UAA hosted first ever Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Native Studies Conference April 5-6 with more than 75 papers and 40 panels
by Michelle Saport |
Pre-conference symposium, "The Things We Make: Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Native Art in the 21st Century," will be held April 4 in partnership with Anchorage Museum.
UAA will host the first ever Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Native Studies Conference, "Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Native Studies in the 21st Century: Transforming the University," on April 5-6, 2013, on the UAA Anchorage campus. The conference will feature more than 30 panels, workshops and presentations that focus on culturally responsive education, languages, identity, land claims and the arts.
The two-day conference kicks off at 9 a.m. on Friday, April 5, at the Wendy Williamson Auditorium, and will bring together more than 150 Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Native scholars, practitioners, teachers, students and leaders from across Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ, the U.S., Canada and Greenland. Conference topics will include Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Native leadership and education, oral traditions and contemporary texts, art and history, subsistence and sustainability, and more. Renowned Maori educator and advocate Graham Smith will provide the conference's keynote address.
A pre-conference symposium, "The Things We Make: Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Native Art in the 21st Century," will be held on Thursday, April 4, at the Anchorage Museum (121 W. 7th Ave.). Pre-conference panelists will include Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Native artists Larry Ahvakana, Alvin Amason, Perry Eaton, Da-ka-xeen Mehner, Nathan Jackson, Ron Senungetuk, Glen Simpson, Nicholas Galanin, Sonya Kelliher-Combs, Joel Isaak, Anna Hoover and Jack Dalton. Artist performances will include Heidi Senungetuk, Ishmael Hope and Allison Warden. Registration at the door starts at 9:30 a.m. with the pre-conference scheduled from 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
The conference is sponsored by the Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ and the Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Natives Studies Council; the pre-conference symposium is co-sponsored by the Anchorage Museum. Registration is required. Early-bird registration (before March 15) is $85; the price increases to $100 after March 15. Cost for the pre-conference is $15.
For more information about the conference and to register, visit , or contact Maria Williams at (907) 786-6135 or email@alaskanativestudies.org.
