The 16th Navajo Studies Conference will begin with a sunrise ceremony at 6 a.m. east of the Student Union Building on the UNM main campus on Nov. 1. Registration opens at 9 a.m. in the SUB. Presentations begin at 1 p.m.
UNM and the Indigenous Nations Library Program are hosting the conference. It is held annually throughout the Southwest to promote Navajo studies and includes all aspects of Navajo life from language to culture to history. The conference is open to all interested parties, and people interested in attending only one day of conference activities can register by the day. Registration can be done online at http://elibrary.unm.edu/inlp/navajo_studies-conf.php
Wednesday, November 1
9:00 a.m. Registration opens in foyer outside SUB Ballroom B
1:00 p.m. Opening of Conference, SUB Ballroom C
Mary Alice Tsosie, Conference Coordinator
Presentation of the flags: UNM Air Force ROTC
National Anthem: Mrs. Thomas H. Begay
1:15 p.m. Welcoming Addresses
NM Governor Bill Richardson
Navajo Nation VP Frank Dayish
UNM Acting President David Harris
UNM Regent Sandra Begay-Campbell
Acting Dean of University Libraries Frances C. Wilkinson
President, Navajo Studies Conference Inc. Dr. Lloyd Lee
2:00 p.m. To’Haajiilee Chapter President Mr. Leon Secatero
Alamo Chapter President Mr. Buddy Mexicano
2:30 p.m. Keynote Addresses
Lucy Tapahonso – Diné poet, writer and professor of English and
American Indian Studies at the University of Arizona in Tucson. She is
the author of five books of poetry and three children’s books.
Rex Lee Jim – Diné poet, writer, playwright, member of the Navajo
Nation Council.
3:30 p.m. Dinetah Dance Group, Shawn Price, Director
4:30 p.m. Reception sponsored by University Libraries, West Wing of Zimmerman
Library
Poetry Readings, “Perpetuating Navajo II”
Vanaya J. Yazzie, Huerfano, NM
Esther Belen, Durango, CO
Tina Deschene, Farmington, NM
Valencia Tsosie, Santa Fe, NM
Whisper Carpenter Kish, UNM Graduate Student
Entertainment, Exhibit Tables
7:00 p.m. Navajo Culture and Talent Night, SUB Ballroom C
Whisper Carpenter Kish, Intertribal Vocalist
Andrew Thomas, Dine Flute Player
Blackhorse Mitchell, Blues Artist
Kansas Begaya, Native Recording Artist
Herman Cody, Traditional Singer
Don Barboan, Guitarist
Dine Ji Culture, Harmonized Songs
Thursday, November 2
6:00 a.m. Sunrise Ceremony – east of SUB
John Perry, Jr., Hataalii, Crownpoint, NM
7:00 a.m. Healing Generations, “Breath Power & Healing Pilates”
South Gym, UNM Johnson Center
Reginald Mitchell from Gallup, NM is a self defense specialist,
consultant, motivational speaker and is founder and owner of Fierce
Protection Systems.
Heidi Mitchell from Gallup, NM is a Pilates instructor, personal trainer,
prevention specialist and co-owner of Fierce Protection Systems
Participants will experience an exercise program that coordinates mind,
body, and spirit to support each other on the path to overall fitness.
Participants should bring a large towel, water and wear comfortable
clothing.
9:00 a.m. Plenary session, SUB Ballroom C
Dr. Anita B. Pfeiffer will speak on “Diné Teacher Education. She is a
Professor emeritus of Language, Literacy and Socioculture from the
UNM College of Education.
10:00 a.m. Break, SUB Ballroom A
10:00 a.m. Focus on Books, Exhibit Area, SUB Ballroom B
Anne Calhoun and other teachers: American Indian Children’s Books,
critique and video including exhibit of children’s books.
