The Indigenous Faculty and Staff Alliance

Columbus Day Indigenous Peoples Day 2016

Conversations about Colonialism and Education

October 10, 2016
KSU Staley School of Leadership Studies
Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS

Please see below for archived videos of livestreamed content.

Keynote Speakers:

Cornel Pewewardy photo Jean Dennison photo

Dr. Cornel Pewewardy
(Comanche-Kiowa)
Professor & Director of Indigenous
Nations Studies
Portland State University
"Reclaiming Indigenous Voice
and Vision in Education"

Dr. Jean Dennison
(Osage)
Assistant Professor
University of Washington
Department of Anthropology
"Sovereignty as Accountability:
Theorizing from the Osage Nation"

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Pre-Conference

Dan Wildcat (Yuchi Member of the Muscogee Nation), Director of the Haskell Environmental Research Studies Center and Dean of the College of Natural and Social Sciences at Haskell Indian Nations

“Indigenous Perspectives in the STEM Fields and the Dakota Access Pipeline”

Keynote

Cornel Pewewardy (Comanche-Kiowa), Professor and Director of Indigenous Nations Studies, Portland State University

"Reclaiming Indigenous Voice and Vision in Education"

Round Table Discussion

“Appropriation, Imagery and Mascots”

  • Cornel Pewewardy, Professor and Director of Indigenous Nations Studies, Portland State University (Panel Facilitator)
  • Teresa Miller, Associate Professor Emeritus, Department of Educational Leadership, Kansas State University, and Past Manhattan High School Principal
  • Jacob Tsotigh (Kiowa), Indian Education Technical Assistance Coordinator, South Central Comprehensive Center at University of Oklahoma
  • #ReImageMHK Leaders: LaVerne Bitsie-Baldwin (Diné), Kerri Keller, Sonya Ortiz (Acoma Pueblo/Winnebago), Joe Sutliff Sanders, Lisa Tatonetti

Keynote

Jean Dennison (Osage), Assistant Professor at University of Washington, Department of Anthropology

"Sovereignty as Accountability: Theorizing from the Osage Nation"