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2005-07 — Indigenous Peoples: National Policy and International Human Rights
2005-07
- Environment and Natural Resources Center and the Center for Appropriate Dispute Resolution at the UO School of Law: $7,000 to coordinate a conference on “Deciding Where the Water Goes: Emerging Possibilities in Water Settlements.” Conference will be organized by Adell Amos and Jane Gordon, UO School of Law. This event will be in conjunction with the Conference on Tribal Water Advocacy.
- Center for Tribal Water Advocacy. $1,000 for the Third Annual Tribal Water Conference to be held October 2006, at the Knight Law Centre.
- Department of Anthropology: $19,000 for a series of three courses and a speaker series. The courses will be on Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in South America taught by Marcela Mendoza; Oregon Indian History and the Termination of Federal Recognition taught by David Lewis; and Indigenous Mexican and Central American Immigrants in Oregon taught by Lynn Stephen and with assistance from the Oregon Law Center.
- Center for Indigenous Cultural Survival: $4,000 for speakers from North America and the Pacific Rim.
- E-Law: $4,000 to bring Miskito lawyer Lottie Cunningham Wren from Nicaragua to Eugene and the UO.
2005-06
- Demystifying Native Americans: Expert panel organized by Doreen Roozee, Oregon’s Future Quarterly and the Morse Center to be held in Portland. This panel discussion will be in conjunction with a special issue of the Quarterly on tribal issues. The event will be directed toward Oregon decision-makers, the interested public, and PSU, PCC, and UO students. Elizabeth Furse and Charles Hudson will also help organize the forum. Award: $5,000.
- Indigenous Peoples: National Policy and International Human Rights: Film festival organized by Eugene Weekly and the Wayne Morse Center. The festival will include four feature films and one documentary to be shown at the Bijou Theater. Each showing will include short introductions by UO faculty or film experts. The film series would run concurrently with the Native American film poster exhibit at the Jacobs Gallery sponsored by the Wayne Morse Center. WAyne Morse Center Resident Scholar Rennard Strickland is the curator for the Jacobs Gallery exhibit and will play a key role in selecting the films. Award: $5,050.
- Intersections of Native American Culture, Politics and Law: A one-day conference organized by UO anthropology professor Shari Huhndorf and Stanford University graduate student Beth Piatote to be held at the UO. The conference will explore the relationships between cultural and literary production, filmmaking, and legal and political issues in the U.S. and Canada. The screening of the film, Atanarjuat – The Fast Runner will set the stage for discussions by suggested speakers that include Robert Williams, Jr., Cheryl Suzack, Marcus Amerman and Alanis Obomsawin. Wayne Morse Center Resident Scholars Brian Klopotek and Rennard Strickland will also participate. Award: $10,000.
- The Passage of Time: Columbia River Treaties, Endangered Salmon, and the Federal Hydrosystem: Research and presentations by UO School of Law Professor Mary Christina Wood. Professor Wood will write an informational essay on treaty rights and make presentations at three or more events organized around the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial and the anniversary of the 1855 Stevens Treaties with northwest tribes. She will also present her findings at the UO. Award: $5,000.
- Second Annual Conference on Northwest Tribal Water Rights: Organized by Harold and Terry Shepherd of the Center for Tribal Water Advocacy. The Center organized a very successful conference at the law school in late 2004. It brought together representatives from 14 tribes, tribal consortia, environmental groups, the Oregon Department of Justice, Oregon universities, law firms, and U.S. regulatory bodies. The grant is to encourage participation by students in the 2005 conference. Award: $2,500.
- Work for Native Justice: Speaker series organized by UO School of Law Public Interest Public Service Program (PIPS). PIPS is a law student organization dedicated to encouraging students to recognize the value of public interest work worldwide. Their goal for next year is to attract UO students to programs on “American Indian Law and Governance” and “Environmental Factors affecting the Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples.” The programs will be spread throughout the regular academic year and will feature one to two speakers on each topic. Award: balance of 2004-05 grant and up to $1,500 additional.
- “Women’s Voices of Struggle and Survival: Stories from the Heart of Indigenous Communities.” The UO Center for Indigenous Cultural Survival’s director Rob Proudfoot and assistant director Steven Swenson will work with Wayne Morse Center director Margaret Hallock to organize a speaker series featuring women’s leadership in indigenous communities. Speakers will include emerging indigenous women leaders. Award: Up to $5,000.
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