THURSDAY APRIL 12 and FRIDAY APRIL 13
The University of New Mexico Student Union Building
Albuquerque, New Mexico
FESTIVAL PROGRAM SCHEDULE

The Institute for American Indian Research &
The Alfonso Ortiz Center for Intercultural Studies Welcome You
[No Registration Fee]
THURSDAY, APRIL 12
Registration & Information - UNM-SUB Main Floor
8:00am –9:00am Continental Breakfast – Navajo Lounge Third Floor
9:00 am – 9:30 am UNM Welcome, Festival Overview and Highlights
LOBO A&B
- Mark Peceny, Ph.D., Interim Dean, College of Arts and Sciences,University of New Mexico
- Beverly R. Singer (Santa Clara Pueblo/ Diné), Ph.D., Associate Professor of
Anthropology and Native American Studies, Director of Institute for American Indian Research (IFAIR) ,
Director of Alfonso Ortiz Center for Intercultural Studies, UNM
- Lloyd L. Lee (Diné), Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Native American Studies and
Incoming Director of IFAIR
- Kathleen Washburn, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of English, IFAIR Board
- Jennifer Denetdale (Diné), Ph.D., Associate Professor of American Studies, IFAIR Board
- Steven Verney (Tshimshian), Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology, IFAIR Board
- Kamilla Venner, (Athabascan), Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology, IFAIR Board
- Mary Alice Tsosie (Diné), Director of Oral History Project, University Libraries, IFAIR Board
- Kathryn Klein, Ph.D., Curator of Ethnology, Maxwell Museum and Associate
Director of Ortiz Center
Presenter Dialogues I 9:30 am - 10:45 am
Settler Colonization Past & Present
Acoma
Jennifer Denetdale (Diné), Ph.D., Associate Professor of American Studies, UNM
Michael Yellow Bird (Arikara/Hidatsa), Ph.D., Professor of Social Work, Humboldt State University
Moderator: Alyosha Goldstein, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor of American Studies, UNM
Performing Collective Memory
Santa Ana
Hon. James Bartleman (Chippewas of Rama First Nation) Chancellor, Ontario College of Art and Design, Canada
Allison Hedge Coke (Cherokee/Huron), Reynolds Chair of Creative Writing, University
of Nebraska, Kearney
Moderator: Beverly Singer (Santa Clara Pueblo/Diné), Associate Professor of Anthropology and Native American Studies, UNM
PANEL: “Critical Indigenous Studies” 11:00 am - 12:15 pm Lobo A&B
Panelists
Jodi Byrd (Chickasaw), Ph.D., Associate Professor of English, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champagne
Gregory Cajete (Santa Clara Pueblo), Ph.D., Associate Professor of Education
Director of Native American Studies, University of New Mexico
James Riding In (Pawnee), Ph.D., Associate Professor of American Indians Studies,
Arizona State University
Moderator: Lloyd Lee (Diné), Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Native American Studies, UNM
LUNCH FEATURE PRESENTER
12:30 pm -1:45 pm Lobo A&B
[A limited number of box lunches will be available to the first 60 guests to arrive.]
Sara Marie Ortiz
Acoma Pueblo Memoirist/Poet/Filmmaker
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PRESENTER DIALOGUES III 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm
Environment and Sustainability Initiatives
Santa Ana
Malcolm Benally (Diné), Community Coordinator,
Kayenta Township, Navajo Nation
Gordon Henry, Jr. (Anishinaabe), Ph.D., Director of Native American Institute and Professor of English & American Indian Studies, Michigan State University
Moderator: Theodore Jojola (Isleta), Distinguished Professor of Community and RegionalPlanning, School of Architecture and Planning, UNM
Cultural Revitalization for the 21st Century
Acoma
Margaret Noori (Anishinaabe), Ph.D., Director of Comprehensive Studies Program and Lecturer in Native American Studies, University of Michigan
Michael Lee Zimmerman, Jr. (Anishinaabe), Historic Preservation Officer, Pokagon Band
Moderator: Les Field, Ph.D., Professor of Anthropology, UNM
Thursday Evening
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Lobo A&B
Authors & Storytellers
RECEPTION
4:00 pm
Mirage
Lecture by Mark Rifkin,
“When Did Indians Become Straight?”
Sponsored by UNM American Studies, ASGSA and IFAIR.
Break [Dinner on your own]
Indigenous Storytelling
6:00 pm-8:00 pm Lobo A&B
Storytellers
Philip Whiteman, Jr. (Northern Cheyenne), Lame Deer, Montana
Nationally known Cultural Consultant. Storyteller, Horse-trainer, Champion Grass Dancer,
and Rodeo Saddle Bronc Champion.
Lynette Two Bulls (Oglala Lakota), Lame Deer, Montana
Works as the family’s business manager, she and Phillip have three daughters Kyla,
Florence, and Nellie and live on the land that has been in the family for generations.
Wesley “Choogie” Kingfisher (Cherokee), Tulsa, Oklahoma
“Storytelling is who I am, I am Kituwah Cherokee. I am native. The majority of stories I tell
are stories that have been told to me over my short life. Storytelling is my way of passing
the past onto the youth to ensure their future.”
