University Newswire
Friday, March 28, 2008
UNCP hosts Southeast Indian Studies Conference April 3 - 4
The 4th Annual Southeast Indian Studies Conference will be held April 3 – 4 in the Annex of the James B. Chavis University at UNC Pembroke.
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The purpose of the Southeast Indian Studies Conference is to provide a forum for discussion of the culture, history, art, health and contemporary issues of American Indians in the Southeast. It serves as a critical venue for scholars, students and all persons interested in American Indian studies in the region.
Keynote speaker is Arlinda Locklear, attorney for the Lumbee Tribe in its efforts to win federal recognition. She will speak at 12:30 p.m. on Friday, April 4 with Ruth Locklear, a long-time administrator with the tribe.
“So many times, we've heard from people who have previously participated in the conference about how much they have learned by attending,” said Dr. Stanley Knick, curator of the Native American Resource Center. "We have consistently received positive responses from past participants about how nice it is to have an event of this quality right here in our own community.”
Dr. Mary Ann Jacobs, Chair of American Indian Studies at UNCP, said, “I think that the conference is a wonderful opportunity for our UNCP students (graduate and undergrad) to present their own research, to see other students present, to see researchers and scholars from across the Southeast and in some cases the nation present their research on Indian tribes of the Southeast.”
Dr. Jacobs noted that the conference as been a trend-setter.
“When the UNCP AIS faculty began the conference, it was the only conference in the nation doing specifically American Indian tribes of the Southeast,” she said. “Now others have followed and are doing similar conferences or specifically looking at the Southeast, but UNCP was the first.”
Conference registration is $40 until March 31 and $55 after that. Questions may be forwarded to Illya Chavis Lindsey at 910.775.4000.
Conference Brochure (PDF - requires Adobe Reader)
AGENDA
THURSDAY, APRIL 3
8 –8:30 am: Registration: UNCP University Center Annex
8:30 – 9 a.m.: Opening ceremony, welcome and introductions
9 – 10:15 a.m.: Session I
Dr. Jay Hansford C. Vest, session chair
- Dr. Jim Glanville, Virginia Tech, “Prehistoric American Indians in Appalachian Virginia”
- Dr. Adam King, University of South Carolina, “Cult Bringers, Copper Plates, the Twins and Etowah”
10:30 – 11:45 a.m.: Session II
Dr. Scott Hicks, session chair
- Forest Hazel, The Occaneechi Band of Saponi Nation, “The Smiling Indian Community of Southwest Robeson County”
- Mr. David S. Lowry, UNC-Chapel Hill, “The Paradox of Mandy Oxendine: Black, White, and Myth”
11:45 - 12:30: Lunch
12:30 – 1:45 p.m.: Session III
Dr. Linda Oxendine, session chair
- Dr. Olivia Holmes Oxendine, UNCP, "Beyond Traditional Pedagogy: The Elder Teachers Project"
- Tasha Oxendine, UNCP, “Agri-related Indian-Owned Businesses in Robeson County prior to the 1980s”
2 – 3:15 p.m.: Session IV
Dr. Mary Ann Jacobs, session chair
- Jaimie C. Hunter, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, “The People’s Clinic: A North Carolina Minority Health Education Collaborative”
- Dr. Sherry Hamby, UNC-Chapel Hill, “Violence among North Carolina Indians: Racial Differences in Perpetrator Identity and Disclosure”
3:15 – 4:30 p.m.: Session V
Dr. Jane Haladay, session chair
- Panel – Tonya Baxley, Jennifer Brown, Thelma Lou Gaines, Veronica Hammonds, UNCP, “In the Flow, Sacred Rivers in Native Literature and Lives”
4:30 p.m.: Visit to UNCP’s Native American Resource Center
FRIDAY, APRIL 4
8:30 – 9 a.m.: Welcome
9 – 10:15 a.m.: Session VI
Dr. Rose Stremlau, session chair
- Mr. Patrick Keith, Trent University, “A Culturally-based Analysis of Tuscarora History in Eastern North Carolina”
- Chris Hardison and Bobby Hurt, Skaroreh Katenuaka Tuscarora Nation, “Post Tuscarora War Migrations and Recognition efforts of the Robeson County Tuscarora people”
10:30 – 11:45 a.m.: Session VII
Dr. Amelia Trevelyan, session chair
- Billie Hunt, UNCP, “Heirloom of Tradition: Identities of Lumbee Women in Religion, Family and Education”
- Dr. Stephen Criswell, USC Lancaster, “Tradition and the Individual Talent: Georgia Harris and the Catawba Indian Pottery Tradition”
11:45 - 12:30: Lunch
12:30 – 1:15 p.m.: Keynote Presentation
Introduction - Dr. Stan Knick
- Ruth Locklear and Arlinda Locklear, Lumbee, “A Trail of Many Tears: Lumbee Federal Recognition”
1:30 – 2:45 p.m.: Session VIII
Dr. Michael Spivey, session chair
- Dr. Stan Knick, UNCP, “Our People: Telling the Stories of American Indians in North Carolina”
- Marty Richardson, Haliwa-Saponi Indian Tribe, “Haliwa-Saponi Political Organization and Leadership 1900 – Present”
2:45 – 4 p.m.: Session IX
Dr. Jane Haladay, session chair
- Panel – Jensine Locklear, Lauren Locklear, Lisa Locklear, Janet Maitlen, William Oxendine, Christopher Welch, UNCP, “American Indian Studies is for Everyone, More Than Ever”
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