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Fifth Annual CIC American Indian Studies Consortium
Graduate Student Conference and Competition
hosted by:
The Native American Studies Program at the University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, Michigan
April 16-17, 2004
The Michigan League,
Main Campus, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Program Schedule:
Friday, April 16
REGISTRATION AND LIGHT BREAKFAST: 8:00-8:25, Henderson Room, Michigan League, 3rd Floor
WELCOME: 8:25, Henderson Room, Michigan League, 3rd Floor
FRI. SESSION ONE: 8:30-10:15, Henderson Room, Michigan League, 3rd Floor
WORKING ON THE SCHOLAR
Judy Daubenmier, University of Michigan
Meskwaki and Anthropologists: Anticipating the 1970s Critique of Anthropology
Michel Hogue, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ethnographic Displays at the Logan Museum of Anthropology and the Search for an Indigenous Past
Melissa Rohde, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Working through the "Middle Ground": Reconfiguring Narratives, Reconceptualizing Agency
BREAK/COFFEE: 10:15-10:30
FRI. SESSION TWO: 10:30-12:15, Henderson Room, Michigan League, 3rd Floor
LAND AND LAW
Kelly M. Branam, Indiana University
Putting Theory Into Practice: Legal Realists and the Indian Reorganization Era
Thomas Chisholm, University of Michigan
Ojibwe "Commonism": Reading Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
Meghan Y. McCune, Michigan State University
Rural Responses to the Cayuga Land Claim
12:15-1:15: LUNCH: Koessler Room, Michigan League, 3rd Floor
FRI. SESSION THREE: 1:15-3:00, Henderson Room, Michigan League, 3rd Floor
ANISHINAABE IDENTITY AND POLITICS
Cathleen D. Cahill and C. Joseph Genetin-Pilawa, Michigan State University
Good Guides, Gold Star Mothers, and Fair Farmers: Assimilation and the Political Economy of Homes at Lac du Flambeau
Christina Stanciu, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Imagining Fleur: The Politics of the Invisible Body in Louise Erdrich's 'Tracks'
Veronica Pasfield, University of Michigan
From Necessity to Virtue: A Poetic Exploration of Identity Manipulation in 20th Century Anishinaabe Culture
BREAK: 3:00-3:15
FRI. SESSION FOUR: 3:15-5:30, Henderson Room, Michigan League, 3rd Floor
HISTORIES: REVISED, ETHNO, ETHNO-ETHNO, AND ….?
Rob Harper, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Beyond the Indian Haters: The Politics of Racial Violence in the Revolutionary Ohio Valley
Megan M. McCullen, Michigan State University
Movement, Modification and Maintenance in Seventeenth Century Huron Communities
Michael J. Sherfy, University of Illinois
"Well I guess I can remember Indians": Old Settlers Remember the Black Hawk War
Jenny Tone-Pah-Hote, University of Minnesota
Telling Stories: Kiowa Winter Counts and Their Gendered Histories
FRIDAY'S WRAP-UP: 5:30-6:00, Henderson Room, Michigan League, 3rd Floor
Dinner on own in Ann Arbor. (CIC-AIS Executive Committee Dinner, Saigon Garden)
FRIDAY EVENING : 8:00-10:00. Hussey Room, Michigan League, 2nd Floor
Michael Jacobs/Unetlanvhi Ujeli Dekanogisgo: Nammy-Award Winning singer/songwriter.
Tree Town Singers
Saturday, April 17
REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST: 8:00-8:25, Henderson Room, Michigan League, 3rd Floor
WELCOME: 8:25, Henderson Room, Michigan League, 3rd Floor
SAT. SESSION ONE: 8:30-10:15, Henderson Room, Michigan League
LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE
Melissa Rinehart, Michigan State University
A Talk About Language
Chad Uran, University of Iowa
Open Source: Ojibwemwin as (Inter)personal OS
Lingling Zhao, University of Michigan
Endangered Authenticity or Indigenous Articulation?
BREAK: 10:15-10:30
SAT. SESSION TWO: 10:30-12:15, Henderson Room, Michigan League, 3rd Floor
CEREMONIES AND IDENTITIES
Miranda Johnson, University of Chicago
Treaties, covenants and colonial theatre: Ceremonies of possession in colonial and post-revolutionary North America and New Zealand
Chantal M. Norrgard, University of Minnesota
Sami-American Identity in the Late 20th Century U.S.
