Schedule

Global Indigenous Studies From Multiple Perspectives Conference 2024

November 15-17, 2024
Bloomington, Indiana

Welcome

The Global Indigenous Studies Network (GISN) within the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies (HLS) invites you to participate in the First Conference on Global Indigenous Studies (CGIS) on November 15-17, 2024, at Indiana University Bloomington, USA. The First Conference on Global Indigenous Studies (CGIS 2024) is a transdisciplinary event that will bring together national and international scholars, educators, practitioners, students, policymakers, activists, academic institutions, Indigenous organizations, grassroots organizations, and governmental and non-governmental organizations. The participants in this conference will be involved in a local and global dialogue and exchange of ideas, research, and experiences on the themes of the event. Across the globe, ethnic minorities and Indigenous communities have consistently strived to protect their rich cultural heritages and linguistic nuances from the inﬂuences of colonial powers, expanding nation-states, and the homogenizing impact of globalization. This collective effort is increasingly recognized, highlighted by the initiation of UNESCO’s “Indigenous Languages Decade” (2022-2032). The imperative acknowledgment is that Indigenous languages, along with the intricate knowledge systems interwoven within them, stand as crucial pillars for preserving both biological and cultural diversities. The protection and advocacy of linguistic diversity emerge as fundamental endeavors, playing a pivotal role in not only upholding cultural heritage but also in augmenting the overall potential, agency, and local governance of native speakers contending with endangered languages. This signiﬁcance is accentuated, particularly in the context of the climate crisis and environmental degradation, where linguistic diversity becomes a linchpin for sustainable responses. The multifaceted role of preserving linguistic variety extends beyond cultural dimensions, serving as a key factor in addressing broader ecological, political, and social challenges. In this intricate global tapestry, the commitment to linguistic diversity becomes an essential thread weaving resilience and vitality into the fabric of diverse communities worldwide, which includes connecting with communities of non-native speakers displaced by colonialism. As members of the Organizing Committee, it is our great honor to welcome all participants to the CGIS-2024 Conference at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA.

Yours sincerely,
The CGIS-2024 Organizing Committee

Keynote Speakers

Self-Determination and Resistance Through Our Languages

Aluki Kotierk, Nunavut Tuungavik President, United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Originally from Igloolik, now residing in Iqaluit with her family, Nunavut Tunngavik President Aluki Kotierk leads by example. Aluki is driven by her passion to empower and improve the lives of Inuit. After earning her master’s degree in Native and Canadian Studies at Trent University, Aluki worked for various Inuit organizations including Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada, Inuit Tapirisat of Canada (now known as Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami), and Nunavut Sivuniksavut. She has also held management and Deputy Minister roles within the Government of Nunavut, Office of the Languages Commissioner and Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated. In her current role as President, Aluki is keen in how Inuit language and culture can be better incorporated into the way in which programs and services are designed and delivered in Nunavut. Aluki is a former co-chair representing Indigenous People’s Organizations on the Global Task Force for the International Decade of Indigenous Languages (IDIL) 2022-2032 and is currently a member of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Peoples (UNPFII) for the Arctic Region.

Locally Based, Globally Relevant: Indigenous Knowledge, Values, and Practices for Nature

Eduardo S. Brondizio, Center for the Analysis of Social-Ecological Landscapes, Indiana University

Eduardo S. Brondizio is a Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, Directs the Center for the Analysis of Social-Ecological Landscapes, and a Senior Fellow at the Ostrom Workshop at Indiana University-Bloomington. Brondizio holds a professorship with the Environmental and Society program (NEPAM) at the University of Campinas, Brazil. Brondizio’s career has weaved environmental and agricultural sciences, economic and environmental anthropology, and geospatial analysis to address questions of human-environmental interactions from the local to global scales. For over three decades, Brondizio’s work has documented, examined, and responded to the social and environmental transformation and governance challenges of Amazônia and contributed to numerous international initiatives and assessments on global environmental change and sustainability. Brondizio’s ﬁeld-based research has contributed methodologies for linking in-depth and participatory ethnographic research, institutional analysis, Indigenous and local knowledge, and geospatial tools, contributing to multiscalar understandings of land-use processes such as deforestation and reforestation, agricultural intensiﬁcation, migration and urbanization; value-chain of biodiversity products and rural-urban social networks; population vulnerability to climate change; and the landscape governance. He served as co- chair of the Global Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), approved by 132 countries in 2019. Brondizio is a fellow of the Society for Applied Anthropology and the International Science Council, foreign member of the French Academy of Agriculture, and elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the United States National Academy of Sciences. In 2023, Brondizio was awarded the Volvo Environmental Prize.

