<br><font face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif" size="2"></font><br><br><br>~~~<br>Indigenous Politics: From Native New England and Beyond<br>Tuesdays 4-5pm EDT<br>88.1 fm, Middletown, CT<br>Listen online LIVE: www.wesufm.org<br>
<p class="MsoNormal">On February 26, 2008, join your host, J. Kehaulani Kauanui,
for an episode featuring selections <br>from a recent symposium held at the University
of Massachusetts, Boston, "Engaging Indigenous <br>Critiques: Reconsidering Race,
Gender and Politics in Native New England History."<span style=""> </span>The event <br>was sponsored by the Department of
Anthropology and the Native American Student Society at <br>UMass Boston, in conjunction with <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Harvard</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>'s Native
American Program and Plimoth <br>Plantation sponsored.<span style=""> </span>This panel discussion focused on the impact
of racial hierarchy and <br>discourses of race on Native American communities. <span style=""> </span>Participants include: Professor Amy Den <br>Ouden, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at UMass, Boston; Lisa Brooks (Abenaki),
an Assistant <br>Professor of History and Literature and of Folklore and Mythology
at Harvard University; Daniel <br>Mandell, Truman State University; Marge Bruchac
(Abenaki), Tufts University; David E. Wilkins <br>(Lumbee), Professor of American
Indian Studies and Political Science from the University of <br>Minnesota, Twin
Cities; and Maurice Fox (Mashpee Wampanoag), Chair of the Commission on <br>Indian
Affairs in Massachusetts. How are the histories and lived realities of Native
people erased <br>or obscured in discussions of race in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region></st1:place>? During the colonial
period and the <br>nineteenth century, how were Native communities in <st1:place w:st="on">New England</st1:place> and beyond impacted by laws <br>and policies that
were rooted in Anglo-American ideas about race?<span style=""> How are these issues at play<br>today?<br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">~~~</span><br>Seasons One & Two now archived online and ready for podcasting:<br>www.indigenouspolitics.com<br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p>"Indigenous Politics" is now syndicated weekly on <st1:City w:st="on">Pacifica</st1:City> affiliate station<br>105.3
FM--WETX-LP, "The independent voice of <st1:place w:st="on">Appalachia</st1:place>" each Thursday<br>at 8pm (EDT)<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>