10:15 a.m. Concurrent Sessions
A. Chester Brown, “Supporting Students with Native American
Philosophy”
B. Dr. Tiffany S. Lee – Wicazo Sa Review “If they want Navajo to be
learned, then they should require it in all schools: Navajo teenagers
experiences and choices with Navajo Language.”
Dr. Lauro Tohe “Hweeldi Beehaniih: Remembering the Long Walk.”
Dr. Timothy Begaye “Native Teacher Understanding of Culture as a
Concept for Curricular Inclusion.”
C. Bonnie Duran, Kevin Foley, Sherrick Roadhorse, Melvin Harrison
The Four Corners American Indian Circle of Services Collaborative,
“Integrating HIV, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services at the
Navajo Nation”
D. Carlton G. Ami, “The Diné Philosophy of Learning, an Asset in Physics
Education.”
E. Al Henderson, Bertha Aguirre, Anson J. Arviso & Elroy Drake, “Panel
Discussion: New Directions in Financing Navajo Economic Development”
10:45 a.m. Concurrent Sessions
A. Afton Sells and Dr. Miranda Jensen Haskie, “Expressions in Navajo
Culture. A course taught in the Navajo language integrated with
Navajo culture topics and the successful combination.”
D. Carline Murphy “Cultural Infusion: Navajo Moccasin Game.”
11:15 a.m. Concurrent Sessions
A. Jean Martinez-Welles, “Changing Woman and Yeshe Tsogyel: A
Comparison of Women’s Roles in Dine and Tantra Buddist Traditions”
B. Ester Belin, “ Navajo Offering to Life”
Dr. Lloyd Lee, “The Future of Navajo Nationalism”
11:45 a.m. Brown Bag Lunch with Navajo Writers, Willard Room, Zimmerman Library
Dr. Laura Tohe, Dr. Irvin Morris and Esther Belin
1:00 p.m. Plenary Session, SUB Ballroom C
Tom Arviso, CEO and Publisher, The Navajo Times “Native
Journalism and Tribal Politics”
2:00 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
A. Jennifer Denetdale, “Securing the Navajo National Boundaries: War,
Patriotism, Family Values and the Diné Marriage Act”
B. Kathy M’Closkey “Past Policies/Present Predicaments: Articulating
Differences in Federal Strategies in Marketing Indigenous Arts and
Crafts in Canada and the United States”
C. Beverly R. Singer, associate professor of Anthropology and Native
American Studies, Gregory Cajete, chair of Native American Studies at UNM, “Season of Transformation: Decolonized Education at the
University of New Mexico.”
D. Dr. Evangeline Parsons Yazzie and Melody Parsons, “A Look at
Indian-U.S. Treaties”
E. Leola Tsinnajinnie, UNM Doctorial student and Florian Johnson, UNM
graduate student Presentation on Institute for American Indian Education’s efforts on recruitment, professional development, test taking workshops and training opportunities.
3:15 p.m. Break
3:15 p.m. Focus on Books, Exhibit Area, Ballroom B
Book signing and presentation by Navajo author Blackhorse Mitchell.
He will also be showing his film on Navajo pottery.
3:30 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
A. Richard Wiebe, “The Anthropological Construction of Navajo Space: An Assessment, Contribution and Conversation”
B. Nonabah Sam, “Survival: One Child’s Journey, Through the Eyes of
her Grandmother”
C. Hoskie Benally, Tina Descheenie, Michael Thompson, Larry Everson,
“Taking Back our Learning: Diné Community Views on Diné Education”
D. Robert Yazzie, director; Maroni Benally, policy analyst; Wilson Aronith
Jr., research; Harry Walters; Ferlin Clark, President of Diné
College, “Diné Policy Institute”
E. Milton Chee, Mitch Uriba, Warlance John, John Chee, Bernados Diaz,
“Cultural Diffusion of the Thunder/Lightning, Bear, Jaguar, Snake and the Farmers, Gatherers, Hunters, Trappers People.”
