[nativestudies-l] September 2008 McNickle Center Online Meeting Ground
Alyssa Mt. Pleasant
alyssa.mt.pleasant at yale.edu
Mon Sep 29 16:52:56 EDT 2008
*Welcome to our new Online Meeting Ground*
*The D'Arcy McNickle Center's online forum for news and announcements.*
(If you would like to submit announcements, please send them to
mcnickle at newberry.org)
*Exciting News at the McNickle Center: *
*Indians of the Midwest and Contemporary Issues Website*
The Newberry Library has received a grant from the National Endowment
for the Humanities to fund "Indians of the Midwest and Contemporary
Issues." The McNickle Center will construct this multimedia website
designed to marry the Library's rich collections on Native American
history with state-of-the art interactive web capabilities to reveal the
cultural and historical roots of controversial issues involving Native
Americans today. These include conflicts over gaming and casinos,
fishing and hunting rights, the disposition of Indian artifacts and
archeological sites, and the use of Indian images in the media. In
addition to historical collections, the site will also feature
interviews with contemporary Native Americans, interactive maps, links
to tribal and other websites, and social networking.
*Newberry Consortium in American Indian Studies (NCAIS). *
At the end of its partnership with the thirteen Committee on
Institutional Cooperation (CIC) universities in June 2008, the Newberry
Library inaugurated a new Consortium in American Indian Studies. NCAIS
began accepting members earlier this summer and will launch programs in
July 2009. The consortium will draw on the Newberry Library's
collections and the resources of the McNickle Center to offer a series
of annual workshops, institutes, symposiums, conferences and fellowships
to graduate students and faculty at member institutions. Membership in
the new Newberry Consortium will be limited to 18 institutions and is
currently being offered to universities in the United States and Canada.
* FELLOWSHIPS
**1/Frances C. Allen Fellowship for Women of American Indian Heritage*
Deadline March 2nd 2009
This fellowship is for women of American Indian heritage working on a
project appropriate to the collections of the Newberry Library.
Applicants may be working in any graduate or pre-professional field.
Financial support varies according to their need and may include travel
expenses. Allen Fellows are expected to spend a significant part of
their tenure in residence at Newberry's D'Arcy McNickle Center for
American Indian History. The tenure of the fellowship is from one month
to one year. Applicants must submit a budget of travel and research
expenses. Awards will vary from $1,200 to $8,000 of approved expenses.
Information: http://www.newberry.org/research/felshp/fellowshome.html .
If you would like materials sent to you by mail, write to Committee on
Awards, 60 West Walton Street, Chicago, IL 60610-3380. Phone:
312-255-3666. E-mail: research at newberry.org.
*
2/Susan Kelly Power and Helen Hornbeck Tanner Fellowship*
Deadline March 2nd 2009
This fellowship for Ph.D. candidates and postdoctoral scholars of
American Indian heritage supports up to two months of residential
research in any field in the humanities, using the collections of the
Newberry Library, and provides a stipend of $1200 per month for periods
ranging from one week to two months. This fellowship was established in
2002 by an anonymous donor to encourage research by American Indian
scholars and honor two notable advocates for American Indian education.
Susan Kelly Power (Yanktonai Dakota) is an historian, activist, and
long-time participant in programs of the D'Arcy McNickle Center. She is
a founding member and four-time chair of Chicago's American Indian
Center. Helen Hornbeck Tanner has served as acting director of the
D'Arcy McNickle Center, director the Atlas of Great Lakes Indian History
Project, and an expert witness and historical consultant for several
tribes. She is now a senior research fellow at the Newberry Library.
Information: http://www.newberry.org/research/felshp/fellowshome.html .
If you would like materials sent to you by mail, write to Committee on
Awards, 60 West Walton Street, Chicago, IL 60610-3380. Phone:
312-255-3666. E-mail: research at newberry.org.
*3/Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowships in American Indian Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign*
Under the Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program at the University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the American Indian Studies Program
seeks two Postdoctoral Fellows for the 2009-2010 academic year. This
fellowship program provides a stipend, a close working association with
AIS faculty, and assistance in furthering the fellow's development as a
productive scholar. Applicants should have an ongoing research project
that promises to make a notable contribution to American Indian and
Indigenous Studies. While fellows will concentrate on their research,
they may choose to teach one course in American Indian Studies.
