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13th Annual
California Indian Conference
San Francisco State University
Seven Hills Conference Center
February 27 - 28, 1998
The California Indian Conference is an annual gathering for the exchange of views and information among academics, American Indians, students, and other community members. Press release.
Organizer:
Dr. Lee Davis
Director of the California Studies
Program
Anthropology Department
San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA 94132
(415) 338-6583
e-mail : davislee@sfsu.edu
13TH ANNUAL CALIFORNIA INDIAN CONFERENCE
Seven Hills Conference Center, San Francisco State University, San Francisco,
Californina
February 27-28, 1998
Fri 7:30
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
Lobby
Fri 8:30-9
OPENING REMARKS
Nob Hill Room
Moderator: Lee Davis (San Francisco State University,
Director of the California Studies Program)
Patrick Orozco (Pajaro Valley Ohlone Tribe) Prayer
Phil McGee (San Francisco State University, Dean of the College of Ethnic Studies)
Joel Kassiola (San Francisco State University, Dean of the College of Behavioral
and Social Sciences)
Angela Gonzales (Hopi Tribe, SFSU, Chair of the American Indian Studies Department)
Philippe Bourgois (SFSU, Chair of the Anthropology Department)
Fri 9-9:45
JACK NORTON. A PLENARY PRESENTATION TO HONOR JEANNETTE COSTO FOR HER 90TH
BIRTHDAY
Nob Hill Room
Moderator: Lee Davis (San Francisco State University,
Director of the California Studies Program)
Jack Norton (Costo Chair, UC Riverside). Introduction of Jeannette Costo.
Jack Norton (Costo Chair, UC Riverside). Re-evaluating the Gold Rush: A California
Indian Perspective.
Abstract: This paper compares and contrasts the 1948 centennial and the 1998 sesquicentennial in relationship to the historical accuracy and truth of Euro-American invasion upon the California Indian people. It particularly discusses the importance of the California Educational System as a way to prepare our youth for more responsible relationships and the honoring of California Indian sovereignty.
Fri 10-12
VOICES OF THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH: A LEGACY OF CULTURAL CONFLICT, TRAUMA
AND SURVIVAL
Nob Hill Room
Moderator: Jana Rivers Norton (Saybrook Institute)
Jim Brown (Pomo. Elem Rancheria). A California Indian Perspective.
Caroline Lehman (Humboldt State University). Images of Native California in
Children’s Literature.
Syndi Ladd (Cherokee, Indian Action Council). Impact of Historical Images on
California Indian Children.
Edward Castillo (Cahuilla, Sonoma State University, Native American Studies).
A Tidal Wave of Greed and Violence: Indians and the California Gold Rush.
Jana Rivers Norton (Saybrook Institute). Narratives of the California Gold Rush:
Suffering and Survival within the Native Experience.
Thomas Hunicutt (Humboldt State University). Sociological Perspective.
Judy Talaugan (Chumash. Indian Environmental Network). Contemporary Issues.
Pratap Chatterjee (Project Underground ). Gold, Greed, and Genocide.
Panel Abstract: The panel provides an interactive dialogue between participants regarding the impact of the Gold Rush upon California Indian people. As such the panel will discuss the historical, sociological, psychological and personal ramifications of Anglo-European incursion onto traditional homelands bringing severe disruption and destruction to native lifeways. In addition, a review of various Sesquicentennial events scheduled throughout the state as well as publications regarding the California Gold Rush, past and present, and the portrayal of the California Indian will be compared and contrasted. The panel also presents narratives of survivor, perpetrator and rescuer within a lived context in order to give voice to the trauma suffered by California Indian people due to acts of aggression and avarice as the onslaught of Anglo-American miners and settlers brought hardship and disease to the native world. The narratives also serve to document the strength of the California Indians to endure as efforts to exploit native lands and resources continue.
Fri 10-12
PAJARO VALLEY OHLONE
Presidio Room
Moderator: Lois Robin
Patrick Orozco (Pajaro Valley Ohlone Tribe) and Lois Robin. First People of
the Pajaro (interactive CD presentation).
Patrick Orozco (Pajaro Valley Ohlone) and Lois Robin. San Bruno Shellmound:
An Update.
Other speakers TBA.