Indigenous Languages and the Environment

K. David Harrison, Vin University, National Geographic Society

K. David Harrison is a linguist, author and advocate for the documentation and revitalization of endangered languages. He is currently serving as Vice Provost at Vin University, Hanoi, Vietnam, and was previously Associate Provost for Academic Programs and Professor of Linguistics at Swarthmore College. Since 2007, Harrison has been afﬁliated with the National Geographic Society, co-directing their Enduring Voices Project and providing cultural expertise for expeditions, publications and web-content. His early career research focused on Tuvan and other Turkic languages of central Siberia and western Mongolia. More recently, he has been engaged in ﬁeldwork in India, Papua New Guinea, Micronesia, and Vanuatu. His research explores the sounds, lexicon, grammar, and cultural knowledge found in the world’s languages. In his laboratory at Swarthmore College, and at his ﬁeld sites in Vietnam and other locations, Harrison works with students and speakers of minority and endangered languages to create Talking Dictionaries and other digital tools. Harrison co-starred in Ironbound Films’ Emmy-nominated 2008 documentary ﬁlm The Linguists, bringing attention to efforts to preserve dying languages. He is a member of the Daylight Academy, and an honorary researcher at New York Botanical Garden’s Center for Plants, People, and Cultures. His work has been awarded funding from the NEH, NSF, Microsoft Research, National Geographic Society, and private donors. Harrison has authored several books and lectures widely on the value of linguistic and cultural diversity.

Indigenous Peoples’ Issues at the United Nations: Accomplishments and Challenges

Mirian Masaquiza Jerez, Indigenous Peoples and Development Branch-Secretariat of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Mirian Masaquiza Jerez is a Kichwa woman from Salasaca, one of the Indigenous Peoples in Ecuador. Mirian possesses extensive knowledge and experience in areas impacting Indigenous Peoples, including gender issues, Indigenous women, climate change, cultural and educational matters, interagency relations, outreach and communication, management, and political analysis. She brings over 20 years of professional experience at the international level. She is currently a Senior Social Affairs Ofﬁcer in the Indigenous Peoples and Development Branch at the Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) within DESA. In this role, she oversees the implementation of the Forum’s mandate and leads substantive work on Indigenous issues at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Before this, Mirian served as an Advisor at Ecuador’s Ministry of Cultural and National Heritage, where she provided invaluable insights. Notably, she made history as the ﬁrst Indigenous diplomat in the Permanent Mission of Ecuador to the United Nations in New York. Additionally, Mirian served as an Advisor at the Cabinet of the Presidency during the 63rd session of the UN General Assembly. From 2004- 2008, Mirian worked as an Associate Social Affairs Ofﬁcer at the Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in DESA, contributing signiﬁcantly to the Forum’s initiatives and operations. Before joining the Secretariat, she was actively involved in one of the three main national Indigenous Peoples’ organizations in Ecuador and undertook consultancy work for the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Interamerican Development Bank (IADB). Mirian is ﬂuent in Kichwa, her Indigenous language, as well as Spanish and English.

