K-State Indigenous Peoples Day Conference
Monday, October 11th, 2021
Sovereignty: Food, Film, and Policy
Recipes from Native Chef Jason Champagne, MPH (Red Lake Band of Chippewa) Chef/Owner of Native Chef, LLC
Chicken & Wild Rice w/ Zucchini
Zucchini Spaghetti w/ Homemade Turkey Marinara Sauce
AGENDA
Please know that we plan to follow campus social distancing policies, including mask wearing, and we are also prepared to adapt to the evolving pandemic/COVID situation. As of now, the program is a mixture of in-person and streaming events, to allow people to make decisions within their comfort zones, including speakers. Please check the site above for up-to-date details for the event.For those planning to attend on-campus events, or sending students (or student groups) in any manner, please register to assist us in our planning:Registration for individuals attending for the whole day (This allows to plan for appropriate social distancing, meals, etc.):
https://kstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_7QFmgjc1f9RVWHs
Registration for faculty registering their classes to attend (or large student groups):
https://kstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5doEkQEEKzY9HZc
8:15-9:00am: Check in, Continental Breakfast and Coffee
9:00-9:30am: Welcome and Opening Remarks (Union Ballroom/Streaming)
Zoom Link https://ksu.zoom.us/j/94098118342 Meeting ID: 940 9811 8342
- Land Acknowledgement
- Opening Remarks: Storm Brave (Kansa/Kaw), Language Teacher, Kaw Nation
- Presentation of Colors: Color Guard, Company G-7, National Society of Pershing Rifles
- Welcome:
- Provost Charles Taber
- Acknowledgment of Honorary Doctorate to Herman Mongrain Lookout (Osage), Master Teacher of the Osage Language
- LaVerne Bitsie-Baldwin (Diné), Indigenous Faculty and Staff Alliance Co-Chair and Director, Multicultural Engineering Program
- Alex Red Corn (Osage), Indigenous Faculty and Staff Alliance Co-Chair, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership, Coordinator for Indigenous Partnerships, and Executive Director, Kansas Association of Native American Education (KANAE)
9:30-10:20am: Keynote (Union Ballroom/Streaming)
Zoom Link https://ksu.zoom.us/j/94098118342 Meeting ID: 940 9811 8342
Title: Empowerin g Indigenous Youth
I ntroduction: Daryline Dayzie (Diné), Graduate Student, Horticulture and Natural Resources
Moderator: Dr. Debra Bolton (Ohkay Owingeh/Diné/Ute), Director of Intercultural Learning and Academic Success, Diversity and Multicultural Student Affairs
Tiana Suazo (Taos/Jemez Pueblo) – Executive Director, Red Willow Center
Tiana Suazo, B.A., is the Executive Director of the Red Willow Center in Taos Pueblo, NM, whose mission is to reclaim the agricultural heritage of Taos Pueblo and restore its traditional food systems. With the help of her team, Suazo is able to work towards accomplishing this mission through the Red Willow Center's farm, farmers market, and youth internship programs. Suazo, a graduate of Santa Fe Indian School and Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado, serves on the board of Ogallala Commons (OC), in Nazareth, Texas, and is a member of the National Young Farmers Coalition. The OC focuses on community development in the eight states touched by the Ogallala Aquifer: Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Suazo firmly believes that by empowering and supporting Indigenous youth, we can change the future.
10:20-10:30am: Break
10:30-11:20 am: Keynote (Streaming and Broadcast in Union Ballroom) – Native American Agriculture Fund
Zoom Link https://ksu.zoom.us/j/94098118342 Meeting ID: 940 9811 8342
Meeting ID: 940 9811 8342
Title: A Conversation about Native Agriculture
Introduction: Chester Hubbard (Prairie Band Potawatomi & Choctaw), Undergraduate Student, Geography.
Moderator: LaVerne Bitsie-Baldwin (Diné), Indigenous Faculty and Staff Alliance Co-Chair and Director, Multicultural Engineering Program
Dr. Joseph G. Hiller (Oglala Lakota) – Professor Emeritus at the University of Arizona College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Serves on the Board of Trustees for the Native American Agriculture Fund
Dr. Joseph G. Hiller (Oglala Lakota) is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Arizona College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and serves on the Board of Trustees for the Native American Agriculture Fund. Dr. Hiller is also former Head of the American Indian Studies Program at the University of Arizona. He was also Assistant Dean for American Indian Programs, Associate Director of the Arizona Agricultural Experiment Station, and Assistant Director of Arizona Cooperative Extension -- all in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS). He is the former Chair of the Watershed Management and Ecohydrology Program (2004-2007) in the CALS School of Natural Resources.
Dr. Joe L. Graham (Pueblo of Laguna) - Senior Program Officer at the Native American Agriculture Fund
Dr. Joe L. Graham is Kawaik’kome, a person of the Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico, and serves as the Senior Program Officer at the Native American Agriculture Fund. Dr. Graham is a tribal member in good standing and regardless of where his career takes him, maintains a residence in the village of Paguate. Growing up, he attended the local reservation schools and studied at New Mexico State University where he earned bachelor’s degrees in history and anthropology, in addition to his teacher certification.