Moderator: Bev Ortiz (Coyote Hills Regional Park).
(with video and slides)
Dawn Ashcroft (Mutsun Ohlone)
Aaron Bachmann (Mutsun Ohlone)
Carol Bachmann (Mutsun)
Theodore W. Bonillas (Rumsien Ohlone/Mutsun)
T. Michael Bonillas (Rumsien/Mutsun)
Lola Calles (Ohlone)
Jennifer A. Figueroa (Rumsien/Mutsun)
Ramona Garibay (Ohlone)
Desra Lacy (Ohlone)
Roberta Lacy (Ohlone)
Patrick Orozco (Rumsien)
Ruth Orta (Ohlone) (with video)
Alex Ramirez (Rumsien)
Panel Abstract: Coyote Hills Regional Park in Freemont lies within the Ohlone (Costanoan) language area, which extends from the places now known as San Francisco and Richmond south to Monterey, San Juan Bautista and its environs, and inland toward the San Luis Reservoir. Part of the East Bay Regional Park District, this marshland park includes a more than 2,000-year-old village site. As part of its commitment to interpret the rich, varied, and enduring, yet changing, cultures and histories of the first people of thy land to the public, the Park District sponsors a series of programs with Ohlonean individuals, who share their knowledge about such aspects of Ohlonean cultures as family history, plantuse, and folklore at Coyote Hills. Dawn Ashcroft (Mutsun Ohlone), Aaron Bachmann (Mutsun), Carol Bachmann (Mutsun), Theodore W. Bonillas (Rumsien Ohlone/Mutsun), T. Michael Bonillas (Rumsien/Mutsun), Lola Calles (Ohlone), Jennifer A. Figueroa (Rumsien/Mutsun), Ramona Garibay (Ohlone), Desra Lacy (Ohlone), Roberta Lacy (Ohlone), Patrick Orozco (Rumsien), Ruth Orta (Ohlone), Alex Ramirez (Rumsien), and Beverly R. Ortiz (Program Coordinator) will describe this program series and the cooperative efforts between its Ohlone participants and the park staff to insure the continuance of such Ohlone skills as soaproot brush making, cordage making, and traditional foods. Videotapes and slides will be shared.
Fri 10-12Sunset Room
Moderator: Kevin Sanders (BIA)
Kevin Sanders (BIA). BIA Social Services and Child Welfare.
Ann Alton (Indigenous Nations Child and Family Agency). Indian Child Welfare
Act: Essential Protection for Indian Nations.
Marilyn St. Germaine (Indigenous Nations Child and Family Agency). Stories from
the Heart.
Troy Johnson (American Indian Studies Program, CSU Long Beach). The State
and the American Indian: Who Gets the Indian Child.
In the Best Interest of the Child. Shenandoah Films. (20 minute video)
Fri 12-1:30
LUNCH (See the Lunch List
in your Conference Program)
On Your Own
Fri 12-1:30
CALIFORNIA INDIAN BASKETRY EXHIBIT: RECEPTION
388 Science Bldg.
“A Tradition of Dexterity: California Indian Basketry from the Hohenthal Collection”. Exhibit in the Hohenthal Gallery, 388 Science Building, San Francisco State University Campus.
Fri 12-5
YOSEMITE EXHIBIT
Registration Lobby
“The Southern Sierra Miwok and Conflict Over Land In Yosemite.” Exhibit by David Raymond (UC Santa Cruz, History Department)
Fri 1:30-3:30
A TRIBUTE TO SYLVIA VANE ON HER 80TH BIRTHDAY: FOR HER WORK WITH
BALLENA PRESS, CULTURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, AND FEDERAL RECOGNITION CASES
Richmond Room
Moderator: Paul Apodaca (UCLA, Folklore Dept)
Lowell Bean (CSU Hayward, Emeritus Anthropology Dept)
Lauren Teixeira (California Indian Storytellers Association)
Sue Lobo (Intertribal Friendship House)
Paul Apodaca (UCLA, Folklore Dept)
Malcolm Margolin (Heyday Books)
Ernest Siva (Cahuilla)
Katherine Saubel (Cahuilla)
Janice Timbrook (Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History)
Fri 3:45-5:30
NATIVE CALIFORNIA FILMS
Richmond Room
From the Roots: California Indian Basketweavers.
