IndigenousLiteraryPerspectivesinGlobalConversation
TentativeScheduleofInstituteSessions,Speakers,Films,Discussions,andReadings
(Thefinalizedschedulewillbedistributeduponyourarrival.)
WeekOne(June21st–27th)
Date
Morning
Sunday
TraveltoInstitute
st
June21 ContactGerriMasontolet
herknowyourtravelplans
andotherspecialneeds:
[email protected]
Monday
9:00Dr.GydaSwaney,UM
nd
June22 PsychologyDept.,offersa
SalishWelcome.
InstituteIntroduction:
Schedule,goals,&ideason
formingalearning
community.Discussionof
IndianEducationForAll
(IEFA),SevenEssential
UnderstandingsFramework,
andcurriculumtemplate.
WhoareIndigenousPeople?
(EUs1&2)
Shanley&Ngai
Tuesday ContinueIEFA
June23rd NativeAmericanlanguages&
IndigenousEducation–
(ContinueEUs1&2)
Ngai&Shanley
Reading
Afternoon
HousingCheck‐in
Tourofcampus
>>ThomasKing,“’You’llNever
BelieveWhatHappened’isaGreat
WaytoStart”and“You’reNotthe
IndianIHadinMind.”
>>OPITheFrameworkforIEFA
YouTube:ThomasKing
>>Shanley,K.“Intro”andNgai,etal,
“IndigenousEducationinthe
Norwegian&U.S.contexts.”In
MappingIndigenousPresence…
>>Ngai,P.CrossingMountains:Native
AmericanLanguageEducationin
PublicSchools(selections).
>>Banks&Banks,“Equitypedagogy”
1 GerriMason
Roundtable—NAC
StorytellingCircle.
SummerScholars.
3:00TourofMansfield
Library
ExplorationofIndigenous
studiesresourcesin
archives.
Mason
Evening
4:00TourofPayne
FamilyNativeAmerican
Center(WillieBrown,
NASAdmin)
5:45Reception:
Introductions
Weds.
ContinueIEFA
th
June24 Beliefs&Philosophies
(EU3)
>>Bol,Marcia.“NatureasaModel.”
>>Pflug,Melissa.“Pimadaziwin:
ContemporaryRitualsinOdawa
Community.”
>>Cajete,Gregory.“Philosophyof
NativeScience.”
1:30Traditional
IndigenousGames,Wade
Davies
3:00 “North American
Native Sign Language”
Shanley
Thursday IEFAHistory&Law
June25th (EUs4,5,6&7,Indian
Lands,History,&Law)
Guest:WadeDavies
Guest: Iva Croff
>>PeterIversonandWadeDavies,
1:30MTOPIResources
“WeAreStillHere”:AmericanIndians Overview–IEFA
Since1890.(Readbeforeinstitute)
AlaskaNativeCulturesand
Friday
th
June26 Histories
Guest:JeaneBreinig
Saturday IndependentStudy/Time
June27th Off
>>DoAlaskaNativePeoplesGetFree
MedicalCare?‐
http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/books‐
of‐the‐year/year08‐
09/upload/Book108‐09.pdf
>>Yuuyaraq:TheWayoftheHuman
Being‐Harold
Napoleonhttp://ankn.uaf.edu/Public
ations/Books/Yuuyaraq.pdfhttp://a
nkn.uaf.edu/Publications/Books/Yu
uyaraq.pdf
Film:HaidaEldersSpeak.
Breinig
Optional:R&RatPhyllis’
cabin,GeorgetownLake
Potluck
OPIIEFAImplementation
Specialist,JenniferStadum
2 WeekTwo(June28th–July4th)
Date
Morning
IndependentStudy/TimeOff
Sunday
th
June28 Reading
Afternoon
Evening
Monday AlaskaNativeLiteratures
June29th JeaneBreinig
Tuesday SámiHistoryandCulture
June30th (Overview)
HaraldGaskiandTroyStorfjell
>>Readings:TwoOldWomen(read
beforeinstitute).
>>AlaskaNativeWriters(Selections)
Film:FortheRightsofAll:
JimCrowAlaska.
BreinigandShanley
Independentresearch
Weds.