Host: Steven Verney (Tsimshian) Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology, UNM
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FRIDAY, APRIL 13
Festival Day Two
Breakfast Buffet
8:00 am - 9:15 am SUB Ballroom C
*Free with Registration Ticket*
PANEL: Erotics of Sovereignty 9:30 am -10:45 am Lobo A&B
Panelists
Qwo-Li Driskill (Cherokee), Ph.D., Assistant Professor of English, Texas A&M University
Deborah Miranda (Ohlone-Costanoan Esslen), Ph.D., Associate Professor of English,
Washington & Lee University
Mark Rifkin, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English, University of North Carolina,
Greensboro
Moderator: Jennifer Denetdale (Diné), Ph.D., Associate Professor of American Studies, UNM
Presenter Dialogues III 11:00 am – 12:15 pm
Indigenous Intellectual History
Santa Ana
Amanda Cobb-Greetham (Chickasaw), Ph.D., Editor of American Indian Quarterly & Associate Professor of English, Oklahoma State University
David Martinez (Gila River Pima), Ph.D. Associate Professor of American Indian Studies, Arizona State University
Moderator: Kathleen Washburn, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of English, UNM
Word Graphics and Storytelling Acoma
Emmett Garcia (Santa Ana Pueblo)
Michael Sheyashshe (Caddo)
Michael Thompson (Mvskoke Creek)
Moderator: Mary Bowannie (Cochiti/Zuni), Lecturer II, Native American Studies, UNM
Writing Workshops [for students] 11:00 am -12:15 pm
Creative Writing Workshop I Lobo A&B
MFA Students, English Department
University of New Mexico
Casandra Lopez
(Cahuilla/Luiseno/Tongva)
Tanaya Winder
(Southern Ute/Shoshone)
Creative Writing Workshop II Acoma
Creative Writing Students
Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe
Jaime Figueroa (Taino)
Chee Brossy, (Diné)
Keynote Luncheon
12:30 pm - 1:45 pm [$7.00*at the door] Ballroom B
“History is A Story”
Luana Ross (Flathead), Ph.D., President of Salish Kootenai College
Pablo, Montana
Presenter Dialogues IV 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm
Celebrating Fiction
Lobo A&B
Eddie Chuculate (Creek/Cherokee), writer
Evelina Zuni Lucero (Isleta/Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo), Professor of Creative
Writing, Institute of American Indian Arts
Moderator: Melina Vizcaino-Alemán, Assistant Professor of English, UNM
Indigenous Crossroads:
The Publishing Industry
Ballroom C
P. Jane Hafen (Taos Pueblo), Ph.D., Professor
of English, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Myla Vincenti Carpio (Jicarilla Apache/Laguna Pueblo/Isleta Pueblo), Ph.D., Associate Professor of American Indian Studies, Arizona State University
Jeffrey Shepherd, Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of Texas, El Paso
Natasha Varner, Coordinator, First Peoples: New Directions in Indigenous Studies,University of Arizona Press
Moderator: John Byram, Director of The University of New Mexico Press
Feature Presentation 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Ballroom B
A Poet’s Journey
Luci Tapahonso (Diné)
Professor of Creative Writing and Native American Literature, University of New Mexico
Break [Dinner on your own]
Closing Program
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Ballroom C
[Refreshments Provided]
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CELEBRATING WORDS AND MUSIC
Hosted byHakim Bellamy
Two-time National Champion in the Poetry Slam Scene
Open Mic(6:00 pm - 7:30 pm)
~ Poetry and Short Stories ~
All students are especially invited to share.
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Closing Musical Performance by
NATIVE ROOTS
*$7 Keynote Luncheon Fee is for an Indigenous graduate student scholarship to be awarded Fall 2012.
Special Acknowledgment to those who worked to make this Festival happen!
THANK YOU
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“This project is made possible in part by
New Mexico Arts, a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs,
and the National Endowment for the Humanities.”
JoNella Vasquez, Accountant, UNM Anthropology Department;
Michael Graves, Chair, UNM Anthropology Department;
Jennifer George, Department Administrator, Anthropology Department;
Delia Halona, Administrative Assistant, UNM Native American Studies;
Ly Flock at UNM-SUB,
Carolyn Gonzales at UNM Communication & Marketing;
UNM Bookstore;
UNM Office of Contracts and Grants;
UNM English Department Administration;
Maxwell Museum of Anthropology;
Creative Writing Workshop Presenters Chee Brossy, Jaime Figueroa,
Casandra Lopez and Tanaya Winder;
Native American Community Academy Interns Maggie Seawright and Lenny Morgan;
John Paul Rangel for website support
and all our volunteers including
Jason Bengston, Marcella Ernest, Tessa Córdova,
Christy Mello, Sean Gantt, Fawn Singer,
Melissa Sanchez, Rebecca Izzo, Matt Shoulders & many others.
Patrick Willink, Festival Poster Design Artist
Poster printing by High Desert Arts, Santa Fe