Furthermore, fellows are encouraged to participate in the intellectual
community of the American Indian Studies Program. The Fellowship stipend
for the 2009-2010 academic year is $42,000, including health benefits.
An additional $5,000 will be provided for the fellow's research, travel,
and related expenses. Candidates must have completed all Ph.D.
requirements by August 15, 2009. Preference will be given to those
applicants who have finished their degrees in the past five years. The
one-year fellowship appointment period is from August 16, 2009, to
August 15, 2010.
Candidates should submit a curriculum vitae, a thorough description of
the research project to be undertaken during the fellowship year, two
samples of their scholarly writing, and two letters of recommendation to
Robert Warrior, Director, American Indian Studies, University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1204 West Nevada Street, Urbana, Illinois
61801-3818. Applications received by January 22, 2009 will receive full
consideration. The review process will continue until the fellowships
are filled. For further information, contact Matthew Sakiestewa
Gilbert, Chair, Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship Committee, American
Indian Studies: Phone: (217) 265-9870, Email: tewa at illinois.edu, or
visit the Program's website at http://www.nah.uiuc.edu
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is an Equal Opportunity
Employer
John McKinn (Maricopa, Gila River Indian Community)
Assistant Director of Academic Programming
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Native American House and American Indian Studies
1204 W. Nevada Street
Urbana, IL 61801
217.265.9870
*JOB POSTINGS
1/ *The Native American Studies Program at Dartmouth College invites
applications for two tenure track assistant professors (at either entry
or advanced level) to begin July 2009. Ph.D. in hand by the time of
appointment. The successful candidates will complement the Program's
existing research strengths and course offerings and will hold a joint
appointment with the department appropriate to their area of
specialization. The Native American Studies Program is particularly
interested in candidates with expertise in one or more of the following
fields: art history, geography, environmental studies and
sustainability, literature, language, religion, and sociology.
Candidates should demonstrate a strong commitment to undergraduate
teaching and an active program of research and publication.
Send letter of application, CV, three letters of reference, and a
writing sample to:
Colin G. Calloway, Search Committee Chair
Native American Studies, Dartmouth College
37 North Main Street
Hanover, New Hampshire 03755
Review of applications will begin November 25. Dartmouth College is an
equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and encourages
applications from women and minorities.
*2/ *University of Utah, Department of History
Associate or Assistant Professor in the field of American Indian History
Starting Date August 2009
The Department of History of the University of Utah invites applications
for a tenure-track assistant or associate professorship in American
Indian History. Starting date is August 2009. A Ph.D. and a strong
commitment to research and teaching are required. The successful
candidate will offer undergraduate and graduate courses in American
Indian and US history and advise Ph.D. and M.A. students in the American
West and other fields. As home to seven federally recognized tribes,
Utah has long been recognized as a center of American Indian
Scholarship; the American West Center and the Center for American Indian
Languages foster research on campus while the American Indian Resource
Center supports campus life for Indians. Send a letter of application,
c.v., at least three letters of recommendation, samples of written work,
teaching evaluations, and other supporting documentation to: James R.
Lehning, Chair, University of Utah, Department of History, 215 S.
Central Campus Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0311. All application
materials must be received by Friday, November 7, to receive full
consideration. The University of Utah values candidates who have
experience working in settings with students from diverse backgrounds
and possess a strong commitment to improving access to higher education
for historically underrepresented students. The University is an
Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer, encourages nominations
and applications from women and minorities, and provides reasonable
accommodations to the known disabilities of applicants and employees.
See *http://www.history.utah.edu *for more details
*CONFERENCES
*
*1/ California Indian Conferences 2008*
October 3-4, 2008
University of California, Riverside
CIC 2008 website with all info: http://ccnn.ucr.edu/cic2008/
All previous California Indian Conference programs from 1985-2007 are
online at: http://bss.sfsu.edu/calstudies/cic/
For more information about this event, contact Cliff Trafzer
<CETrafzer at aol.com> 951-827-1974
*2/ **"Forty Years of the Indian Civil Rights Act -- History, Tribal
Law, and Modern Challenges."*
October 10-11, 2008, the MSU College of Law's Indigenous Law and Policy
Center will host : *
*The details are on the Turtle Talk Blog, under Indigenous Law Program
Events: http://turtletalk.wordpress.com/
Matthew L.M. Fletcher
Associate Professor, MSU College of Law
Director, MSU Indigenous Law Center
ssrn: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=383355
bepress: http://works.bepress.com/matthew_fletcher/
blog: http://turtletalk.wordpress.com/
*
3/ Society for the Study of Native American Religious Traditions Annual
Meeting
*Friday, October 31, 2008
4:00 PM to 6:30:00 PM in the
Palmer House Hilton, Salon 2.