FILM (25 min.) Zsuzsanna Cselényi and Mariella Arredondo, Indiana University
Dancing Drums: Powwow at IU
LUNCH: 12:15-1:15: Koessler Room, Michigan League, 3rd Floor
SAT. SESSION THREE: 1:15-3:15, Henderson Room, Michigan League, 3rd Floor
INDIVIDUAL DECISIONS/ INDIVIDUAL VOICES
Susan Rose Dominguez, Michigan State University
Conditions of Conversion: Gertrude Bonnin and the Great Catholic Sioux Congress, 1909-1920
Jamie Singson, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Education, Leadership, and Carlos Montezuma
Chad M. Waucaush, Michigan State University
Native American Hymnody and Indian Identity on the Colonial Frontier
Jennifer McCann, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Max Jones and the Warroad Indians: a Community History of Recognition, Misrecognition, Nonrecognition
BREAK: 3:15-3:30
SAT. SESSION FOUR: 3:30-5:30, Henderson Room, Michigan League, 3rd Floor
ARCHAEOLOGY
Jon W. Carroll, Michigan State University
Changing Economies: Middle and Late Woodland Period Mobility in the Ohio Valley
Marisa Fontana, University of Illinois
This Means War: Standardizing Fortification in the Mississippian Southeast
Meghan Leonard Howey, University of Michigan
Studying Ritual in the Past
Maria Raviele, Michigan State University
An Examination of Lithic Technology and Subsistence Transformations at the Schultz Site, Saginaw County, Michigan
PRIZES: 5:30-6:00, Henderson Room, Michigan League, 3rd Floor
FACULTY DINNER: 6:30 Cottage Inn
Criteria for Papers:
I. Length: Ten (10) pages of text, exclusive of endnotes and bibliography, double spaced, standard margins and font (12pt.)
II. Originality: presents an idea, approach, theme, evidence, or critique that has not been advanced or fully investigated by others
III. Mastery of the discipline: demonstrates knowledge of current literature and theory of applicable field or fields, or of interdisciplinary approaches.
III. Quality of style and argument: well-written, comprehensible by an academic audience that reaches beyond the particular discipline into the broader area of American Indian Studies.
Presentation: demonstrates confidence, coherence, clarity and sensitivity to material, appropriate use of technology. Finishes within fifteen-minutes, without rushing. The presentation and the written paper must be substantively the same, but one need not read the paper aloud.
Program:
Paper sessions all day Friday and Saturday.
Friday-evening performance by Nammy-Award winning Cherokee recording artist and song writer Michael Jacobs/Unetlanvhi Ujeli Dekanogisgo. See his web site at www.sacrednation.com
Rooms and Reservations:
A small number of rooms have been reserved at the Michigan League (734-764-3177), the conference site on the main campus. Please alert the hotel that you are attending the CIC-AIS conference. The hotel will hold the block of rooms until March 15 or until they are all reserved, whichever comes first.
Less expensive rooms ($79 + tax) have been reserved at the Sheraton (734-996-0600), which will provide a 12-passenger shuttle to the main campus events. Double-occupancy, even quadruple occupancy, can be had at the same cost per room. Guests should mention the UM CIC-AIC conference when registering. The Sheraton is a full service hotel with restaurant, lounge, pools, and workout rooms. The hotel will hold a block of rooms at the conference rate until March 15, 2004.
If you are driving, there are many other inexpensive standard chain hotels on the fringes of Ann Arbor, such as the Red Roof Inn - $59.99 + tax per room. Register on-line for additional savings. No transportation provided. Free parking at the hotel. Near the university, there are public parking structures (paid parking) on Maynard Street, not too far from the Michigan League, and on Washington Street, about a fifteen-minute walk.
Directions and Parking:
The nearest visitor parking structure is about four blocks from the League. Below are the directions if you would like to drive directly to the public parking structure located at the Maynard Street. For a detailed map of the vicinity of the Michigan League and the Maynard parking structure, please click the following link http://www.osat.umich.edu/MapToLeagueprkg.pdf
From: Windsor, Detroit, & Airports
I-94 West to State St. (exit 177)
North (right) on State St. to E. William St. (about 3 miles)
West (left) on E. William St., one block to Maynard St.
North (right) on Maynard St. to public parking structure.
From: Toledo & South
US 23 North to I-94 West (Exit 35)
I-94 West to State St. (Exit 177)
North (right) on State St. to E. William St. (about 3 miles)
West (left) on E. William St., one block to Maynard St..
North (right) on Maynard St. to public parking structure.
From: Jackson & West
I-94 East to State St. (Exit 177)
North (left) on State St. to E. William St. (about 3 miles)
West (left) on E. William St., one block to Maynard St.
North (right) on Maynard St. to public parking structure.
From: Flint & North
US 23 South to M-14 West (exit 45)
M-14 West to Downtown Ann Arbor (exit 3); exit turns into Main St.
Take Main St. to E. William St.
East (left) on E. William St., six blocks to Maynard St.
North (left) on Maynard St. to public parking structure.
Registration Form:due March 13, 2004
STUDENT/FACULTY REGISTRATION
Name: _____________________________________
Affiliation:___________________________________
Address: ___________________________________
City: ___________________ State: ____ ZIP: _______
Daytime Phone ( __ )________ Fax: ( ___ )_________
E-mail address: __________________________________
Registration includes Friday and Saturday light breakfasts and lunch. Dinner is on your own in Ann Arbor.
______$ 40 Faculty
______$ 25 Student
______$ 55 After March 13, 2004
______ CHECK enclosed, made payable to University of Michigan
$25 Student
$40 Faculty
$55 Late registration, after March 13, 2004
Mail to:
Gregory E. Dowd
Program in American Culture
3700 Haven Hall
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1045
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