4:00 p.m. B. Mildred Walters, “Integrating Western and Traditional Ways of
Learning and its Impact on my Life”
4:30 p.m. A. David M. Mark, “Navajo Terms for Landforms: A Progress Report”
C. Jean Whitehorse, “In the Sacred Manner We Walk as Diné, ” life
experiences through relocations
5:00 p.m. KIVA Club, Navajo Taco Sale, Maxwell Museum of Anthropology
6:00 p.m. Faculty and Student Forum, Willard Room, Zimmerman Library
Jennifer Denetdale, PhD; Freda Garnanez, EdD.; Eulynda Toledo-
Benally, PhD; Larry Emerson, PhD, “Nurturing Future Dine Scholars: A
Roundtable Conversation Regarding Diné Scholar Needs and Aspirations”
This roundtable conversation will engage several critical questions
regarding the future of Diné scholarship.
Lani Tsinnajinnie, UNM; Leona Morgan, UNM; Patrick Willink, UNM;
Arlyn John, UNM & Run to the Sun; Vincent Werito, UNM; Lloyd L. Lee,
PhD, “Navajo Student Perspectives on the Future of Navajo Studies”
This panel consists of Navajo college students who will discuss what
topics or areas of interest they see are pertinent to their families, the
people and to their own scholarship.
8:00 p.m. Storytelling Session, SUB Ballroom C
Sunny Dooley, “Diné Blessingway Stories”
These origins stories present the worldview of the Diné people and
their relationships with their surroundings. They are the social versions of
the sacred chants. They are told only from October through about early
March (first thunder). Dooley tells Blessingway stories with the blessing of
her family, clans, and elders.
Ernest Harry Begay, “Diné Blessingway Stories, Part II”
Begay is from Rock Point, Arizona, and is a Navajo philosopher,
renowned storyteller and cultural educator. He will tell Navajo stories of
origin and moral teaching.
Friday, November 3
6:00 a.m. Sunrise Ceremony – east of SUB
John Perry, Jr. Hataalii, Crownpoint, NM
7:00 a.m. Healing Generations “Breath Power & Healing Pilates”
Reginald Mitchell
Heide Mitchell
9:00 a.m. Plenary Session, SUB Ballroom C
Dr. Gayle Diné Chacon, UNM Family and Community Medicine
10:15 a.m. Break
10:00 a.m. Focus on Books, Exhibit Area, Ballroom B
Book signing and presentation: Roberta John is the published
Navajo author of two children’s books that are written in Navajo and
in English. The books are “Red is Beautiful” and “Proud to be a Black
Sheep.”
10:30 a.m. Concurrent Sessions
A. Sterling Fluharty, “Radicalizing the Reservation: Navajos and Activism,
1968-1974”
B. Martha Johnson, Navajo Languages instructor at Diné College;
Wilson Aronith Jr., author and instructor at Diné College; Avery Denny,
Medicine Man and instructor at Diné College; Robert Yazzie, former
chief justice of the Navajo Nation; Anthony Lee, president of Medicine
Man Association; T. Mae Bekis, medicine woman, “Gender,
Leadership and Traditions” Navajo Spoken Only Session, Panel
Discussion
C. Carlton G. Ami, “Learning Style Preferences of Diné Students” This
session will focus on the need to establish a link between the learning
style preferences of Native American students and the teaching style of their teacher.
D. “Study on the Long Walk”
Harry Myers, “Intro & What is a national historic trail”
Ed Lee Natay, “The study process and how NPS works with the
tribes”
Judy Martin, “The Navajo Nation and the Long Walk Study”
Robert Begay, “The interviews with the Navajo people concerning
The Long Walk”
11:00 a.m. Concurrent Sessions
A. Doug Brugge, “Protecting the Navajo people through tribal regulation
of Research”
12:00 p.m. Navajo Fashion Show, SUB Ballroom C (bring your own lunch)
Virginia Yazzie-Ballenger, Designer/Owner
Navajo Spirit Southwestern Wear, Gallup NM
1:00 p.m. Exhibits Close
1:00 p.m. Plenary Session, SUB Lobo Rooms A & B
Anthony Lee, president Diné Hataalii Association, chair, Center for Diné
Studies, Diné College
2:00 p.m. Break
2:00 p.m. Focus on Books, Willard Room, Zimmerman Library
Book Party: “The Navajo People and Uranium Mining”
Presenters: Douglas Brugge, Timothy Benally, Esther Yazzie-Lewis.
