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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 photoJean 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"

→ Download the Final Conference Program (PDF)
→ Download the Conference Poster (PDF)

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"

A special thanks to
Haskell Indian Nations University
for their support with this event.

Sponsored by:

  • KSU Indigenous Alliance
  • College of Education (Office of the Dean, Department of Educational Leadership, Diversity for Community Committee, and Social
    Justice Education Graduate Certificate)
  • Office of the Provost and Senior Vice President
  • Dow Center for Multicultural and Community Studies at
    K-State Libraries
  • College of Arts and Sciences (Dean's Office, College of Arts and Sciences Diversity Committee, and English Department)
  • KSU LGBT Resource Center
  • Multicultural Engineering Program
  • KSU Alumni Association
  • Staley School of Leadership Studies