SCHEDULE

You're Invited! Welcome Reception

 Wednesday, May 15th, 2024 | 6 PM - 8 PM 

Northwestern University Segal Visitor Center

1841 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208

Please join the Center for Native American and Indigenous Research for a welcome reception on the evening of Wednesday, May 15th, 2024. We will be gathering in Segal Visitor Center near our wiigwaasi-jiimaan (birchbark canoe) relative to network and connect with CNAIR community and early symposium arrivals. Heavy hors d'œuvre! Appetizers, desserts, and drinks! Free parking is available after 4 pm in the attached parking structures. Symposium schedule for Thursday and Friday and panels are below:

CNAIR Symposium Full Panel Poster

Keynote Speakers 

Zach Pahmahmie, Vice Chair, Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation

Raphael Wahwassuck, Tribal Council member, Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation

Duncan McCue, Associate Professor, School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University 

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

Thursday, May 16th 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM 

Thursday ELEVATING TRIBAL KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE Schedule Here

Friday, May 17th 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Friday ELEVATING TRIBAL KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE Schedule Here

Panels

Panel I: Taking Care of Our Lands 100 Years Forward 

Thursday May 16th: 10:30 am -12pm 

Native American communities are at the forefront of environmental issues whether food sovereignty, forestry management, climate change adaptation or land, water and wildlife management practices.  Learn about programs, policies and practices that are affirming and restoring critical relationships now and looking towards the future.  

• Michael Waasegiizhig Price, Traditional Ecological Knowledge Specialist, Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Commission
• Cameron Macias, Wildlife Technician, Elwha Dam 
• Laura Manthe, Co-Founder, Ohe-Láku Among the Cornstalks 

Moderator: Kim Suiseeya, Associate Professor, Political Science, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences,  Chair, Environmental Policy and Culture, Northwestern University

Panel II: Preserving Heritage and Memory - 100 Years into the Future

Thursday May 16th 3pm - 4:30 pm 

Cultural heritage professionals and memory workers bear a sacred responsibility to preserve, reclaim, and share Indigenous material culture and memory. This panel convenes museum and library/archive professionals to discuss the challenges they encounter, and the innovative strategies employed to safeguard material heritage. We will explore the evolving role of museums, libraries, and archives in Indigenous cultural heritage management, emphasizing the importance of indigenizing these institutions as platforms for generational equity and social justice. Panelists will share their experiences in community engagement and navigating new NAGPRA regulations, among other topics.

• Elspeth Geiger, Anthropology, Northwestern University, Curator Path Research Scientist, Field Museum
• Josh Honn, Northwestern University Libraries 
• Bill Quackenbush , THPO and Cultural Resources Division Manager, Ho-Chunk Nation 
• Kim Vigue, Executive Director, Mitchell Museum of the American Indian

Moderator: Doug Kiel, Associate Professor, History, College of Arts and Sciences, Northwestern University

Panel III: Practicing Health & Wellbeing 100 Years Forward

Friday May 17th 9:30am-11am  

Eliminating chronic health inequities is a critical goal for Native nations, their communities, researchers, health professionals, and traditional medicine folks across the country as they navigate the entanglements of a settler society. Native communities are revitalizing traditional cultural practices, challenging western norms of health, and imagining community centered practices to cultivate to Indigenous health and well-being. 

• Lorenda Belone, Professor, College of Population Health, UNM 
• Dr. Lyle Ignace, CEO and Physician, Gerald and Lyle Ignace Indian Health Center, Milwaukee, WI 

• Sarina Tȟaté Otȟúŋwahé DiMaso, Recovery & Relapse Prevention Counselor, American Indian Health Services of Chicago

Moderator: Beatriz Reyes, Assistant Professor of Instruction, Global Health Studies, Northwestern University

Panel IV: Educational Self-Determination 100 Years Forward

Friday May 17th 1:30pm - 3pm 

Ensuring successful educational experiences and preparation of educators and educational leaders, requires intellectual and ethical leadership and support.  Many Tribal communities are increasingly taking up education self-determination and activating their sovereign potentials of their own educational systems. This panel will share examples of successes and imagine what the new developments are and should be for education.

• Carrie Whitlow, Director, Education Department, Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes
• Eva Flying, President, Chief Dull Knife College, Northern Cheyenne 
• Aaron Golding, Associate Director, Multicultural Student Affairs, Northwestern University

Moderator: Megan Bang, Professor, Learning Sciences, School of Education and Social 

Policy, Northwestern University 

 (Last Updated: 05/10/2024)

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