Conference Schedule

8:00am-9:00am	Check-In
9:00am–9:30am	Welcome/Coffee
9:30am–10:00am	Indigenous Ceremony & Opening Remarks Room: IMU Frangipani Room Indigenous Ceremony Nayo Ulloa, Peruvian musician, composer and poet Land Acknowledgement Michael Ing, Director of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Program Miguel E. Ayllon, Associate Vice President for International Affairs John Ciorciari, Dean, Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies Serafín M. Coronel-Molina, CGIS Chair & Morten Oxenboell, CGIS Co-Chair
10:00am–11:00am	Individual Papers: Indigenous Oral Traditions, Scripts, and Linguistic Heritage Room: IMU Sassafras 10:00 am - 10:30 am “Where We Left Off, There We Begin”: Poetic Speech in Panay Bukidnon Sugidanon Epics David Gowey, Arizona State University 10:30 am - 11:00 am Old Tatar (Arabic) Script: Key to the Heritage of Tatars Gulshat Saﬁullina, Indiana University Bloomington
10:00am–11:00am	Individual Papers: Indigenous Rights and Governance II Room: IMU Walnut 10:00 am - 10:30 am Advancing Indigenous Self-Governance: Inter/National Relations in the Canadian Context Nicole Bulger (Burns), University of Waterloo David Codzi, Behdzi Ahda First Nation 10:30 am - 11:00 am Public Law and Horizontal Inequalities of Indigenous Peoples in the Fifth Scheduled Areas of India – Towards a Decolonial and Sustainable Paradigm of Governance Aashish Xaxa, IIT Gandhinagar
10:00am–11:00am	Individual Papers: Language Revitalization and Intergenerational Knowledge Transfer Room: IMU Maple 10:00 am - 10:30 am Hagan-Haga’: Language Lifeblood and Legacy in ChamoRu Kaylani Hocog Manglona, University of Pennsylvania 10:30 am - 11:00 am Intergenerational Teaching-Learning and the Future of the Kanoé Language as Ancestral Language Leticia de Souza Aquino, Universidade de Brasilia (UNB) - Brazil Mical Kanoé, Funai - Funda?ão Nacional dos Povos Indigenas
10:00am–11:00am	Individual Paper: Indigenous Language Revitalization Room: IMU Persimmon 10:00 am - 10:30 am Challenges for the Revitalization of Tupari, an Endangered Tupian Language of the Brazilian Amazon Adam Roth Singerman, Syracuse University
10:00am–11:00am	Individual Papers: Indigenous Representation in Media and Stories Room: IMU Red Bud 10:00 am - 10:30 am Acting Good: Indigenous Sitcoms and the Impact of Humor in the Public Sphere Sarah Seroy, University of New Mexico 10:30 am - 11:00 am Forest Stories from Mumbai City Lisa Björkman, University of Louisville
10:00am–11:00am	Roundtable Discussions Room: IMU Oak Critical Engagement with “Indigeneity” in Tibetan and Himalayan Ontologies and Experiences Huatse Gyal, Rice University Eveline Washul, Indiana University Mabel Denzin Gergan, Vanderbilt University Dawa Lokyitsang, University of Colorado Tsering Wangmo, Washington University Sanggay Tashi, University of Colorado Phurwa Gurung, University of Colorado Roundtable Discussions Room: IMU Dogwood Navigating Western Academia and Claiming Indigeneity by the Indigenous Graduate Students from Bangladesh Dinalo Chakma (Moderator), University of Florida Ukhengching Marma (Moderator), Massachusetts Institute of Technology Creating Linguistic Representation from the Global South to Debunk the Colonized Mindset in the Global North Ukhengching Marma, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA Foregrounding Subaltern Voices: Researching Indigenous Diasporic Challenges in a Multicultural Society Bishudwy Dewan, University of Saskatchewan, Canada Researching Gendered Violence and the Lived Experience of Indigenous Women Leaders: Navigating the University, Community and the Self Parboti Roy, University of British Columbia, Canada
11:00am–12:00pm	Keynote Address 1: Indigenous Peoples’ Issues at the United Nations: Accomplishments and Challenges Room: IMU Frangipani Miriam Masaquiza Jerez Indigenous Peoples and Development Branch-Secretariat of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
12:00pm–1:30pm	Lunch Boxes Will Be Provided in the IMU (Tree Suites Lounge)
1:30pm–2:00pm	Transit From IMU to Hamilton Lugar School (HLS) and Coffee Break
