Program

Learning from Native Cultures Track Sessions and Talks

Detailed Bios and Talk Descriptions

Location: UMC 457

(Not all the people on the bio and talk list will be presenting, only the ones listed below.) You can register for as many sessions as you'd like: just click register, fill in the contact information and add the number of sessions you'd like to attend. You don't have to match this with the specific session and can change your mind and go to a different one.

Register for any of these individual sessions, $25 each

Session 1: "Indigenous Roots of Modern Culture"

Thursday, Sept 30, 1:30 - 3:30

Jeffrey Bronfman, “Reconnecting to the Sacred”

David Frawley, Vedic Institute of America

Edna Brillon, Haida & Cree Traditions

Sobonfu Somé, Dagara Tradition

Catie Johnson, World Council of Elders

Woody Vaspra, Hawaiian, World Council of Elders

Chair: Duncan Campbell

Session 2: "Indigenous Medicine & Natural Healing"

Thursday, Sept 30, 4:00 - 5:30 pm

Clifford Duncan, Northern Ute Elder

Xolotl Martinez, Atzec Elder

David Frawley, Vedic Institute of America

Sayre Tupac Wiracocha, Inca Tradition

Chief Ozoemena Achukwu, Nigerian Traditions

Chair: Edna Brillon                

Session 3: "Indigenous Communication and Language/Medicine & Natural Healing"

Friday, Oct 1, 1:30 - 3:30

Sal & Flo Yepa, Jemez Pueblo Elders

Giindajin Haawasti Guujaaw, Haida Tradition

Ash Dargan, Larrakia Tradition (Australia)

Loya C. Arrum, Northern Ute Tradition

Marie Foxbelly, Lakota Tradition

Tamdin Wangdu, Tibetan Village Project, "Welcome to my village: Chenang, Tibet"

Session 4: "Sustainable Lifeways of Indigenous Cultures"

Friday, Oct 1, 4:00 - 5:30 pm

Xolotl Martinez, Atzec Elder

Andrée Mathieu & Friends, Kaitiakitanga Network, New Zealand “Kaitiakitanga: A Maori View that Drives Us to Restore the Balance of Our World”

Peter Goldsbury & Friends, Kaitiakitanga Network, New Zealand, “Tipu Ake Style Leadership: A World Growing from Within Towards Wellbeing”

Chrisna Du Plessis, University of Salford, UK, "Ubuntu: Panacea or Pipe Dream?”

Ed McGaa, Lakota Tradition

Chair: Catie Johnson

Session 5: "Cultural and Environmental Sustainability through Indigenous Resource Preservation"

Saturday, October 2, 1:30 - 3:30

Mervyn Tano, International Institute for Indigenous Resource Management, “The Use of Protected Geographic Indicators To Protect Tribal Resources”

Sarah Soakai, International Institute for Indigenous Resource Management    

Chair: Mervyn Tano

For an updated list in a printable format, please download this PDF.