Keynotes and Plenaries

Keynotes and Plenaries
CALIFORNIA INDIAN CONFERENCE (CIC) 2014 –
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, SAN BERNARDINO
“SILENCED VOICES: CALIFORNIA NATIVES’ SURVIVANCE
AND REVITALIZATION”
29th Annual California Indian Conference
DAILY SCHEDULING – KEYNOTES
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2014
11:55-12:15pm – 1:00 pm — Keynote I
 Keynote I – Southern California Indian Survivance and Revitalization
 Art Martinez – (Chumash) – Shingle Springs band of Miwok Indians
2-2:15pm – 3:30 pm— Keynote II
 Keynote II – “Southern California Cultural and Kinship Continuity: Since
Colonial Contact”
 Duane Champagne (Turtle Mountain Chippewa) – UCLA
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2014
9:00-10:00– — Keynote III
 Keynote – “Land and Life as Culture”
 Matt Levias (Chemehuevi) — Native American Land Conservancy
DAILY SCHEDULING – PLENARY SESSIONS
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2014
10:30 – 12:00 pm — Plenary I
 Indigenous DeColonization/Revitalization as Strength: Teachings from
Native America
 Moderator: – Larry Bannegas, (Kumeyaay) – Panelists:
 Michael YellowBird, (Sahnish (Arikara) and Hidatsa First Nations) –
 Bonnie Duran (Opelousas/Coushatta) –
 Greg Cajete (Santa Clara Pueblo) –
 Mary Louise Defender (Dakota /Hidatsa, Standing Rock Reservation) –
1:00 – 2:30 pm — Plenary II | Location: SMSU Events Center, BC
 Native American Land Conservancy: Protecting and Preserving Cultural Sites,
Heritage, and Landscapes
 Plenary II Chair – Matthew Levias, Sr., (Chemehuevi)
 Mike Madrigal (Cahuilla) –
 Theresa Mike (Lummi) – 29 Palms Band of Mission Indians
 Dean Mike (Chemehuevi) – 29 Palms Band of Mission Indians
 Luke Madrigal (Cahuilla) –
 Cliff Trafzer (Wyandot) – Costo Chair, University of California, Riverside
 Brittany Lloyd – Washington and Lee University
 Rebecca Kugel (Ojibway) – University of California, Riverside
 Daisy Ocampo (Caxcan-Zoque) –
 Carmen Lucas (Kwaaymii) – [Laguna Mountains and Colorado Desert]
2:40– 4:00pm – Plenary III Topic– Survivance | Location: SMSU Event Center BC
 Survivance and Revitalization: California Indians Tell Our Stories
 Plenary III Chair/Moderator– James Fenelon (Dakota/Lakota) Panel:
 Joe Giovannetti (Tolowa, Smith River Rancheria) – CSU Humboldt
 Julia Bogany (Gabreleno/ Tongva) – Pitzer College
 Emanuelle Olague (Payuchi) – TANF Torres Martinez
 Ron Andrade (La Jolla) – Los Angeles American Indian Commission
 Kim Marcus (Serrano, Cahuilla) – TANF Soboba
4:15 – 5:45 pm— Plenary Activity #2 | Topic– Recognition /(dis-)Enrollment
 | Short Talks / General Discussion on Recognition / Enrollment Issues
• Speaker 1: Kenneth N. Hansen – CSU, Fresno “Uncivil Rights: The Abuse of
Tribal Sovereignty and the Termination of American Indian Tribal Citizenship”
•
Speaker 2: Olivia Chilcote (Luiseño) – Ethnic Studies, UC Berkeley “We’re an
Unrecognized Tribe, but We Can’t Think That Way”: California Indians and the
Federal Acknowledgment Process
CALIFORNIA INDIAN CONFERENCE FLOOR DISCUSSION – OPEN TALKS
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2014
9:15-10:30am Session – Plenary IV – Topic – Cultural & Tribal Rights :
Revitalization Scholarship
 Plenary IV CIC Academic Chair /Moderator –
“The State Supreme Court case, Piper v. Big Pine School District (1924)”
 Ron Andrade (La Jolla) – L.A. American Indian Commission
“Let the Scholars Spend their very Lives and Energies in the Service of their People”:
The 1970 Convocation of American Indian Scholars
 Rose Soza War Soldier (Mountain Maidu/Cahuilla/Luiseno) Soboba Band of
Luiseño Indians.
Sul'ma'ejote – The Legacy of Dr. Darryl Babe Wilson, Itami Is/Aw’te
 Gregg Castro (t'rowt'raahl Salinan/ rumsien Ohlone)
1:15 pm – 2:45pm | Plenary V (#42) | Plenary Topic—Native California’s Media
Mavens
 Chair /Moderator /Organizer: Terria Smith* (Desert Cahuilla) – FNX|First
Nations Experience, Xaltiska Multimedia
 Lindsie Bear* (Cherokee)–“News From Native California” magazine editor
 Pamela Peters* (Navajo) – multimedia documentarian
 Charla Bear (Alaska Native) – KQED
 Allie Hostler (Hupa) – “Two Rivers Tribune” editor-in-chief
4:15 pm– 6:00 pm | Plenary VI | Topic– Decolonizing Nation-building |
Nation-Building for California Indian Nations and Peoples
 Manley Begay (Navajo) – co-Director, Harvard Project on American Indian
Economic Development, Professor – Northern Arizona University
Keynotes and Plenary Speakers
Art Martinez
Duane Champagne
Ron Andrade
Joe Giovannetti
Matt Leivas
Manley Begay, Jr.
Decolonization and Revitalization Speakers
Michael Yellow Bird
Bonnie Duran
Mary Louise Defender-Wilson
North Fork Mono Tribe Fernandeño Tataviam Mission Indians Wiyot Tribe
Ernest Siva
Blessings of Spiritual Leaders
Jimi Castillo
Kim Marcus