First Meeting of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association
The Conference in Minnepaolis was the third in a series of three scheduled international scholarly meetings. The first was held in Oklahoma in May 2007 and the second in Athens, Georgia, USA. The Australian delegation this year was warmly welcomed and I believe that this was a direct result of such...
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2009
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| Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.426.3266 http://eprints.qut.edu.au/21226/2/21226.pdf |
| Summary: | The Conference in Minnepaolis was the third in a series of three scheduled international scholarly meetings. The first was held in Oklahoma in May 2007 and the second in Athens, Georgia, USA. The Australian delegation this year was warmly welcomed and I believe that this was a direct result of such a strong representation and contribution by the Indigenous delegations in 2007 and 2008. The aim of these three scheduled meetings is to offer a chance to present scholarly work and to explore the possibility of creating a multi-disciplinary academic association for scholars who work in American Indian / Native American / First Nations / Aboriginal / Indigenous Studies. It was envisaged that the association would be governed by the critical mass of individual scholars. The vision was for an academic association that can legitimise and institutionalise the work of our field, with the visioning commenced by Professor Robert Warrior. To date there has not been such an international association. It was resolved at the 2008 meeting in Athens that we as Native American and Indigenous Studies scholars: formerly establish the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association; go ahead with the third scheduled meeting 21-23 May 2009; and elect by a |
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