July1st
>>GaskiReadingList:Fiction&Non‐
fiction
>>Evjen&Beck,“Growing
IndigenousInfluenceonResearch,”
inMapping…
>>CompilationofSámiPoetry
SámiMusictraditions
Gaski
>>CompilationofSámiProse,Turi
Film:TBA
andfromIntheShadowofthe
MidnightSunContemporarySámi
ProseandPoetry(Selections)
Gaski
>>ContinueSámiLiteratureReadings PrepareforFieldtrip:Film
onDanceStyles
>>OPIPowWowGuide
>>JohnnyArlee,OveraCenturyof
MovingtotheDrum:SalishIndian
CelebrationsontheFlatheadIndian
Reservation(Recommended)
SamiOralTraditions:
Literature&Place
(Yoiking,Oratory,Proverbs,
Stories)
HaraldGaski
Thursday “Place‐basedvaluesinSami
July2nd Traditions”
HaraldGaski
Friday
July3rd
“Place‐basedvaluesinSámi
Traditions”
HaraldGaski
3 Potluck
Saturday FieldTriptoFlathead
July4th ReservationArleePowWow
St.IgnatiusMission
Speakers:TribalElders
Sitevisit
4 Sitevisit
WeekThree(July5th–July11th)
Date
Morning
Sunday
July5th
Monday
July6th
IndependentStudy/TimeOff
Tuesday
July7th
D’ArcyMcNickle’sLife&
Work,SalishHomelands
Weds.
July8th
Thursday
July9th
D’ArcyMcNickle’sLife&
Work,SalishHomelands
JohnPurdy
Reading
Afternoon
Evening
>>WindFromAnEnemySky,
Chapters1‐18
>>WindFromAnEnemySky,
Chapters19‐32,Afterword
Film:PlaceoftheFalling
Waters
Curriculum‐development
Collaborativesession
Optional:WorkwithPurdy
&MooreonIncorporating
Indig.LitinAmerican
literature&historylessons.
JohnPurdy
NativeAmericanLiteraturein >>WindFromAnEnemySky,continue Curriculum‐development
GlobalPerspectives
collaborativesession
discussion.
>>Purdy,Readings:WritingIndian,
JohnPurdy
NativeConversations,129‐187
FieldTriptoSalishCulture
>>Gruenewald,“TheBestofBoth
Sitevisit
Sitevisit
Committee,Tribal
Worlds…”
Areception(orlunch)on
>>Saha, Robin, and Jennifer Hill-Hart. thereservationwithtribal
Government,SKC,People’s
“Federal-Tribal Co-management of the eldersandeducators;
Center,etc.
National Bison Range…” In
dinnerbackinMissoula.
Mapping Indigenous Presence
>>Bigart,R.,Woodcock,C.Inthe
NameoftheSalish&KootenaiNation:
The1855HellGateTreaty&the
Guests:TribalElders
OriginoftheFlatheadIndian
Reservation(recommended)
JohnPurdy
5 Friday
July10th
Independentstudyortravel
Saturday
July11th
IndependentStudy/TimeOff Optional:3‐daytripto
GlacierNationalParken
routeBlackfeet
Reservation
6 WeekFour(July12th–July18th)
Date
Morning
Reading
IndependentStudy/TimeOff Sunday
th
July12 Monday “NativeAmericansRewriting
July13th America”
Tuesday
July14th
Weds.
July15th
Thursday
July16th
Friday
July17th
Saturday
July18th
DavidL.Moore
OralTraditions,KiowaHistory
OraltoWrittenTraditions:
Form,History,Voice
MichaelWilson
Migrations,CulturalChange&
Continuity
MichaelWilson
GlobalComparativeStudy—
WhatWe’veLearned
Ngai,Shanley
ParticipantPresentations
Ngai,Shanley
Travel
Afternoon
>>DavidL.Moore,ThatDreamShall
HaveaName(Intro,Chapter1,&
Conclusion)
>>WaytoRainyMountain
LeslieM.SilkoStoryteller
(Selections)
Evening
“TeachingNativeAmerican Film”
Film:ReelIndians
TheodoreVanAlst
Roundtablediscussionof
NativeAmericanliterature (Moore,Shanley,VanAlst,
Wilson)
>>Momaday.WaytoRainyMountain. Curriculum‐development
>>MichaelWilson.WritingHome
collaborativesession
(Introduction,Chapters1&3)
>>Shanley,K.“Mappingthe
IndigenousFuture.”(Lectureon
YouTube)
>>Stewart‐Harawira,“Challenging
KnowledgeCapitalism…”
>>Henriksen,“SamiSelf‐
DeterminationAutonomyandSelf‐
Government:Education,Research,
andCulture.”(Recommended)
Curriculum‐development
collaborativesession
InstituteWrap‐up
Ngai,Shanley,Mason
FarewellPotluckDinner
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