FRIDAY: ELEVATING TRIBAL KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE

Friday, May 17th 11 AM - 12 PM

Elevating Tribal Knowledge Exchange: Honoring CNAIR Fellows, Affiliates, Community and Tribal College Scholars 

RESEARCH POSTERS, MINI-PRESENTATIONS, AND ROUND TABLES 

Research Fellows, Faculty, Graduate students, Undergraduate students from Northwestern, Tribal Colleges and local partnership organizations will be sharing and presenting their Indigenous-focused work

Mini-Presentations/Poster Sessions (1st Floor Music Room) 

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM - Anti-Colonial Dramaturgy: Indigenous Temporality in Dramaturgical Practice

• • Presenter: Sierra Rosetta (Lac Courte Oreilles), PhD Student, Theatre
  • Keywords: Anti Colonial dramaturgy, practice, theory, NAIS, methods

11:30 AM - Weave to Stitch: Indigenous Studies as a Critical Lens (Pre-recorded presentation) 

• Presenter: Coredlia Rizzo (PhD Candidate, Performance Studies) 
• Keywords: Indigenous methodologies, object performance, queer muxe

11:45 AM - Indigenous Research Methods, Nexus Research and Rights-Based Approaches

(Pre-recorded presentation) 

• Presenter: Reynaldo Morales Cardenas (Assistant Professor, Medill School of Journalism) 
• Keywords: Indigenous, journalism, nexus

Research Poster

11 AM -12 PM  - Indigenous Methods and Reparative Creativity from Prison

Presenters: Stateville Cohort 3 Students, RTVF 398: Indigenous Studies and the Moving Image

• Northwestern Prison Education Program - The students in the third cohort of the Northwestern Prison Education Program at the Stateville Correctional Center are strong academics who will receive a Bachelor of Science degree upon completing the program. The RTVF 398 course is taught by Michael Anthony Turcios who is Faculty in RTVF and a CNAIR affiliate. 
• Keywords: Speculative creativity, Indigenous methods, reparative stories, incarceration

Roundtables (1st Floor Tea Room)

1. What is an Indigenous Book?: Reflections from Student Research

Student presenters:

• Alivia Britton (Odawa/Potawatomi)
• Toubby Chau, Naomi Gizaw
• Athena GoingSnake (Cherokee Nation/Muscogee Creek)
• Stephanie Marin
• Faculty chair: Professor Kelly Wisecup (English/CNAIR affiliate)

Keywords: Indigenous literatures; archives and exhibits; pedagogy; student presentations

Roundtables (2nd Floor Ballroom)

2.  Exploring Native Student Affairs: Navigating Roles and Realities

Presenters:

• Aaron Golding (Seneca), Associate Director, MSA, Northwestern University
• Alexis Syrette (Ojibwe, Odawa, Mohawk), Assistant Director, Native American Support Program, UIC
• Bobbi Skenandore (Oneida Nation), Program Coordinator, Indigenous Student Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Andrea Wilkerson (Aamjiwnaang First Nation of Sarnia), Assistant Director of Native American Student Enrichment and Belgoning, University of Michigan 

Keywords: Supporting Indigenous Students Outside the Classroom

3.  Historical Repertoires Then & Now: Against the Grain Theatre's Operatic Indigenous Activism

Presenters:

• Keary Watts (Department of Theatre at Northwestern)
• Caroline Gleason-Mercier (Specialist in women-composed opera)
• & Tracy C. Davis (Barber Professor Performing Arts) 

Keywords: performance; historical repertoires; indigenous arts; opera; theatre; Northern-led performance practice; activism

4. Community Engaged Research Roundtable - Feinberg School of Medicine Partners 

Presenters: Gregory Phillips II (Feinberg School of Medicine) &  Edith Freeze (Pachacamak Foundation) 

• Intersectionality in Public Health (Gregory Phillips) 
  •  Keywords: Community Engagement; Public Health; LGBTQ
• Yaku: Sacred Waters Integrating Indigenous Wisdom for Environmental Resilience (Edith Freeze) 
  • Keywords: Environmental Stewardship, Indigenous Wisdom, Microplastic Pollution Community, Engagement Sustainable Practices

5. Native American and Indigenous Studies & History Roundtable 

Presenters: Reese Rosental Saporito (Legal Studies, Science in Human Culture, and Native American and Indigenous Studies) & Juliana Sexauer (JD-Ph.D. Student, Religious Studies)

• Unlikely Allies: Puritanism, res nullius, and the Doctrine of Discovery in Theft of Native American Land (Juliana Sexauer) 
  • Keywords: discovery doctrine, land, Puritanism, law
    
• Native Studies: Challenges to Implementation of Educational Reform Bills (Reese Rosental Saporito)
  • Keywords: Education, Native Studies Reform, Decolonizing Teaching
    

6.  Airing our "Dirty" Laundry: Talking about Resilience

Presenters:

• Jeff Feng (Manoomin Collective Postdoc)
• Kimberly Marion Suiseeya (Associate Professor, Political Science)
• Jennifer Michals (Manoomin Collective Project Manager)
• Aaron Packman (Professor, Environmental Engineering) 

Keywords: Resilience, Climate Justice, Sovereignty