And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: via Lisa Mitten Friends & colleagues: Attached below is the announcement of a conference to be held at Yale and at Mashantucket, Pequot Nation. Please redistribute as widely as you would like. An HTML version of the announcement can be found at: http://www.library.yale.edu/beinecke/blnatcul.htm I hope to see many of you here in April and appreciate your help in spreading the news. George Miles, Curator, Yale Collection of Western Americana ********************************************************************* "RESPECTING NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURES: A Conference on Education and Native American Studies" At the Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center and at Yale University on April 9-11, 1999. Major addresses by RICHARD WEST and PETERSON ZAH Panelists will include Lionel Bordeaux, Joseph Iron Eye Dudley, Robert Martin, Tsianina Lomawaima, Shadiin Garcia, Leroy Little Bear, Clara Sue Kidwell, Homer Noley, Robert Warrior, Carter Revard, Elizabeth Theobald, Rayna Green, Patricia House, Alfred Young Man and Edgar Heap of Birds. Jace Weaver, Professor of Religious and American Studies at Yale, and Elizabeth Theobald, Director of Public Programs at the Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center, have organized the conference to explore important issues concerning education and contemporary Native Americans. Many Native American communities are uneasy with mainstream education. They fear that it may train young Native Americans to navigate mainstream society but teach them little that can be translated to their communities. At the same time, there is concern that teaching Native students about Native cultures in mainstream institutions will break down traditional modes of cultural transmission, thus weakening tribal/national communities. The conference, the second in what we expect to become an annual event at Yale, will examine this complex, related set of issues in Native education from three different perspectives: the tribal/national (including tribal colleges), the university, and the museum and research center. Speakers and panelists will consider such questions as what can or should be taught about Native cultures. How should education of Native youth be undertaken both within Native communities and in mainstream institutions? How do communities and schools maximize the possibility of success for Native students who must live and work both in their own communities and in the dominant culture? How do these issues relate to what is taught about Native cultures to non-Natives? The Yale Collection of Western Americana, the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center, and the National United Methodist Native American Center at the Claremont School of Theology have joined as principal hosts of this year�s conference. A complete schedule of conference events is appended to this announcement. Friday�s events will be held at Mashantucket where participants will have an opportunity to see a special presentation of Drew Hayden Taylor�s play, �Toronto at Dreamer�s Rock,� (directed by Elizabeth Theobald, Director of Public Programs at MPMRC) before Richard West, the Director of the National Museum of the American Indian, delivers a keynote address. Buses will provide transportation between New Haven and Mashantucket for those who prefer not to drive. There is no fee for conference events or transportation, but advance registration is required to assure a seat on the bus. A discounted ticket price of $6 will be available to people wishing to visit the Museum�s permanent exhibits. Saturday and Sunday�s panel discussions will be held the Whitney Humanities Center, 53 Wall Street on the Yale University campus in New Haven. Saturday evening a public reception and buffet supper will be held at the Beinecke Library, 121 Wall Street, followed by a series of readings by Native American authors at Sudler Hall, 100 Wall Street. On Sunday afternoon, the Association of Native Americans at Yale will host their annual pow-wow at the Payne Whitney Gymnasium, Tower Parkway. The OMNI New Haven Hotel at 155 Temple Street, New Haven has set aside a block of rooms for April 9-11 at $109.00 per night, single or double occupancy. The rooms will be held as a block until March 8th at which point unreserved rooms will return to the hotel�s regular inventory and the rate will become their normal rack rate. To reserve rooms at the OMNI, call 1-800-THE-OMNI and refer to the Native American Studies Conference at Yale. Additional hotels in New Haven include the New Haven Hotel, 229 George Street, 203-498-3100; the Colony Inn, 1157 Chapel Street, 203-776-6221; and the Holiday Inn at Yale, 30 Whalley Avenue, 203-777-6221. Downtown New Haven is accessible from Exit 47 of the Connecticut Turnpike (Interstate 95) or from Exit 3 of Interstate 91. Amtrak and Metro North provide train service to New Haven and air service is available through Tweed-New Haven airport. The conference, including the reception and buffet supper at Beinecke Library on Saturday evening, is open to the public without fee, but reservations must be made for seats on the bus from New Haven to Mashantucket and for planning purposes we would appreciate learning of your intention to attend the buffet supper. Please send an e-mail note to George Miles, Curator of the Yale Collection of Western Americana at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For further information about the conference, e-mail George Miles at the above address or write to Professor Weaver at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CONFERENCE SCHEDULE FRIDAY, APRIL 9 Noon Early buses depart Beinecke Library, 121 Wall Street for Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center 1:30 3:30 pm Self-guided tours, Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center 3:00 pm Late buses depart Beinecke Library, 121 Wall Street 3:30 pm �Toronto at Dreamers Rock,� A play by Drew Hayden Taylor, directed by Elizabeth Theobald 4:30 pm Opening Remarks and Introductions: Jace Weaver (Yale University) Keynote Address: Richard West, Director. National Museum of the American Indian 6:00 pm Early bus departs for New Haven. MPMRC open until 8:00 pm for self-guided tours. 8:00 pm Final buses depart for New Haven SATURDAY, APRIL 10 9:15 am Opening Remarks: Jace Weaver 9:30 am The Tribal/National Perspective: A Panel Discussion John Mack Faragher (Yale University), Lionel Bordeaux (President, Sinte Gliska College, Mission, SD) Joseph Iron Eye Dudley (President, Cook College, Tempe, AZ), Robert Martin (President, Haskell Indian Nations University, Lawrence, KS), Tsianina Lomawaima (University of Arizona), Shadiin Garcia (Pease Academy, Minneapolis, MN) Noon Lunch break 1:30 pm Keynote Address: Peterson Zah, Former President of the Navajo Nation 2:30 pm Break 2:45 pm The College/University Perspective: A Panel Discussion Jay Gitlin (Yale University), Leroy Little Bear (Harvard University), Clara Sue Kidwell (University of Oklahoma), Homer Noley (Claremont School of Theology), Robert Warrior (Stanford University), Jace Weaver (Yale University) 5:00 pm Reception and Buffet Supper at Beinecke Library, 121 Wall Street 7:00 pm An Evening of Readings, Host, Patricia Willis, Curator of the Yale Collection of American Literature Sudler Hall in W. L. Harkness Hall, 100 Wall Street Readings by Robert Warrior, Carter Revard, Rayna Green, Jace Weaver SUNDAY, APRIL 11 9:30 Opening Matters 10:00 am The Museum and Research Center Perspective: A Panel Discussion Jock Reynolds (Yale University), Elizabeth Theobald (Director of Public Programs, MPMRC), Patricia House (Director, Museum of American Indian Culture, Santa Fe, NM), Rayna Green (Smithsonian Institution), Alfred Young Man (University of Lethbridge, Alberta), Edgar Heap of Birds (Yale University) 12:30 pm Pow-Wow Association of Native Americans at Yale Payne Whitney Gymnasium, Tower Parkway &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