After several years of teaching, Dr. Graham began his graduate studies at the University of Arizona where he obtained a master’s degree in American Indian studies and a Ph.D. in Arid Lands Resource Sciences, a graduate interdisciplinary degree program focused on the sciences of agriculture and natural resources in arid environments. Before joining NAAF, Dr. Graham held programmatic leadership roles in three distinct land grant university systems. He was affiliated with the University of Arizona, New Mexico State University and most recently, the University of California. In addition. to administrative roles, Dr. Graham was an instructor of tribal economic and community development for UCLA Extension. A sampling of his multi-state volunteer services includes participation on the inaugural boards of the Native Star Foundation (CA) and the Laguna Community Foundation (NM). Dr. Graham also served on the Board of Trustees for DQ University (CA) and on the Board of Directors for the Native American Fish & Wildlife Society (CO).
11:20-11:40am: Boxed Lunch (Union Ballroom)
11:40am-1:15pm: Video Screening and Discussion (In-person only, Union Ballroom)
Preview found here: Gather The Film
Note: Extended discussion opportunity during breakout sessions for in-person attendees
Film Introduction: Dr. Maureen Olewnik, Coordinator, Global Food Systems Initiative
Moderator: Dr. Melissa Poll, Independent Scholar
Gather is an intimate portrait of the growing movement amongst Native Americans to reclaim their spiritual, political, and cultural identities through food sovereignty.
1:30-2:20pm Breakout Sessions
Session 1: Gather: The Film –
Round Table Discussion (In-person only, Union Ballroom)Roundtable Discussion Leaders:
Daryline Dayzie (Diné), Graduate Student,Horticulture and Natural ResourcesDr. Maureen Olewnik, Coordinator,Global Food Systems InitiativeDr. Valerie Padilla Carroll, Gender, Women,and Sexuality StudiesModerator: Dr. Melissa Poll, Independent ScholarSession 2: The Marrow Thieves and Sustainable Indigenous Futures and Foodways (Zoom – Virtual Appearance/Screening available in Multicultural Student Center 204 and 205)
Link: https://ksu.zoom.us/j/92773965765
Dr. Channette Romero, Associate Professor, Department of English, University of Georgia
Moderator: Dr. Lisa Tatonetti, Professor, English Department
Nate Armenta (Diné), Assistant Community Coordinator for Housing and Dining Services, Grad Student, Counseling and Student Development
Session 3: Tribally Sponsored Business and Agriculture: The Osage Nation (In-person only, Flint Hills Room, Union/Zoom Access Available)
https://ksu.zoom.us/j/99861987269
Jann Hayman (Osage), Director of Osage Nation Environment and Natural Resources Department, K-State Doctoral Candidate in Educational Leadership
Cody Vavra, Horticulturist, Osage Nation
Moderator: Dr. Charles Barden, Professor, Horticulture and Natural Resources Department
Alex Red Corn (Osage), Indigenous Faculty and Staff Alliance Co-Chair, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership, Coordinator for Indigenous Partnerships, and Executive Director, Kansas Association of Native American Education (KANAE)
Session 4: Gender, Gardening, and Education (In- person only, Wildcat Chamber, Union/Zoom Access Available)
Link: https://ksu.zoom.us/j/93451019750
Tiana Suazo (Taos/Jemez Pueblo), Executive Director, Red Willow Center
Moderator: Dr. Debra Bolton (Ohkay Owingeh/Diné/Ute), Director of Intercultural Learning and Academic Success, Diversity and Multicultural Student Affairs
2:30-3:20pm Keynote (Union Ballroom/Streaming):
Zoom Link https://ksu.zoom.us/j/94098118342 Meeting ID: 940 9811 8342
Title: Traditional Indigenous Food Recipes: Their Importance to Native American Cultures
Jason Champagne, MPH (Red Lake Band of Chippewa)
Native Chef Jason Champagne is a motivational speaker and chef/owner of Native Chef LLC. Through his business, Jason strives to motivate others to get into the kitchen on a consistent basis. He is a proponent of using whole foods and easy cooking techniques to help improve an individual's overall health and well-being. Chef Jason will share some of his favorite Indigenous food dishes through a professionally filmed video. He will also be available for a short Q & A session following the video presentation regarding Indigenous Native American foods and their importance to Native American cultures.
Introduction: Victor Andrews (Walker River Paiute), Graduate Student and Indigenous Health Disparities Scholar, College of Health and Human Sciences
Moderator: Dr. Alex Red Corn (Osage), Indigenous Faculty and Staff Alliance Co-Chair, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership, Coordinator for Indigenous Partnerships, and Executive Director, Kansas Association of Native American Education (KANAE)
3:30-4:30 pm: Kansas Association for Native American Education (KANAE) Fall Meeting – Zoom only
https://ksu.zoom.us/j/94986269940
Indigenous Faculty and Staff Alliance Members
Groundbreaking for the Morris Family Multicultural Student Center
Left to Right: Dr. Alex Red Corn, Tristan Herbst, Dr. Debra Bolton, Dr. Brandon Haddock, Laverne Bitsie Baldwin, Thurman Williams.