Indigenous Knowledge in the Academy

FRIDAY, November 7, 2014

RAINEY AUDITORIUM, PENN MUSEUM        
                            

3-5 pm: Panel One: Revisiting Native American Histories and Heritage     

Introductions to NAIS Faculty Working Group at Penn

Doug George Kanentiio (Mohawk), Hiawatha Institute for Indigenous Knowledge
   “Canassatego’s Advice to Benjamin Franklin”

Margaret Bruchac (Abenaki), Coordinator, Native American & Indigenous Studies Initiative
                        
   “The Legacy of Frank Speck's Indigenous Anthropology at Penn”                           

Timothy Powell, Director, Native American Projects at APS
                        
   “Repatriating Digital Heritage at the American Philosophical Society”          

Shannon Keller O’Loughlin (Choctaw), Tribal Lawyer            
                        
   “Legal Dimensions of Native American Heritage and Representation”                      

5-6:30 pm Dinner Break

6:30 - 8 pm: Special Concert by Joanne Shenandoah (Oneida)
GRAMMY and NAMMY (Native American Music) Award-winning singer/songwriter

All events are FREE and open to the public

EVENTS CONTINUE ON SATURDAY NOV. 8 9AM TO 3 PM
See schedule: Saturday NAIS Conference

 

For more information, contact: Call (215) 898-6989 or Email mbruchac@sas.upenn.edu

Hosted by Native American & Indigenous Studies at Penn