2:00pm–4:00pm	Individual Papers: Language Policy, Multilingualism, and Multiculturalism Room: HLS 1122 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm Language Policy in Turkey and Linguiciding Indigenous Languages: Kurdish as a Case Study Hewa S. Khalid, Indiana University 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm Loanword Adaptation in Supporting Language Maintenance and Revitalization DeAndré A. Espree-Conaway, University of Oregon 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Promoting Multilingualism & Cultural Diversity: The Positioning of African Languages in Midwestern US Universities Paul O. Ntinda, Indiana University 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm Governance Structure for Multicultural Education Policy Implementation for Indigenous and Ethnic Communities: The Case of the Afro-Colombian Studies Program and the Raizal Community Shelly McLean Bent, Indiana University
2:00pm–4:00pm	Individual Papers: Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Environmental Wisdom Room: GA3067 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm African Indigenous Knowledge Systems on Environmental Stewardship Expressed Through Folktales Hasiyatu Abubakari, University of Ghana
2:00pm–4:00pm	Individual Papers: Legal and Methodological Approaches to Environmental Justice Room: HLS 1112 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm Environmental Personhood in Ecuador: A Case Study of the Napurak Achuar Indigenous Community Seo Yoon (Yoonie) Yang, University of Pennsylvania 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm The Value of Expertise Anne Pyburn, Indiana University Bloomington
2:00pm–4:00pm	Individual Papers: Economic & Cultural Practice of Indigenous Languages Room: HLS 1106 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm The “Barua”: An Untold Bengali Based Ethnic Minority Community Sanjoy Barua Chowdhury, Mahidol University 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm Is There a Wage Penalty for Speaking an Indigenous Language? Exploring Economic Outcomes among Native Americans in the U.S. Daniel Murillo, The University of Minnesota 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Global South Indigenous Linguistic and Cultural Manifestation in Chicagoland Santiago Gualapuro Gualapuro, Southern Illinois University
2:00pm–4:00pm	Individual Papers: Indigenous Knowledge, Language, and Soft Power Room: HLS 1118 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm Archivo Mesoamericano/Mesoamerican Archive Digital Video Preservation of the Indigenous Cultural Heritage and Political Memory of El Salvador, Mexico, and Nicaragua Luis A. González & Michelle Dalmau, Indiana University Libraries 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm La Lengua Quechua como Poder Blando para el Desarrollo Nacional del Perú Edith Benavente Solis, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Beyond the Numbers: Reimagining Indigenous Life through Critical Demography Hayley Maritza Serpa, Yale University
2:00pm–4:00pm	Individual Papers: (Socio)linguistics of Indigenous Languages Room: HLS 1134 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm The Laboratory of Language Research: Variation Across Zophei Dialects of Burma/Myanmar Samson Lotven and Van Nei Par, Indiana University 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm Jopara: Conversational Code Switching Between Spanish and Guarani a Sociolinguistic Study Maria A. Mareco, Afﬁliation Speak Up! ELS 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm The Structure and Use of Interrogative Sentences in Sorani Kurdish as Indigenous Dialect in the Middle East Aram Hanson, George Mason University 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm The Indigenous Name Kurds/Kurdistan and Its Origin Rezan Qadir Abdullah, University of Sulaimani
