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41st Annual Symposium on the American Indian Technology Future, Technology Past: A Woven Link April 10-13, 2013 Northeastern State University University Center, Tahlequah, OK
The theme for the 41st Annual Symposium on the American Indian, "Technology Future, Technology Past: A Woven Link." Indigenous societies have endured as technological innovations have effected massive cultural change. The spiritual paths taken are interwoven as living links between the past and the future. Like the ancestral oak, the branches that reach out into new space are nurtured by the seasonal life within its circuitry and secured by the deeply woven roots that give it strength.
As we enter the environment of cloud technologies, the rapid acceleration of computer engineering is in some ways leading us into a complex realm of little understood ecosystems through which we must, sometimes blindly, navigate. In the Native universe, we must carefully consider our trust relationship with technology. What are the implications for Indigenous societies as our actions, thinking, and interactions with one another are transformed by cultural change?
Hosted By: NSU Center for Tribal Studies
All events are FREE and open to the public
Dr. Colleeen Fitzgerald Chair of the Department of Linguistics, University of Texas-Arlington, with expertise in American Indian linguistics. Dr. Fitzgerald, along with Dr. Brad Montgomery-Anderson of NSU, will lead the Indigenous Languages Documentation and Revitalization Seminar in cooperation with the Oklahoma Native Language Association (ONLA)
Dr. Daniel Littlefield Jr. Littlefield is a history scholar and director of the Sequoyah National Research Center at the University of Arkansas-Little Rock, which is home to the American Native Press Archives which Littlefield co-founded in 1983. The ANPA contains newspaper and periodical publications under more than 2,100 titles by American Indian nations, individuals and organizations. It also contains American Indian manuscripts, scholarly works and records and biographical information on about 4,500 Native American writers. www.ualr.edu/sequoyah
Bunky Echo-Hawk (Pawnee) Bunky Echo-Hawk is a multi-talented artist whose work spans both media and lifestyle. A graduate of the insitute of American Indian Arts, he is a fine artist, graphic designer, photgrapher, writer and a non-profit professional. He is also a traditional singer and dancer. www.bunkyechohawk.com
Dr. Daniel Wildcat Wildcat is a professor at Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kan., who has published works on indigenous knowledge, technology, environment and education. He is also co-director of the Haskell Environmental Research Studies Center, which he founded with colleagues from the Center for Hazardous Substance Research at Kansas State University. A Yuchi member of the Muscogee Nation of Oklahoma, Wildcat is the coauthor, with Vine Deloria, Jr., of Power and Place: Indian Education in America, and co-editor, with Steve Pavlik, of Destroying Dogma: Vine Deloria, Jr., and His Influence on American Society. Renowned for his commitment to environmental defense and cultural diversity, Wildcat is a recipient of the Heart Peace Award from The Future is Now, a Kansas City organization. Charles "Chief" Boyd Boyd has been an architect with Thalden Boyd Emery Architects since 1978 and is a graduate of the University of Colorado-Boulder. He has extensive experience with American Indian projects beginning in 1963 with the Cherokee Heritage Center, and his keynote symposium address will observe its 50th anniversary. Chief has worked with 45 tribes across the U.S. and is a renowned Native American architect. Since 1964 he has been the official architect to the Cherokee National Historical Society and serves on its board. He is the architect of the ancient village addition to the Cherokee Heritage Center.
Dr. Pamela Munro Munro is a distinguished professor of linguistics at the University of California-Los Angeles. She specializes in American Indian languages and has published prolifically on the subject. She helped create the dictionaries for the San Lucas Quiaviní Zapotec, Chickasaw and Wolof.
Other keynote presenters will be Becky Chandler and Karissa Pickett of Chickasaw Nation Communications and Creative Services, and the Cherokee Heritage Center represented by Tom Mooney, Mickel Yantz, and Tonya Hogner. Luncheon speakers will be Chris Samples of Redstone Construction and storyteller Robert Lewis of the Cherokee Nation. (Tickets required for luncheon)
Institutional/Information Display Booth These booths are provided at no cost for institutions and organizations. You will be provided one 6' table (no cover), two chairs, and electrical outlets are available upon request in advance. Booth location is assigned in the order application form is recieved. Vendors must abide by all policies set forth at NSU. Please download and complete the form and return to the Center for Tribal Studies by mail or fax. (Download Institutional/Information booth form)
Traditional Arts and Crafts Booth (Sale of Merchandise) You will be provided one 6' table (no cover), two chairs, and electrical outlets are available upon request in advance. Booth location is assigned in the order application form is recieved. Vendors must abide by all policies set forth at NSU. Please download and complete the form and return to the Center for Tribal Studies by mail or fax. Cost: One table at $50 (6' x 6') Two tables at $100 (6' x 12') Electrical outlets $10 Cost is the same for one or all three days. Due to University policy, food vendors are NOT ALLOWED to set-up a booth in the University Center (Download Arts and Crafts Booth form) Mailing Address: Center for Tribal Studies 600 North Grand Avenue Tahlequah, OK 74464 Fax: 918.458.2073
Vendors Schedule: Traditional Art and Institutional Vendors daily 9-4 W-F; Friday evening 6-10; Saturday 1-11 pm
Holiday Inn Express 701 Holiday Drive Tahlequah, OK 74464 (918) 456-7800
Comfort Inn 101 Reasor St. Tahlequah, OK 74464 (918) 431-0600
Best Western 3296 S Muskogee Ave Tahlequah, OK 74464-5406 (918) 458-1818
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