2017 Native American Symposium
Representations and Realities
November 3, 2017
Schedule of Events
Friday, November 3
9 am â Native Politics â Student Union Auditorium 213
Mike Taylor, University of Mary, âCulturally Relevant Pedagogy Flourishing in the Wake of Traumaâ
Peter A. Huff, University of Mary, âStanding Rock as an Interreligious Movementâ
9 am â Native Veterans â Student Union 323Â
Tara Hembrough, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, âAddressing Shared Stereotypes of Native Americans and Veterans in a Composition Courseâs Reading Sequenceâ
Noah Patton, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, âFrom Peace to Protagonist: Oklahoma Residents as Wartime Personagesâ
10 am â Native Art â Student Union Auditorium 213 Â
Amy Gantt, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, âArt of the Mississippian Cultureâ
Jennifer L. McMahon, East Central University, âIndian Summer: Reclaiming and Revitalizing Native American Identity through Art.âÂ
10 am â Native Legacies â Student Union 323Â
Jim Gerencser, Dickinson College, and Linda Sue Warner, Ph.D. (Comanche) Northeastern Oklahoma A & M, âCarlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center: New Opportunities for Research and Explorationâ
Crystal C. Moore, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, âOur Modern-Day Traditional Choctaw Wedding: An Educational Scholar’s Cultural Legacy Introspectionâ
10 am â Native Philosophy and the Environment â Student Union 303Â
B. Steve Csaki, Independent Scholar, “The Native Self vs. the Myth of the Autonomous.”
Joseph Bohanon, “How Is Mother Earth Affecting Behavior in the World.”
11 am â Native Art and Film â Student Union Auditorium 213
Shannon K. McCraw and Maddison Poteet, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, âInstitutionalizing Narratives: An Exploration of Ila Turner McAfee and H. Louis Freundâs Oklahoma Post Office Murals.â
Sidney Lewis, East Central University, ââSteady as a Beating Drumâ: Native American Stereotypes in Cinema and Progressive Perspectivesâ
11 am â Native Education II â Student Union 323Â
Crystal C. Moore, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, âIndigenizing Oklahoma Education: The Oklahoma Council for Indian Education’s Effort to Capacity Build via Culturally-Responsive Innovation and Strategic Partnershipsâ
Joseph Bohanon, “Are Tribal Colleges Stepping Stones for Success?”Â
11 am â Native Literature and Language â Student Union 303
Ken Hada, East Central University, âPapa Doesnât Answer Me: The Threatened Inuit Family in Vanessa Gebbieâs Short Story âThe Kettle on the Boat.ââ
Kameron Dunn, Southeastern Oklahoma University, â1/128: Determining Native Identityâ
12 pm â Lunch in the Loft Â
1 pm â Featured Speaker Amanda Cobb-Greetham â Student Union 213 â âNative American Identity in Oklahoma: Tribal Sovereignty On-Air and Onlineâ
Dr. Cobb-Greetham is currently Chair of the Native American Studies Department and Director of the Native Nations Center at the University of Oklahoma. She formerly served as Administrator of the Chickasaw Nation Division of History and Culture, and is the author of numerous publications, articles, and exhibits on Native topics, including most notably âListening to Our Grandmotherâs Stories: The Bloomfield Academy for Chickasaw Females, 1852-1949â and exhibits featured at the Chickasaw Cultural Center. Her talk today comes from her current book project âFor Better, For Worse: Native Americans and the Oklahoma Imaginaryâ.
1:45 pm â Native Drama and Poetry Reading â Student Union Auditorium 213Â
Kathleen Hardgrove, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, âTelling Our Storiesâ
Ron Wallace, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, âRenegade and Other Poemsâ
1:45 pm â Native History â Student Union 323
Stephen Egbert and Paula Smith, University of Kansas, âGreat Frauds and Grievous Wrongsâ: Mapping the Loss of Kickapoo Allotment Lands in Kansasâ
Daniel Bonar, East Central University, âAccidental Preservation: What the âOklahoma Chroniclesâ Tell Us About the Influence of French and Native American Wordsâ
David Michael Smith, University of Houston-Downtown, âCounting the Dead: Estimating the Loss of Life in the Indigenous Holocaust, 1492-Present.â
1:45 pm â Henry Bennett Library Native American RoomÂ
Brandon Burnette, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, âThe Native American at Southeastern: Print and Electronic Resources.âÂ
3:00 pm â Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner â Student Union Auditorium 213
âAtanarjuat: The Fast Runnerâ (2001) is an epic Canadian film directed by the Inuit filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk. It was the first full-length feature film ever to be written, directed, and acted entirely in the Inuit language, and it retells an old Inuit legend handed down over centuries of oral tradition. Scrupulously accurate down to the smallest details, it is easily the best and most authentic film ever made of traditional Native life, and in 2015 it was voted the best Canadian film ever made at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Symposium Image
The image for this yearâs symposium is the painting âCrossing the Redâ by Jane Semple Umsted, currently a faculty member in the Department of Art, Communication, and Theatre at Southeastern Oklahoma State University.