2:00pm–4:00pm	Panel Presentations Room: Shreve Auditorium Mother-Tongue Based Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE) in Times of Conflict: Learnings from Myanmar Sub-Theme: Policies and Politics of Indigenous and Endangered Languages Moderator: Mya Sandi Aung, Education Director-MEC Panelists: MEC’s partners implementing MTB-MLE (TBD) Submission: Myanmar Education Consortium (MEC) in collaboration with education providers from six ethnic groups that have collaborated with MEC in development of MTB- MLE capacity building programme in relevant languages including Mon, Shan, Karen, Karenni, Kayan and Kachin: Centre for Rural Education & Development (CRED), Karen Education & Culture Department (KECD), Karen Teachers Working Group (KTWG), Kayan New Generation Youth (KNGY), Kachin Education Consortium (KEC), Mon National Education Committee (MNEC) and Seh Theh Foundation (STF)/ Karenni Education Department.
3:00pm–5:00pm	Panel Presentations Room: HLS 1128 Dissident Tactics: Defending Land and Making Memory in South America Olga Rodríguez-Ulloa (Chair & Moderator), Indiana University Bloomington Forest Politics: The Mujeres Amazónicas’ Fight Against Extractivism in Ecuador Andrea Sempértegui, Whitman College Occupy the Plantation: Black and Indigenous Struggles for Life in Colombia’s Cauca River Valley Mathilda Shepard, Texas Tech University Ungovernable Memories: Theorizing the Travesti Archive Cynthia Meléndez, New York University
3:30pm–4:30pm	Individual Papers: Indigenous Wisdom, Sustainability, Change, and Environmental Practices Room: HLS GA3134 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm Sustainable Practices Nurture Health and Well-being Among Indonesia’s Indigenous Suku Anak Dalam (SAD) Sadar Ginting and Etti Sudaryati, University of Sumatera Utara 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm Sacred Waters: Integrating Indigenous Wisdom for Environmental Resilience Edith Freeze, Pachacamek Foundation
3:30pm–4:30pm	Individual Papers: Indigenous Art, Textiles, and Cultural Identity Room: HLS GA1060 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm The Kurds and Their Indigenous Costumes DLshad Aziz Marf, University of Sulaimani 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm Negotiating Native Nations and Names: (Re)Naming Without (Re)Erasing Michael E. Chaness, SUNY Oswego
3:00pm–4:00pm	Poster Sessions Location: HLS STAIRS HALL Posters will remain up throughout the conference, presenters will be available with their posters at this time. Decolonizing Education in Bangladesh: Indigenous-Led Initiatives for Academic Success and Language Revitalization Daw Sing Nue Marma, University of Cincinnati The Comparative Ethnographic Gaze: Framing the Indigenous in South Africa and the United States Alex Lichtenstein, Indiana University Josh Sinnett, Indiana University Resurgence as Practice in the Sāmoan Diaspora: Photographs, Reconnection, and Reimagination Olivia Palepoi, Purdue University From Amazon to Silicon Valley: A Call for Social Responsibility from Large Startups in Introducing Technologies for Minorized Languages Leticia de Souza Aquino, Universidade de Brasília (UNB) – Brazil Mical Kanoé, Funai – Fundação Nacional dos Povos Indígenas What It Means to be Nogai in the 21st Century? Gulshat Saﬁullina, Indiana University Bloomington Decolonization, Education, and Indigenous Identity in Plurinational Bolivia Yhovana Karen Chura Cussi, Washington University
5:00pm–6:00pm	Film/documentary Screenings Room: HLS Shreve Auditorium Khata: a Beloved and Sacred Indigenous Tibetan Object Huatse Gyal, Rice University This 45-minute ﬁlm juxtaposes the sense of “purity” and good intentions behind the Tibetan tradition of offering long white scarves to religious teachers with the “pollution” of the environmental impacts of its mass proliferation. The ﬁlm follows the proliferation of the custom in contemporary society and how scarves are now offered or otherwise employed in a variety of contexts, and colors.
6:00pm–7:00pm	Film/documentary Screenings Room: HLS Shreve Auditorium Award Winning Documentary ‘Mother Tongue’ (about Quechua language maintenance and revitalization) Gabina Funegra, The University of New South Wales “Mother Tongue is a body of work that comprises of four visual ethnographic ﬁlm studies, with each ﬁlm a companion to the next. This develops a varied approach to the study, working through theoretical issues raised by her original visual ﬁlm research work with diverse communities across the globe engaged in the revitalization of the Quechua language.” - UNSW News

