural framings through which Indigeneity is invoked and attributed (or not) in transnational, national and local contexts. We seek papers dealing with a wide range of countries and local settings and with transnational processes and organisations affecting how Indigeneity is defined, claimed, and disputed at various levels, focusing on such issues as:

• The politics of claims to 'Indigeneity'
• Transnational dimensions of the Indigenous peoples' movement, including human rights issues;
• Impacts of national policies recognizing or denying Indigenous status;
• Uses and contestations of Indigenous status in political/legal contests over ownership/custodianship of land and resources;
• Attributions of 'nativeness' to 'Indigenous' species of plants and animals and attitudes and policies regarding ‘exotic’ flora and fauna.
• Implications of such factors for the ethics of engagement with Indigenous communities in research, policy formulation and evaluation, ‘interventions’, etc.

Proposers:

Greg Acciaioli, Anthropology and Sociology, The University of Western Australia (acciaiol@cyllene.uwa.edu.au; (08) 64882861)

David Trigger, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland (d.trigger@uq.edu.au; (07) 3365 3170)

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America's Historical and Cultural Organizations: Implementation Grants

America's Historical and Cultural Organizations: Implementation Grants

Eligible Applicants

State governments
County governments
City or township governments
Special district governments
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Private institutions of higher education

Additional Information on Eligibility:

Agency Name

National Endowment for the Humanities

Description

America’s Historical and Cultural Organizations grants support projects in the humanities that explore stories, ideas, and beliefs that deepen our understanding of our lives and our world. The Division of Public Programs supports the development of humanities content and interactivity that excite, inform, and stir thoughtful reflection upon culture, identity, and history in creative and new ways. Grants for America’s Historical and Cultural Organizations should encourage dialogue, discussion, and civic engagement, and they should foster learning among people of all ages. To that end, the Division of Public Programs urges applicants to consider more than one format for presenting humanities ideas to the public. Implementation grants support the final preparation of a project for presentation to the public. Applicants must submit a full walkthrough for an exhibition, or a prototype or storyboard for a digital project, that demonstrates a solid command of the humanities ideas and scholarship that relate to the subject. Applicants for implementation grants should have already done most of the planning for their projects, including the identification of the key humanities themes, relevant scholarship, and program formats. For exhibitions, implementation grants can support the final stages of design development, but these grants are primarily intended for installation. Applicants are not required to obtain a planning grant before applying for an implementation grant. Applicants may not, however, submit multiple applications for the same project at the same deadline. If an application for a project is already under review, another application for the same project cannot be accepted. See application guidelines for Planning Grants. America’s Historical and Cultural Organizations grants support projects that are presented in these formats: traveling exhibitions that are presented at multiple venues; long-term exhibitions at one institution; interpretive Web sites or other digital formats; interpretation of historic places or areas; reading and discussion programs; panel exhibitions that travel widely, reach a broad audience, and take advantage of complementary programming formats (e.g., reading and discussion series, radio, or other media) to enhance the visitor experience; or other project formats that creatively engage audiences in humanities ideas. Applications that make innovative use of emerging technologies are encouraged. Projects must do more than simply provide a digital archive of material. They should offer new ways of contextualizing and interpreting information that engages public audiences interactively in exploring humanities ideas and questions. Applications may, for example, include plans to create Web sites, PDA tours and resources, podcasts, virtual environments, wiki formats other formats that utilize user-generated content, virtual imaging, GIS mapping, online scholar-led discussions, video on demand, streaming video, games, or other digital formats.When it is relevant, applications must explain how user-generated postings to public cyberspace will be vetted by qualified scholars or project staff for accuracy and public educational value. Digital components should rest on sound humanities scholarship and enhance the project’s humanities content for the general public in ways that take unique advantage of the proposed formats.

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2009 Conference on Community-Based Language Revival

2009 Conference on Community-Based Language Revival

Hosted by
The Three Rivers Language Center
Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne August 28-30, 2009

Community and tribal organizations, educators, linguists, and anyone else interested are invited to participate in a conference on reviving endangered languages. Special emphasis will be on the participation of the language community. Abstracts are now being taken for conference presentations, sessions, and workshops.

The keynote address will be given by Daryl Baldwin of the Myaamia Project at Miami University and Scott Shoemaker of the Miami Nation of Indiana. The conference will also include dinner with an Old Order Amish family and a special viewing of original prints from the Curtis collection.

Chad Thompson

Conference on Community-Based Language Revival

Department of Anthropology

Indiana-University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

2101 Coliseum Blvd.

Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1499

or

ThompsoC@ipfw.edu

Phone: 260-481-6101
Fax: 260-481-6880

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Tribal Court Development Training: University of Alaska Fairbanks

Tribal Court Development Training

Sponsored by:
National Judicial College
Tanana Chiefs Conference
UAF, Interior Aleutians Campus

August 11, 12, 13 (1/2 day), 2009
Fairbanks
During the Tanana Valley Fair

Westmark Hotel – Yukon Room
813 Noble Street
Fairbanks, Alaska

Overview of Training: Each year we develop new presentations for this training! This year we are focusing on juvenile, domestic violence and children's cases, judicial code development, writing orders, and tribal state relations. Tribes fall into a wide range of tribal court development, and this training is intended to provide information to tribes just beginning tribal court development, for tribes that want to enhance or make modifications to their courts, as well as for tribes pursuing on-going tribal court training.

There is no tuition for this training, but please register prior to attending. The National Judicial College may provide $500 scholarships to help cover travel and per diem costs. For information about the $500 scholarships contact:
Christine Folsom-Smith at 775-327-8202 or cfsmith@judges.org

This training is available for one University of Alaska Credit.

For information on credit contact: Kevin Illingworth, Tribal Management Program, 907-474-5710, ffkmi@uaf.edu Further information about the training, and draft agenda, contact Tanana Chiefs Conference 907-452-8251 Sue Hollingsworth ext. 3273 susan.hollingsworth@tananachiefs.org
Lisa Jaeger ext. 3269
lisa.jaeger@tananachiefs.org

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