A NATIVE AMERICAN GRADUATE STUDENTS CONFERENCE Apr 4
April 03 2008
Thursday, April 3 to Friday, April 4, 2008
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
CALL FOR RESEARCH PAPERS
“Planting Seeds of Our Research”
This conference is jointly sponsored by the Institute for American Indian Research (IFAIR) under the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of New Mexico, Native American Studies, Society of Native American Graduate Students, Native American Studies Indigenous Research Group, and the Indigenous Nations Library Program.
Conference sponsors invite currently enrolled graduate students from U.S./Latin American and other International universities who are Indigenous/Indian/Native from ALL disciplines to submit and present research papers at this pilot conference.
Six graduate students, from institutions besides UNM, will receive $700 scholarships to help cover the costs of presenting at this conference. To be considered for a scholarship, they request the following:
* Full Research Abstract or completed research paper with bibliography;
* a letter of intent that includes an introduction of yourself as to why you want to present your paper and attend the conference;
* a budget of how you would spend the scholarship money;
* and one letter sent directly to IfAIR (postal or email) from a University faculty mentor about your Research and Graduate standing.
Include your contact information, (e.g. phone and email) so you can be sent notification about the scholarship decisions and other conference related information.
All graduate students who are not applying for a scholarship should submit a full abstract or completed paper with bibliography, and contact information to be considered for presentation at the conference.
Submission Deadline for papers and abstracts
Friday, February 1, 2008
U.S. Postal or email attachments to
IFAIR Attn: Beverly Singer
Department of Anthropology MSC01-1040
1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131
IFAIR will send out notification of conference scholarship awards by Friday, February 22, 2008. Sample of selected research studies and topics for Conference Presentation:
* Recovering Indigenous Women’s Histories: The Case of Hawai’i
* Traditional Indian/Native/Indigenous Knowledge and How It Relates to My Research
* Emblems of Continuity and Change: A Comparison and Analysis of Pre-Reservation and Reservation Period Eagle-Feather Headdresses
* Thinking Critically About Maps, Water, Justice and Equity In Indigenous Communities
The mission of Institute for American Indian Research is to facilitate research that contributes to the decolonization, sovereignty, and self-determination of Indigenous peoples by providing initiatives that support such research endeavors.
IFAIR promotes community-inspired, service-oriented scholarship that seeks a link with the university to Native American/Indian Nations and communities that generate discussion of Indigenous issues both within the university and in the communities.
Tentative Schedule of Events:
* Research Sessions
* Luncheon Featuring Renowned Indigenous Speaker
* Student Talking Circles
* Indigenous Evening Social and Give Away
* Free Meals
* Tours of Research Programs
* Indigenous professors at UNM will comment on the papers presented in panels and sessions at the conference.
Full Agenda will be AVAILABLE by February 22, 2008 at the IFAIR web site or call 505-277-3027 for updates, or http://www.unm.edu/~ifair/
For more information, contact Kamilla L. Venner, Ph.D. (Athabascan),
Research Assistant Professor of Psychology at or (505) 925-2377.