California Indian Basketweavers Association (28 minute video)
Pomo Basketweavers: A Tribute to Three Elders. Creative Light Productions. (60
minute video)
Fri 1:30-3:45
SACRED SITES: KEEPING OUR AREAS SACRED
Russian Hill/Telegraph Hill Rooms
Moderator: Vincent Feliz (Seventh Generation Fund,
Chumash)
Floyd Buckskin (Pit River, Wintu). Mt. Shasta, Medicine Lake.
Theodore Martinez (Pit River, Wintu). Mt. Shasta, Medicine Lake.
Ruben Martinez (Pit River). Mt. Shasta, Medicine Lake.
Monique Sonoquie. Cambria Coast.
Julian Lang (Wiyot, Karuk). Little Medicine Mountain.
Brian Tripp (Karuk Tribe). Little Medicine Mountain.
Pete Crowheart Savala (Cheyenne Tribe, Los Padres, Los Angeles National Forest).
Mt. Pinos.
Joe Talaugan (Chumash Tribe)
Panel Abstract: There is a big need for individuals especially anthropologists to understand and respect the issues of Native American religions and spirituality. In California there is a wide-held belief that California Indians are no longer in existence. In reality there is a rapidly growing population of California Indian people who are singing, dancing, and speaking their language. At the same time there are areas in this state that have been regarded for thousand of years as religiously and spiritually significant.
Fri 4-5:30
NATIVE WAYS OF KNOWING: CALIFORNIA
Russian Hill/Telegraph Hill Rooms
Moderator: Ines Talamantez (Department of Religious
Studies, UC Santa Barbara)
Ines Talamantez (Department of Religious Studies, UC Santa Barbara)
Sean M. Connors (Department of Religious Studies, UC Santa Barbara)
Julie Cordero (Chumash Maritime Association)
Dennis Kelley (Department of Religious Studies, UC Santa Barbara)
Panel Abstract: While the vast majority of material written about Native American and Native California life ways and religious traditions is developed and explained through Western paradigms of knowledge (e.g. psychology, anthropology, sociology, ecology, structuralist, poststructuralist), panelists will argue for development of Native explanations of Native American worldviews based in Native systems of knowledge (as opposed to rational, empirical, romantic, or postmodern philosophies). Whereas modern Western ways of knowing are based in a compartmentalization of knowledge, many Native American ways of knowing are based in an integration of knowledge (integration of mind, culture, society, environment, etc.). A case will be made for a broader understanding of human life ways grounded in native terms and in native ways of knowing and doing. An integrated approach to interpreting Native American religious traditions and ways of living will therefore be proposed. Particular emphasis will be given to native orientations to the land. For instance, if the global environment is in the crisis state Western science is telling us it is in, then perhaps it might be wise to learn alternative systems of knowledge from non-western and indigenous peoples, rather than to depend on the rational, empirical, and romantic systems of knowledge which brought us to the crisis is the first place. Specific examples of Native alternatives will be drawn from Karuk and Chumash knowledge of Northern and Central Coast environments. Panelist will discuss Chumash orientations in depth, especially in regard to botanical and pharmacological knowledge as well as continuities in Chumash culture and traditions. We are especially interested in the vitality of contemporary traditions, but with an understanding of the historical struggles through which Native Californians have had to struggle
Fri 1:30-4
19th AND 20th CENTURY HISTORY: NEW PERSPECTIVES
Presidio Room
Moderator: Angela Gonzales (Hopi Tribe, SFSU American
Indian Studies Dept. Chair)
Henry Koerper (Cypress Community College). California Captains at Carlisle.
Darryl Wilson (De Anza College, CSU Hayward). Remove then Beyond
West: The Pit River People Moved onto Pacific Ocean Reservation Ships.
Linda Yamane (Rumsien Ohlone). Through the Eyes of Isabelle Meadows--Vignettes
of Rumsien Ohlone Culture and History.
Virginia P. Miller (Dept. of Sociology & Social Anthropology, Dalhousie
University). Round Valley Reservation in the 1930s.
M.A. Jaimes*Guerrerro (SFSU, Women’s Studies Dept.). The Pit River Indian
Land Fraud Case of the 1970s.
