Presented by:
The Office of The Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs & Provost
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Native American Programs
The Department of Anthropology
The Multicultural Center Cultural Affairs/Distinguished Lecture Series Fund
The McGillicuddy Humanities Center Faculty Grant Program
Hinono’ Eitiit Ho’oowu Nsilc
Schedule
9:00 am Acknowledgments and Remarks
9:10 am Welcome from Native American programs at the University of Maine
9:30 am – 12 pm – Morning Paper Session
9:30 am Stanislav “Saas” Ksenofontov “Russian energy megaprojects: infrastructural violence against arctic social-ecological systems.”
10:00 am Remi Bahr “Indigenous-led Game Management of Alaska’s Whale Population”
10:30am Jason Brough “Critical Analysis of Indigenous Foodstuffs and Lifeways in the Face of Climate Change: Illusions of Food Sovereignty.”
11:00am Matthew Magnani, Jelena Porsnger, Sami-Ásllat Laiti, Natalia Magnani, Anne may Olli, Paula Rauhala and Samuel Valkeapää “Raising Indigenous Voices Through Small Museum Collections: Community Reconnections From Sápmi to the Smithsonian Institution.”
11:30am Madison Brown “Who Tells Our Stories? Strategic Amplification of Indigenous Voices: An Exercise in Rhetorical Sovereignty.”
Noon – Break for Lunch
12:50pm – 2pm Afternoon Paper Session
12:50pm Sarah Augustine and Katerina Gea “De-colonizing the Master’s Tools: Organizing to Dismantle the Doctrine of Discovery within Faith Institutions.”
1:20pm Desiree (Anakoniwa) Vargas “Indigenous Women’s Leadership.”
1:50pm Audience Discussion
2:00pm -4:50pm – Keynote address and Roundtables
2:00pm Keynote Address, Sherri Weh’na Ha’mu Kwasset Mitchell “Sacred Instructions: Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-based Change.”
3:00pm Short Break
3:10pm Decolonizing UMaine Roundtable
4:00pm Wabanaki Center & Programs Roundtable
4:50pm – 5:00pm Closing/Adjourn
The Rivas 2022 Steering Committee:
Dr. Neyooxet Greymorning, Chair (University of Montana)
Dr. Regna Darnell (University of Western Ontario)
Alysha Edwards (University of Montana)
Dr. Hannah Gibbs (University College London)
Dr. Marwan Kilani (Switzerland, Nsf)
Dr. Lisa Neuman (University of Maine)
Sawsan Samara (Genesis Analytics)
Wisam A.Samarah (Al Quds Open University)
Digital Resources
Paper Abstracts (.pdf, external site)
Presenter Biographies Part I (.pdf, external site)
Presenter Biographies Part II (.pdf, external site)
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank the following for their generous support of RIVAS 2022:
The Office of The Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs & Provost
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Native American Programs
The Department of Anthropology
The Multicultural Center Cultural Affairs/Distinguished Lecture Series Fund
The McGillicuddy Humanities Center Faculty Grant Program
Hinono’ Eitiit Ho’oowu Nsilc
