The University of New Mexico General Library and the Center for Southwest Research/Special Collections are hosting a special Native American Colloquium on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 20-21, from 4 to 6:30 pm . The colloquium will be held in conjunction with Nizhoni Week April 18-23 on the UNM campus.
The colloquium will feature a broad range of presentations by graduate and undergraduate students. All presentations will take place in the Willard Reading Room in Zimmerman Library.
Tuesday April 20
4:00 p.m. “Tracking Native American Student Entrance into Higher Education,” Leola Tsinnajinnie
4:30 p.m. “Uranium Mining on the Navajo Reservation,” Patrick Willink, Lance Begaye and Mary Eye
5:00 p.m. “Reclaiming Our Youth: Developing a Mentoring and Advocacy Program for Incarcerated Native American Indian Youth” and “Survival Trends in Native American Women diagnosed with Breast or Cervical Cancer in New Mexico ,” Yolanda Gomez Toya
6:00 p.m. Question and Answer Session
Wednesday April 21
4:00 p.m. “Fragmentation and Metaphor: Quilts in Louise Erdich's ‘Love Medicine'” Deborah Weagel
4:30 p.m. “Using Bi-lateral Symmetry (or sacred geometry) in Deciphering Ancient Art from an Indigenous Perspective” Roger Cultee, Colleen Gorman and Tracy Greer
5:00 p.m. “Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act and Non-Federally Recognized American Indian Tribes” Casey Thornbrugh
6:00 p.m. Question and Answer Session
The colloquium is funded by The Center for Regional Studies.
Contact: Karen Wentworth (505) 277-5627