Craig Glassner (Ranger, Alcatraz Island). Alcatraz is Indian Land. (with video)
Fri 4:15-5:30
PEOPLE NOT MASCOTS: A WORKSHOP
Presidio Room
Moderator: John Orendorff (Director, American Indian
Education Commission)
Joseph R. Talaugon (Committe for Native American Rights)
John Orendorff (Director, American Indian Education Commission). (with video)
Panel Abstract: This presentation will discuss and illustrate the strong opposition by Native Americans and others to the use of Indian mascots and negative images of Native Americans in schools and sports. The use of demeaning and derogatory American Indian mascot names in schools, professional and all other sports activities evokes negative images that become deeply embedded in the minds of children, depicting American Indians as uncivilized and violent savages. This practice violates all aspects of the spirituality, culture and traditions of native Americans. The presenters will show a video and overhead images and have open discussion with the audience. They will give some direction as to how the community groups and individuals can educate school administrators and community to help eradicate the use of these types of mascots and names. This is a national issue and we will show how communication and networking with other groups can make a difference. Indian people are human beings and should not be used as cartoon characters or be stereotyped as somebody’s mascot. This presentation will illustrate the issue as an education problem and something our children should not be exposed to. It has a negative effect on their self esteem. This practice is racist and must be stopped.
Fri 1:30-3:15Sunset Room
Natinook: Where the Trails Return. Hoopa Tribe. (50
minute video)
Our Songs Never Die. Shenandoah Films. (35 minute video)
We are These People. Shenandoah Films. (15 minute video)
Fri 3:30-5:30
NUCLEAR WASTE IN NATIVE CALIFONIA: A WARD VALLEY UPDATE
Sunset Room
Moderator: Philip M. Klasky (SFSU Geography and Human
Environmental Studies).
Philip M. Klasky (San Francisco State University Geography and Human Environmental
Studies).
Judy Talaugan (Chumash, Indian Environmental Network).
Ward Young. (with video)
Nob Hill Room
Host: Tharon Weighill (Chumash)
“The First San Franciscans: Depictions of Native
Californians in San Francisco Public Art”
A Reception for this San Francisco State University Student Exhibit and Walking
Tour
California Indian Storytellers (from the California Indian Storytellers Association)
Darryl Wilson
Tharon Weighill
Kathy Martinez
Ernest Siva
The Swordfish Dancers (Chumash)
Martha Rodrequiz
Tharon Weighill Jr. (head captain)
Walter Weighill (song captain)
Shawnna Weighill
Raulie Ocompo
Tharon Weighill Sr.
Mishalene Weighill
Aliquil Mendoza (dance captain)
Alexis Weighill
Kesen Mendoza
Roberta Weighill
Aaron Lechuga
Nathan Weighill
Lavon Morris
Sat 7:30
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
Lobby
Sat 8:00-8:30
BUSINESS MEETING
Richmond Room
Moderator: William Simmons (UC Berkeley)
Agenda: Next year’s location for the California Indian Conference
Sat 8:30-12
CONTINUING STORYTELLING TRADITIONS IN A CONTEMPORARY WORLD
Richmond Room
Moderator: Lauren Teixeira (California Indian Storytelling
Association)
Lauren Teixeira (California Indian Storytelling Association)
Darryl Wilson (California Indian Storytelling Association, Achoma’wi)
Kathy Martinez (California Indian Storytelling Association, Achoma’wi)
Ernest Siva (Serrano/Cahuilla)
Kat High
Jesse Riddell
Julia Parker (Kashya Pomo and Coast Miwok) and Lucy Ann Parker (Kashya Pomo
and Coast Miwok and Yosemite Miwok and Yosemite Paiute). Basketweaving and Storytelling.
Panel Abstract: How do we honor timeless storytelling traditions in this modern world? How do we keep storytelling, not just alive, but vibrant in the midst of increasing challenges, while at the same time supporting and protecting our stories and storytellers form exploitation? The panel will discuss the role of storytelling as it has been in the past, how it evolved and will continue to evolve due to the changing needs of California Indian cultures in the present and into the future. In this process, we will discuss how to create and develop the California Indian Storytelling Association (CISA) as a means to preserve, perpetuate, enliven, and promote storytelling of the divers California tribes.