2:30 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
A. Venaya J. Yazzie, “A Journey into Navajo Jewelry Adornment”
B. Melcatha Chee, “Acquisition of Navajo Verbs”
C. Dr. Lloyd Lee, Dr. Tiffany Lee, Dr. Timothy Begay, Esther Belin,
“Navajo Identity” Panel Discussion
D. Dr. Susan Berry Brill de Ramirez, “Colonial and Postcolonial Ethnography in Navajo Country: Navajo Resistance & the Disentangling of the Languages of Empire and Inigeneity”
E. Sen. Leonard Tsosie, Harold Skow, Todd Romero, Norbert Nex, Kee Long, “Internet to the Hogans. Overview of Internet to Hogans project, facilitation for a panel of technology experts”
3:00 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
A. Matthew Kirk Tafoya, “19th Century Navajo Male Material Culture” This
presentation will show the old and new way of Navajo male attire and
the influences through history.
B. Anthony Webster, “Code-Switching in Navajo Poetry”
D. Diana Beck, “Policy as Lived Experience: A multigenerational study of
two Navajo families’ educational experiences”
3:30 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
A. Evangeline Parsons Yazzie, “Self-imposed shift away from the Navajo
language by Navajo-speaking Christian parents”
4:00 p.m. NSCI Board and Membership Meeting, Lobo Rooms A & B
6:00 p.m. Closing Banquet/Silent Auction/Dance, SUB Grand Ballroom
7:00 p.m. Mistress of Ceremonies: Miss Jacelyn Billy, Miss Navajo
Invocation: John Perry, Jr.
Introduction of Honored Guests, Navajo Code Talkers
Dinetah Dance Group
Banquet Speakers
Dr. Lula Stago, president and CEO of Sunrise Mountain Medical, Inc.
“Survival Need of Diné as an Indian Individual”
Robert Yazzie, former chief justice of Navajo Nation, director of Diné
Policy Institute, Diné College
Awards: Navajo Making a Difference Award
Navajo Innovation Award
NSCI Board Awards
9:00 p.m. Dance
The Original Fenders, Country Western Band, SUB Grand Ballroom
Saturday, November 4
Rug Auction
9 a.m. Set-up for Navajo Rug Auction, by Burnham Trading Post,
SUB Ballroom B & C
11:00 a.m. Preview, including presentation on Buying a Navajo Rug
1 p.m. – 5 p.m. Rug Auction, Auctioneer: Bruce Burnham
Tour of Santa Fe
8:00 a.m. Departure, Dane Smith Circle
Allen Houser, Inc.
Museum of American Indian Arts & Laboratory of Anthropology
Lunch, Museum Hill
Institute of American Indian Art
Shopping and Sightseeing on Santa Fe Plaza
4:30 p.m. Departure from Santa Fe
6:00 p.m. Arrive in Albuquerque
Film Festival
10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Hanáál’na’alkid Film Festival
SUB Ballroom A
Navajo and Pueblo Relations Presentation and Tour
Indian Pueblo Cultural Center
12th St. Albuquerque
10:00 a.m. Panel Presentation
Dr. Jennifer Denetdale, historian, UNM professor
Joe Sando, Jemez historian, author
David Brugge, anthropologist, author
Leigh Kuwanwisiwma, Hopi, director
12:00 p.m. Buffet Lunch
1:00 p.m. Museum and Gallery tour
2:00 p.m. Dance Performance
Media Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627; e-mail: kwent2@unm.edu
Posted by kwentworth at October 24, 2006 09:09 AM