Cherokee Sacred Lands Threatened
The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) in North Carolina asks your help in saving Kituwah Mound, all that is left of the “Mother Town” of the Cherokees.
Do you know these people from Princeton 1970?
In March, 1970, over 200 people attended the First Convocation of American Indian Scholars in Princeton, New Jersey in the US, so this is the fortieth anniversary. I am working on a way to recognize those who attended this historic meeting during our NAISA meeting in Tucson, but could use some help figuring out who from the participant list might still be around these days.
UN Special Rapporteur report on Indigenous Australia
University of Arizona Law professor James Anaya, in his role as Special Rapporteur for the UN, has issued a report on the status of Indigenous Australians and Torres Straits Islanders. Here's the link: http://www.un.org.au/Special-Rapporteur-on-Indigenous--Australia-Report-...
MLA 2011 CFP: Lit Representations, Indigenous Migrations
CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR MLA 2011. DEADLINE EXTENDED!
COLLABORATIVE SESSION BETWEEN MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION DIVISION ON AMERICAN INDIAN LITERATURES AND DIVISION ON CHICANA AND CHICANO LITERATURE
Literary representations, Indigenous migrations en las Américas
Within and across borders of the United States. Configurations of indigeneity, relocations from rural to urban, and the growing presence of Spanish-speaking Indigenous migrants.
Abstracts and 1-page cv by 12 March 2010 to Sheila Marie Contreras (sheilac@msu.edu)
CFP: Annual Geneva Native Studies Master Class
CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS
THE ANNUAL GENEVA NATIVE STUDIES MASTERCLASS
Applications are invited from advanced research students (MA, PhD, and postdoc) and early career researchers in Native Studies to participate in a
ONE-DAY MASTERCLASS
hosted by the University of Geneva on FRIDAY 7 MAY, 2010.
The class will be conducted by
PROFESSOR AILEEN MORETON-ROBINSON
(Queensland University of Technology, Director of the Indigenous Studies Research Network, member of the NAISA Nominations Committee)
CFP: Animal Studies and American Indian Literatures
Animal Studies and American Indian Literatures
Dustin Gray and Brian K. Hudson
Mashpee Wampanoag Recording Artist & Producer Sweeps NEUMA Nominations!!!
BOSTON - "The Liberation Sessions" has definitely made an impression on the music scene in New England as a perusal of the New England Urban Music Awards nomination page will reveal. Mwalim received nominations for Best R&B CD, Best Spoken-word Artist, Best Producer, Best Caribbean Male Vocalist, Best R&B Single, and Best Caribbean Single for DEM BIG GIRLS.
Volunteers needed for NAISA projects
NAISA is looking for volunteers to help out with some upcoming initiatives, including a bibliography project, a website/technical committee, and an effort through which we hope to find ways to involve graduate students in the work and development of the association. Interested? Keep reading!
Using your naisa.org user account
Everyone on the NAISA membership list from 2009 has a user account for this website. New members for 2010 need to follow a couple of different steps that are outlined below and in a separate blog post.