Sat 8:30-12
ANTHROPOLOGISTS AND UNACKNOWLEDGED TRIBES: AN ENCOUNTER. (PART 1) ANTHROPOLOGY
AND THE PROCESS OF FEDERAL RECOGNITION
Burk Hall #1
Moderator: Les Field (Anthropology Dept., University
of New Mexico)
Les Field (Anthropology Dept., University of New Mexico). Introduction
Dale Risling (Hupa). Tribal Government, Federal Indian Policy and the Advancement
of Tribal Sovereignty.
Helen McCarthy Independent Anthropolgist). Building Bridges.
Alan Leventhal (San Jose State University). Shattering the Myth of the Unacknowledged
Tribes of California –or- the Search for Previous Unambiguous Federal
Recognition: The Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of the San Francisco Bay as a Test Case.
Frank LaPena (Ethnic Studies Dept., Cal State University, Wintu Tribe)
Charlene Storr (Tolowa)
Jean LaMarr (Paiute/Maidu). The Making of the Ohlone Mural, Berkeley, California.
(slides)
Edward Castillo (Sonoma State). Discussant.
Panel Abstract: Unacknowledged tribes which are engaged in the process of applying for federal recognition must document historical continuity and cultural identity using materials and formats that anthropologists have authored and usually controlled. Therfor, the recognition process implies that new forms of collaboration between anthroplogists and the leadership of unackowledged tribes are necessary and beneficial to advance the recognition process. This session will explore, on the one hand, the tribes’ motivations for seeking session acknowledgment and how the tribes are identifying and understanding what they need from anthropoligists and, on the other hand how anthropologists understand the importance of acknowledgemnet and are responding to specifid tribal needs in the acknowledgement process.
Sat 8:30-12
SPANISH, MEXICAN AND RUSSIAN ERAS IN NATIVE CALIFORNIA
Mt Davidson/Twin Peaks Rooms
Moderator: Betty Parent (SFSU American Indian Studies)
Robert Perez (UC Riverside). Reinterpreting the Kumeyaay Uprising, Mission San
Diego, 1775.
Stephen O’Neil. What’s in a Tribal Name? Ambivalence for a Mission
San Juan Capistrano Legacy.
Richard L. Carrico (San Diego State University). When Satan Stalked San Diego:
Diabolism and the Mission Indians of San Diego
Jose Rivera (UC Berkeley, Anthropology Dept.). The Moorish California Connection.
Stephen W. Silliman (UC Berkeley, Anthropology Dept.). Active, Not Passive:
California Indians in North Bay History.
Betty Parent (SFSU American Indian Studies). Alaska Native Migrations to California.
Breck Parkman (California Dept. Parks and Recreation). Fort Ross and the Global
Village Project.
Burk Hall #210
Again, a Whole Person I have Become. Shenandoah
Films. (20 minute video)
The Path of our Elders. Shenandoah Films. (20 minute video)
Our Songs Never Die. Shenandoah Films. (35 minute video)
Sat 10-12
MEMORY AND IMAGINATION: THE LEGACY OF MAIDU INDIAN ARTIST FRANK DAY ARTIST, EXHIBIT, PROJECT AND LEGACY
Burk Hall #210
Carey Caldwell (Chief Curator of History and Memory and Imagination
Project Director, Oakland Museum of California)
Rebecca Dobkins ( Memory and Imagination Guest Curator and Assistant Professor
of Anthropology, Willamette University)
Frank LaPena ( Memory and Imagination Consultant and Professor of Art and Ethnic
Studies and Director of Native American Studies, California State University,
Sacramento)
Brian Bibby (Memory and Imagination Consultant and Independent Cultural Resource
consultant scholar)
Panel Abstract: Frank Day (1902-1976) was a Konkow Maidu self-taught painter whose life, work, and teachings played a major role in the revitalization of north-central California Indian dance and visual art in the 1960s and 1970s. Day’s art and legacy are examined in the exhibition and catalog Memory and Imagination: The Legacy of Maidu Indian Artist Frank Day is based on the doctoral research of Rebecca Dobkins (PhD, UCB). The Oakland Museum organized a national tour, a catalog which forms the first scholarly assessment of Day’s work, and an extensive series of public and community and public programs at the Oakland Museum. This panel will explore Day’s legacy in California and in contemporary Native American art history. Additionally panelists will examine the potential for connections between museums and contemporary native peoples and communities as exemplified in Memory and Imagination outreach, artist in residence, youth interpreter, and public programs.