8:30am–9:00am	Welcome/Coffee
9:00am–11:00am	Individual Papers: Indigenous Perspectives on Law and Justice Room: HLS 005 9:00 am - 9:30 am State and Criminal Justice System: Experience of Indigenous People in India Ronica Vungmuankim, University of Tübingen 9:30 am - 10:00 am A Juxtaposition of Indigenous and Western Perspectives on the Concept and Practice of Dispensing Justice Tezenlo Thong, Independent Scholar 10:00 am - 10:30 am The Protection of Indigenous Minorities in the Congolese Legal Order: A Critical Study of the Constitutional and Legal Frameworks Odiko Lokanga Charles & Tshiamala Banungana Christian, University of Kinshasa
9:00am–11:00am	Individual Papers: Media, Technology, and Linguistic Data Sovereignty in Language Revitalization Room: HLS 1122 9:00 am - 9:30 am Using Video as a Research Method to Revitalize Endangered Languages Gabina Funegra, The University of New South Wales 9:30 am - 10:00 am Data Sovereignty as a Foundation for Indigenous Language Material Development Ashleigh Surma, Elliot Thornton, Logan Swango, and Dorothea Hoffmann, The Language Conservancy 10:00 am - 10:30 am Medición de la reversión del desplazamiento del Ckunza de San Pedro de Atacama: una primera aproximación (‘Measuring the Reversal of the Displacement of the Ckunza Language of San Pedro de Atacama: A First Approximation’) Elizabeth Mónica Torrico Ávila, Universidad de Antofagasta Roberto Guerra-Mejía, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
9:00am–11:00am	Individual Papers: Technology and Language Documentation and Revitalization Room: HLS 1128 9:00 am - 9:30 am Mobile Picture Dictionary: A Tool for Decolonizing Education, Second Language Acquisition, and Indigenous Language Revitalization Daw Sing Nue Marma, University of Cincinnati 9:30 am - 10:00 am Digitization of Folk Literature by Citizen Archivists in Indic Languages: A Look at the Indic Oral Culture Project Amrit Suﬁ, Independent Scholar 10:00 am - 10:30 am Mipaselak to Sowal no Pangcah: A Digital Ethnography of Two Open ‘Amis/Pangcah Language Platforms’, ‘Amis MoeDict’ and ‘Amis Wikipitiya’ Coleton Hast, National Dong Hwa University 10:30 am - 11:00 am Preserving Indigenous Languages through Community-Led Digitization Winston Scott, Mayan Languages Preservation Project
9:00am–11:00am	Individual Papers: Decolonizing Education and Integrating Indigenous Knowledge Room: HLS 1106 9:00 am - 9:30 am Kinship & Gifting: An Indigenous Fijian Framework of Teaching & Learning Sereima Baleisomi and Laisa Vuetaki, Fiji National University 9:30 am - 10:00 am Decolonizing Pakistan’s Education: The Integration of Indigenous Languages as Medium of Instruction Yamna Khan, Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology Karachi 10:30 am - 11:00 am Indigenous Literature in the Spanish Undergraduate Curriculum in the United States Ana María Ferreira, University of Indianapolis
9:00am–11:00am	Individual Papers: Indigenous Pedagogy and Cultural Knowledge Preservation Room: HLS 003 9:00 am - 9:30 am Estimulación, Enseñanza y Aprendizaje en el Mundo Indígena Andino; Caso Ocpote - Ecuador Ñuka Yachag Ñukanchipak Yachag Tukaypak Yachag Bacilio Segundo Pomaina Pilamunga, Universidad Intercultural de las Nacionalidades y Pueblos Indígenas Amauta Wasi Ecuador 9:30 am - 10:00 am Educating Indigenous Children in the Ancient Knowledge of the Coca Leaves Rites: ESX/COCA Alexandra McNichols-Torroledo, Independent Public Speaker, Journalist and Photographer 10:00 am - 10:30 am ‘Barriers to Effective Literacy Development and Solutions in Indigenous Communities in Cameroon: The Case of the Mbororo Women in the North West East and Adamawa Regions’ Kingah Kemdjei Petronilla, University of Yaounde I Cameroon 10:30 am - 11:00 am Attributional Beliefs of Native American Teachers: Understanding Student Success and Struggle in Mathematics Selim Yavuz, Erik Jacobson and Mariela Duarte Mejia, Indiana University