Chicago, Illinois
Next year is the 20th anniversary of the Society. Bring your ideas for
next year's meeting!
Prof. Fritz Detwiler
Department of Philosophy / Religion
Adrian College
Adrian, MI 49221
517-264-3960
*
**4/Western Social Science Association's (WSSA's) 51st annual conference
of the Association. *
We can tell you that the American Indian Studies section of the WSSA is
one of the finest gatherings of American Indian scholars, and scholars
who study American Indian issues, available.
The conference will be at the Hyatt Regency in beautiful Albuquerque,
New Mexico, April 15-17, 2009. The WSSA website (http://wssa.asu.edu/)
contains a wonderful introduction to the Association and much useful
information, including:
1. Fees, membership, hotels;
2. Sample abstracts and conference program of previous conferences;
3. A link to the latest on the 2009 conference;
We encourage you to organize complete session(s) or
panel(s). A complete session should include a description topic for
the session, a moderator/chair, 3 or 4 papers, a discussant, and
equipment requests.
Regarding panel and paper proposals and abstracts, they are to be sent
via e-mail, to either dr_tomh at stmarytx.edu, or ekeith1 at satx.rr.com .
(You can find a paper proposal form below).
Proposals for papers and panels are due to us by November 1, 2008.
Also, the WSSA strongly encourages student participation. There is a
student paper competition (cash award and certificate), please refer to
the website for more details. We hope you will also encourage your
students to consider attending this conference.
Once again, we hope you will join us at the WSSA conference, share your
experience, thoughts, and/or research, make friends, and enjoy a
wonderful gathering of folks.
Correspondence address:
Thomas J. Hoffman and Elizabeth Keith
American Indian Studies Section Coordinators, WSSA
Dept. of Political Science
St. Mary's University
Telephone: 210-431-2015
E-mail: dr_tomh at swbell.net
ekeith1 at satx.rr.com
*
* *CALL FOR PAPERS
**1/Southwest/Texas Popular & American Culture Association's 30th Annual
Conference in Albuquerque, NM. February 24-28, 2009
"Breaking Borders: Indigenous Peoples Across the Divide"*
The deadline for submitting proposals is December 15, 2008
Paper proposals are now being accepted for a panel dedicated to issues
of physical borders, from a Hemispheric and Indigenous perspective.
Proposals
should engage border policies and cultures of the Americas and Canada
and lend critical analyses to the concept of Nationalism concerning both
Indigenous and non-Native perspectives.
Listed below are some suggestions for possible presentations, but topics
not included here are welcome and encouraged:
- Defining Mestizo Peoples across the Southern Border
- Indigenous Border Cultures
- Métis/métis Canadian Communities
- Mestizo Peoples of the Southern U.S. (Creoles, Cajuns, Redbones etc)
- Métis Communities of the U.S. Great Lakes
- State and Federal Recognition
- Indigenous Descended Families Across Borders
- American Indian and Mestizo conflicts and camaraderie
- First Nation Peoples and Métis conflicts and camaraderie
Inquiries regarding this area and/or abstracts of 250 words may be sent
to L. Rain Cranford-Gomez. Please forward this email to people who would be
interested in participating.
L. Rain A Cranford-Gomez
Area Chair, Native Studies
PCA/ACA Annual Regional Conferences
lcranford-gomez at connellyhs.org
ohoyocreole at gmail.com
Further details regarding the conference (listing of all areas, hotel,
registration, tours, etc.) can be found at http://www.h-net.org/~swpca/
--
Céline E. Swicegood
Program Assistant
D'Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian History
The Newberry Library
60 W. Walton Street
Chicago, IL 60610
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