Sat 8:30-12
NATIVE LAND AND NATIVE CALIFORNIA
Sunset Room
Moderator: Sonia Tamez (US Forest Service)
William S. Simmons (UC Berkeley, Anthropology Dept.).
Maidu Places: The Long Ago in the Here and Now.
Michelle L. Stevens (Nez Perce-Colville Confederated Tribes, UC Davis, Ecology
Group). The Effects of Indigenous California Indian Management Practices on
the Autecology of White Root (carex barbarae): Implication For Restoration.
Saul Solache (Chatsworth, CA). Shoshoni Ceremonial Water Holes: the Chatsworth
Case.
Philip M. Klasky (San Francisco State University Geography and Human Environmental
Studies). Environmental Perceptions Across Cultures.
Sonia Tamez (US Forest Service). California Indians and the Forest Service:
Sustaining Forest Ecosystems and Relationships.
John Salter (Tribal Anthropologist, Karuk Tribe) Karuk Land Management:
Strategies and Developments of the Past Five Years.
David Raymond (UC Santa Cruz, History Department). Native Californians, National
Parks, and the Legacy of the Gold Rush.
Bruce Crespin (Juaneno Band of California Mission Indians, Acjachemem Nation,
BLM Native American Office). Sacred Domain: Tribal Perspectives in Land Use
Management. (with video)
Sat 8:30-10:15
STUDENT PERSPECTIVES AND APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF CALIFORNIA INDIANS: SFSU
AMERICAN INDIAN STUDIES
Russian Hill/Telegraph Hill Rooms
Moderator: Joely DeLaTorre (Luiseno Tribe, SFSU American
Indian Studies Dept.)
Kouslaa T. Kessler-Mata (Yokuts, Chumash). Techniques and Cultural Significance
of Yurok Traditional Fishing.
Stormy Ogden. (Kashaya Pomo and Tule River Yokuts) The Politics of Name Changes:
"What's In a Name?"
Dan Golding (Quechan). When The Fire Dims (video).
Michael Ceasar (Pawnee). What We Have Always Known (video).
Panel Abstract: The panel’s main objective is to provide the audience with current approaches and perspectives as to how students are using American Indian Studies to enhance their knowledge, research, and understanding of California Indian issues and concerns. The panel of four undergraduate Native AIS students will be discussing their research in a variety of using different methods and approaches to understand and explain their issues. One student will be looking at traditional Yurok fishing, another will examine the political aspects of mascots and the process in changing the names and images of derogatory items. Two films will also be shown. The first film will take a look at several issues (i.e. alcoholism, relocation) in California. A student will be presenting a news magazine style video which focuses on the American Indian Public Charter School.
Sat 10:30-12
CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH ON NATIVE CALIFORNIA: A MEMORIAL TO KIANA DRESSENDORFER
(1974-1997). SFSU ANTHROPOLOGY DEPARTMENT STUDENT PAPERS.
Russian Hill/Telegraph Hill Rooms
Moderator: Tharon Weighill (Chumash)
Aaron Lechuga. The Brotherhood of Tomol.
Kiana Dressendorfer (read by Anastasia Winslow). California Indian Policy.
Sean Lee. Salinan Archaeology.
Jan Henson and Ben Munoz. The Language of Race and Hatred and its Consequences.
Jacqueline Grauman (Pomo). The Evolution of the Northern Pomo Religion.
Sat 12-1:30
LUNCH (See the Lunch List
in your Conference Program)
On Your Own
Sat 12-1:30
CALIFORNIA INDIAN BASKETRY EXHIBIT: RECEPTION
388 Science Bldg
“A Tradition of Dexterity: California Indian Basketry from the Hohenthal Collection”. Exhibit in the Hohenthal Gallery, 388 Science Building, San Francisco State University Campus.
