Student Paper Prize winners
Congratulations to the 2010 Student Prize winner:
David Walsh of Arizona State University, awarded for his paper "Moving Beyond Widdowson and Howard: Traditional Knowledge as an Approach to Knowledge"
And the five other finalists:
Mary Tuti Baker, University of Hawai'i, Manoa, "Community-based Planning in a Hawaiian Community"
Boyd Cothran, University of Minnesota, "Exchanging Gifts with the Dead: Lava Beds National Monument and Narratives of the Modoc War"
American Indian Workshop/ Graz, Austria
Dear Colleagues,
You may want to consider attending the following conference. I've found the level of scholarship and dialogue at the workshops impressive. Well worth the trip if you can make it.
32nd American Indian Workshop
"Approaching Native American Cultures from an Inter-American Perspective: Similarities and Differences"
March 31 to April 03, 2011
University of Graz, Austria
Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Film, TV, & New Media
American Studies: The University of Hawai’i at Manoa, Department of American Studies, invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor full-time 9-month appointment, to begin August 2011, pending position clearance and availability of funds. Duties: Teach American Studies undergraduate and graduate courses; teach/conduct research in Film, TV, and/or New Media; work with graduate students; and other duties as assigned by chair. Minimum qualifications: Ph.D. in American Studies or related area, ABDs will be considered.
Tenure Track Assistant Professor Position in Indigenous Studies
American Studies: The University of Hawai’i at Manoa, Department of American Studies, invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor appointment, full-time, 9-months, to begin August 2011, pending position clearance and availability of funds. Duties: Teach Indigenous Studies/American Studies undergraduate and graduate courses; conduct research in Indigenous Studies/American Studies; work with graduate students; and other duties as assigned by chair. Minimum qualifications: Ph.D. in American Studies or related area, ABDs will be considered.
Conflict in "Easter Island" (Rapa Nui)
'Iorana,
Supporting activist work in Arizona
NAISA members who wish to donate monetarily to the on-going protest activities in Arizona can do so at the O'ODHAM SOLIDARITY ACROSS BORDERS COLLECTIVE, located here: http://oodhamsolidarity.blogspot.com/
The site is also a good source for news.
NAISA in the News
UPDATE (thanks to Debbie Reese): Those who want to support a local organization monetarily can go this website of the O'odham Solidarity Across Borders Collective: http://oodhamsolidarity.blogspot.com/
The following stories were broadcast on local television during last week's annual meeting:
I want to thank the handful of those who participated in the protest yesterday
Supporting NAISA in Tucson
Aloha NAISA Council,
I have had a deeply powerful exchange with some colleagues regarding the upcoming NAISA meeting, the decision by some (none of us) to boycott the meeting in the wake of the recent Arizona legislation, and the state of Native American and Indigenous Studies. Among my very small circle there is enormous support for the NAISA and its role in promoting Native studies and Native scholars. At the same time that we respect everyone’s decision as to whether or not to attend the conference, we feel that supporting NAISA is of paramount importance.
"transformed panel" TH/10-11:45 "No Card Necessary: Xicanindia/o Identity and Praxis" [P60]
Chair: Louis G. Mendoza, University of Minnesota
Panelists: Alan Eladio Gomez (ASU), Annette Portillo (UTSA),B. V. Olguin (UTSA)
Invited Guest Speakers to Discuss HB2281 and SB1070
• Gregorio Montes de Oca and Daisy Cruz - ASU students, MEChistA organizers, participants in the “Capitol 9” (students arrested during protest against SB1070)
• Nicolette Gomez and Crystal Terriquez – Tucson student/youth organizers, (participants in protests against HB2281)