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FIRST NATIONS, THE GREAT LAKES, AND THE ENVIRONMENT:
TRI-NATIONAL IMPLICATIONS
EARTH DAY CONFERENCE
April 19-22, 2007
International Center, Third Floor
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan
Thursday Evening, April 19, 2007, 7:00 p.m. --Community gathering and meal; Nokomis Learning Center, Meridian Township. For a map, click here (will take you to a new page).
Friday, April 20, 2007
8:00-9:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast, Opening, Welcome and Introductions
9:30-10:45 a.m. Session 1 – Opening Address, Ward Churchill (Cherokee), professor, author, activist.
Introduction: Phil Bellfy, (White Earth) Michigan State University
“Struggle for the Land: Native North American Resistance to Genocide, Ecocide, and Colonization, with Emphasis on the Great Lakes Region”
10:45-11:00 a.m. Break
11:00-12:15 p.m. Session 2 – “Traditional Knowledge, Identity, and the Great Lakes”
Chair: Chuck Geisler; American Indian Program, Cornell University
Maria Cristina Manzano Munguia “An Exploration of the Political Economy of Native Myths and Identity Formation”
Susan Gray “Native Peoples, the Environment, and the History of the Great Lakes State”
David Close “First Nations -- First Foods: Implications for Sovereignty”
12:15-12:45 p.m. Lunch – International Center, Third Floor
12:45-1:30 p.m. Lunch Keynote Address -- Frank Ettawageshik, Chairman of the Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians.
Introduction: Phil Bellfy
“The Tribal and First Nations Great Lakes Water Accord”
1:45-3:15 p.m. Session 3 – “Traditional Ecological Knowledge”
Chair: Troy Richardson, (Tuscarora) Cornell University
Ken Poff “Western Science and Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Their Implications for Great Lakes Ecological Health”
Mico Slattery “Western Science, Indigenous Consciousness, and Environmental Degradation”
Aimée Cree Dunn “Listening to the Trees: Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Industrialization, and the North”
Joel Geffen “Traditional Ecological Knowledge and the Science of Wildlife Management: Motivations for Tribal Wildlife Biologists to Protect Traditional Species"
3:15-3:30 p.m. Break
3:30-5:00 p.m. Session 4 – “Ecological Imagery in the Great Lakes”
Chair: Karl Hele, (Garden River) Director First Nations Studies, University of Western Ontario
Ellen Brown “First Nations, Catholicism, and Images of the Environment in the Great Lakes, 1840-1860”
Rick Fehr “Dominion’s Widest Mouth: Economies of Ruin and Renewal on the Lower Great Lakes”
Maaganiit Noori “Akii: The Spirit of the Land is in Our Language”
5:00-6:30 p.m. Break
6:30-7:30 p.m. Dinner - International Center, Third Floor
7:30-9:00 p.m. Conference Keynote Address – Victor Steffensen, Project Leader of the Traditional Knowledge Revival Pathways (TKRP) Project in Australia.
Introduction: Don Lyons (Leech Lake) Graduate Student, MSU School of Social Work
“Traditional Knowledge and Environmental Management: International Dimensions”
Saturday April 21, 2007
8:00-8:45 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8:45-9:45 -- Plenary panel: “Institutional Response to Environmental Issues.”
Chair: Dennis Moore, Canadian Consulate General, Detroit
Deb McGregor, Environment Canada. "First Nations, Traditional Ecological
Knowledge and the State of the Great Lakes Ecosystem"
Maria Maybee, Cattaraugus Creek Watershed Task Force, Great Lakes United Board Member
"Great Lakes United: Mission, Objectives, and History"
10:00-11:30 a.m. Session 5 – “Great Lakes Health Issues and Tribal People” Chair: Scott Perez, PhD Candidate, Dept. of Natural Resources/American Indian Program, Cornell
Naomi Williams “Monitoring Mercury Exposure Through Fish Consumption: A Case Study of One First Nation Community’s Response to Environmental Degradation”
Regna Darnell “Building Bridges Between Indigenous and Academic Knowledges: Holistic Approaches to the Great Lakes Ecosystem and Aboriginal Health”
Christianne Stephens “Keepers of the Water, Keepers of the Fire: Exploring Indigenous Constructions of Nature, Risk and Ecosystem Health at Walpole Island First Nation”
11:30-12:30 p.m. Lunch - International Center Food Court
12:30-1:30 p.m. Lunch Keynote Address: Joyce Tekahnawiiaks King, (Mohawk), Director of the Haudenosaunee Environmental Task Force.
Introduction: Dan Hill (Cayuga)
“Haudenosaunee Position Paper on the Great Lakes”
1:45-3:15 p.m. Session 6 – “Policy and Health Issues"
Chair: Tamara VanAernam (Cayuga)
Jefferson Reddog Sina “Health Access Implications and the Great Lakes”
Paula Mohan “Regional Conflict and/or Collaboration Between Tribal and Non-Tribal Communities”
Joyce Tekahnawiiaks King “Haudenosaunee Water Law and a Culturally-relevant Environmental Protection Process”
3:15-3:30 p.m. Break
3:30-5:30 p.m. Session 7 – Panel: The Anishnaabeg Joint Commission
Chair: Phil Bellfy
Cathy Abramson (Sault Tribe Council Member); Blaine Belleau (Garden River First Nation); Aaron Payment (Sault Tribe Chairman); Chief Dean Sayers (Batchewana First Nation).
5:30-6:30 - Break
6:30-7:30 p.m. Dinner - International Center, Third Floor
7:30-9:00 p.m. Helen Roy and David Fuhst “Diiva Miinwaa David: Pop Songs Anishinaabe’amaadeg” (Many of your old favorites sung in Ojibwe, with guitar accompaniment - an incredible treat!)
Sunday Morning, April 22, Earth Day: Ceremonies and Gathering, Off-campus (details available at conference)
Conference organizers would like to thank the following
sponsors for their support: The Government of Canada,
MSU College of Arts and Letters, MSU American Indian
Studies Program, MSU Canadian Studies Centre, and the
MSU North American Indigenous Faculty and Staff Association.
This conference is organized by the
Center for the Study of Indigenous Border Issues
Co-directors: Phil Bellfy (Michigan State University),
Karl Hele (University of Western Ontario), and
David McNab (Atkinson College, York University)
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