Richmond Room
Craig Bates (Curator of Ethnology, Yosemite Museum) (with slides)
Jennifer Bates (President, California Indian Basketweavers Association)
Brian Bibby (Independent Cultural Resource consultant)
Carey Caldwell (Chief Curator of History, Oakland Museum of California)
Dorothea Theodoratus (CSU Sacramento, Emerita Anthropology Dept)
Rebecca Dobkins (Asst. Prof. of Anthropology, Willamette University)
Frank LaPena (Professor of Art and Ethnic Studies and Director of Native American
Studies, California State University, Sacramento)
Malcolm Margolin (Publisher, News from Native California)
Panel Abstract: Since its October 1, 1971 opening, an event blessed by Pomo basket weaver and dreamer Mable McKay, Pacific Western Traders has been a vital part of the Native California arts world. Herb Puffer and his wife Peggy have given over 26 years of their lives to making PWT a vital center for Native artists. More than just a gallery PWT is a crossroads where artists, community members, and supporters of Native American art all gather. Through PWT Herb has helped bring important recognition to Native California arts, and has encouraged the career of many an artist. In this panel many people involved with PWT over the years will reflect on the enormous contributions Herb Puffer has made to California Indian arts.
Sat 4-5:30Richmond Room
Indian Mainstream. Shenandoah Films. (27 minute video)
Singers of Two Songs. Shenandoah Films. (25 minute video)
Our Elders Speak. Now I Listen. Shenandoah Films. (20 minute video)
Sat 1:30-3:30
ANTHROPOLOGISTS AND UNACKNOWLEDGED TRIBES: AN ENCOUNTER (PART 2) TRIBAL NEEDS
AND ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP
Mt. Davidson/Twin Peaks Rooms
Moderator: Les Field (Anthropology Dept., University
of New Mexico)
Tharon Weighill (Anthropology Dept., San Francisco State University, Chumash
Tribe). Chumash-ness: An Ideology of Oppression.
Linda Dick-Bissonette (Oakland University). Restoring Respect.
Lorraine Escobar (Esselen Nation). Understanding the Composition of Costanoan
People.
Rosemary Cambra (Muwekma Ohlone Tribe)
Tim Campbell (Federated Coast Miwok Tribe)
James Collins (SUNY)
Panel Abstract: The demands of academic scholarship require that anthropologists, paricularly early on in their carreers, produce certain kinds of publications in accepted journals, following certain conventions. By contrast, cooaborative research between anthropologista and unacknowledged tribes can involve publication of materials in non-conventional ways, and an overt vommitment on the part of the anthropologist to tribal strategies rather thatn to current academic theories and trends. Sometimes, anthropologists may profess research interests that are not priorities for the tribes; sometimes, current anthropological theories that are apparently favorable to Native issues may not be perceived that way by the tribes; sometimes, anthropologists do not engage in the same way they engage their academic colleagues; and, sometimes, the way that anthropologists discuss and critique other anthropologists seems inappropriate to Native scholars. This session will establish a dialogue about these important and complex issues.
Sat 3:45-5:30
LANGUAGE REVITALIZATION: PROGRESS IN CALIFORNIA, 1997-98
Mt. Davidson/Twin Peaks Rooms
Moderators: Leanne Hinton (UC Berkeley, Linguistics
Dept.)
Leanne Hinton (UC Berkeley, Linguistics Dept.). Matt Vera: In Memorium.
Linda Yamane (Rumsien Ohlone). New Life for a Lost Language.
Kenny Holbrook (Northeastern Maidu Tribe and Atsugewi Band of Pit River). Regeneration
of Traditional Maidu Language.
L. Frank Manriquez. The seduction of language
Sat 1:30-5:30
CALIFORNIA INDIAN EDUCATION
Sunset Room
Moderator: Jim Lamenti (President, California Indian
Education Association)
Jim Lamenti (President, California Indian Education Association). We’re
All In This Together: A History of the California Indian Education Association
(CIEA).
Luke EnemyHunter (American Indian Charter School, Oakland, CA)
April Lea GoForth (Resources for Indian Student Education, Inc.) Native American
Attitude and Self Concept: Comparison of Students Who Attended and Did Not Attend
Indian Education Centers.
Edward Gomez (Yaqui Tribe, UC Riverside, Ethnic Studies Dept. and Palomar College,
American Indian Studies Dept.). Legal Status of California Native Americans
in Post-Affirmative Action California.
Thomas Hunnicutt (Humboldt State University, Sociology Dept.), Jack Norton (Hoopa
Tribe, Costo Chair) and Jana Norton (Saybrook Institute). A Teacher’s Source
Book on Genocide: The Native Experience in Northern California.
Julie LaMay Abner (CSU San Bernardino, English and American Indian Studies)
and Larry Sunderland (Director, Native American Institute). The Native American
Institute.
We are These People. Shenandoah Films. (15 minute video)
Sat 1:30-3:45
CHUMASH AND TONGVA PEOPLES’ CONTEMPORARY AND TRADITIONAL CULTURAL HERITAGE
AND THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS NATIONAL RECREATION AREA (SMMNRA)
Russian Hill/Telegraph Hill Rooms
Moderator: Robert Hank Stevens (UC Irvine, Anthropology
and Social Science, Keepers of the Treasure Cultural Council)
Mark Acuna (Tongva Nation Dance Captain)
Craig Torres (Tongva Nation, Ti-at Society)
Mati Waiya (Chumash Ceremonial Leader, Executive Director Wishtoyo Fdn)
Robert ‘Hank’ Stevens (UC Irvine, Anthropology and Social Science)
Diana Wilson (UCLA, American Indian Studies Center)
Phil Holmes (Cultural Anthropologist, SMMNRA)
Roger Kelly (US National Park Service, Senior Regional Archeologist)
Pam Darty (Ranger, Satwiwa Cultural Center, SMMNRA)
Panel Abstract: This is a panel discussion regarding Chumash and Tongva cultural geographies, knowledge and experience and the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreational Area. Community-based cultural revitalization: cultural knowledge, practices, and affinities; survival and cultural continuity, research and development, restoration and return. Cooperative ethnographic and oral historical research in contexts of diverse communities. Developing processes for tribal historic preservation, cultural resource management, and public education. Decision-making and relations between tribal/community groups and non-tribal agencies (federal, state, local): tribal sovereignties, trust responsibility, human rights, religious freedom, intellectual property, confidentiality. Discussions: community, agency and academic representations.
Sat 4-5:30
HUPA BASKETWEAVING: A LIVING ART
Russian Hill/Telegraph Hill Rooms
Moderator: Vivien Hailstone (Hoopa Tribe)
Vivien Hailstone (Hoopa Tribe). Through the Eyes of a Basketweaver. (with Video:
Life of a Basketweaver)
Leo Carpenter (Hoopa Tribe). California Indian Men’s Basketry.
Sat 1:30-5:30
REDEFINING NATIVE CALIFORNIA CULTURE
Burk Hall #1
Moderator: Michelle Hermann (SFSU American Indian Studies)
Henry Koerper (Anthropology Department, Cypress College).
Return of the Non-Return Boomerang.
David Smith (Kashaya Pomo) and Shaina James Thompson (Cherokee, San Francisco
State University). Indigenous Existence in a Transcultural Society.
Elija VanDenBerg (Renegade Artists Present). Reaching Beyond the Bars: A Native
Prisoners’ Creative and Spiritual Program.
Kurt Peters (Ethnic Studies Department, Oregon State University, Corvallis).
Santa Fe Indian Camp, House 21, Richmond CA: Persistence of Laguna Pueblo Identity
as Urban Laborers, 1922 - 1982.
Tressa Berman. (Arizona State University West). Going Home: Stories of
Return Migration.
Deborah Dozier (UC Riverside). Feeding the People: A New Definition of California
Culture.
Julia Collie-Mason. Lost Children and Spirituality.
Delmar Dobecki (CSU San Marcos). The Role of Male and Female in California Indian
Society.
Jerry Duke (SFSU, Dance Dept). Dance Ethnology and Native California.
Darby Li Po Price (UC Berkeley, Ethnic Studies). California Indian Comedian
Abel Silvas: Mime, Comedy, and Storytelling. (with video clips)
Sat 5:30
CLOSING REMARKS
Registration Lobby
Lee Davis (San Francisco State University California Studies)
(TBA) In remembrance of the massacre on Indian Island in Humboldt Bay on Feb.
28, 1860.
David Smith (Kashya Pomo). Traditional Singing and Blessing for the Event
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