9:00am–11:00am	Individual Papers: Indigenous Land Defense and Resistance Room: HLS GA2134 9:00 am - 9:30 am Oxaca y la Defensa de la Tierra: Una Mirada Retrospectiva Óscar Rodríguez Rodríguez, Universidad de Guanajuato 9:30 am - 10:00 am The Sacred Motherland: Indigenous Discourse and Solidarities in the TIPNIS Road Conﬂict in Bolivia Danny Daniel Mollericona Alfaro, Yale University 10:00 am - 10:30 am 'O Haumea Nui Āiwaiwa: J. W. H. I. Kihe’s Intellectual Sovereignty and the Biopolitics of Kānaka Maoli Wahine Disenfranchisement in the Territory of Hawaiʻi Kamalani Johnson, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa 10:30 am - 11:00 am Methylmercury: The Poison That is Killing Indigenous Communities in America Produced by Hydroelectrics Alexandra McNichols-Torroledo Independent Public Speaker, Journalist and Photographer
9:00am–11:00am	Panel Presentations Room: HLS 1112 Braiding Bodewadmi Knowledges & Science: Indigenizing Narratives & Methodologies Chair: David Nichols Matthew Beil, University of Kansas Kay Kakensasot Mattena, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Bodwewadmi Historical Practice in Language and Tradition Matthew Beil, University of Kansas Braiding Archaeology and Body Modiﬁcations: CBPR with the Potawatomi Nation Tattoo Society Kay Kakendasot Mattena, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
9:00am–11:00am	Panel Presentations Room: HLS 1118 Thinking with Indigeneity in Tibetan Education and Research Tsehuajab Washul, University of Virginia Bernard Perley, University of British Columbia, The Canadian Anthropology Society (CASCA) “We Intend to stay on our ancestral land”: Restoring Homeland by Revitalizing Intergenerational Relationships in Eastern Tibet Huatse Gyal, Rice University Recognizing the Face of Indigenous Homeland: A Tibetan Pedagogy of the Land Tashi Dekyid Monet, University of Virginia Constructs of Childhood in Tibetan Contexts: Holistic Parenting and Education of Pastoralist Children Tsepakjab Washul, University of Virginia Indigenous Knowledge and Inclusion: Examining Tibetan Students’ Experiences in China’s Higher Education Dak Lhagyal, University of Melbourne
9:00am–11:00am	Panel Presentations Room: HLS 1134 Indigeneity and Bureaucracy in Asia Discussant: Andrew Carruthers, University of Pennsylvania Aaron Su, Princeton University Yu Liang, Cornell University Xiao Schutte-Ke, University of Pennsylvania Kamal Kariem, Williams College
11:00am–12:00pm	Keynote Address 2: Indigenous Languages and the Environment Room: Shreve Auditorium K. David Harrison Vin University, National Geographic Society
12:00pm–1:00pm	Lunch on Your Own Two food trucks will be available near the conference venue
1:00pm–2:30pm	Individual Papers: Indigenous Rights and Environmental Conﬂicts Room: HLS 1112 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm The Fight for Indigenous Rights in the New Indonesian Capital City of Nusantara: Cronyism, Deforestation, Indigenous Marginalization, and Ecological Disasters Calvin Ho, City University of Hong Kong 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm Taming the Tusker: Class, Caste, and Politics of Indigenous Community’s Struggle on Human-Animal Conﬂict in Southern India Abhilash Thadathil, Centre for Development Studies Thiruvananthapuram Kerala 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm Cultures, Conﬂicts, and Communities: A Study of the Biocultural Rights of the Indigenous 42022 Peoples in the Indian State of Manipur and the Balochistan Region of Pakistan Dr. Rohtash, Panjan University Aneesha Singla, Panjab University
1:00pm–2:30pm	Individual Papers: Identity, Knowledge, and Resistance Room: HLS GA2134 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm The Term “Western Medicine”: An Overgeneralization That Neglects Indigenous Traditional Medicine Carlos Alberto Rosas-Jiménez, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm Indigeneity in Exile: Christianity Sanctuary and the Articulation of Kawthoolei Nation in a Rustbelt Town Chao Ren, Hamilton College 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm Learning from Moʻo to (Re)imagine Research: A Kanaka Ōiwi Methodology Austin Morgan Kainoa Peters, Purdue University
1:00pm–3:00pm	Individual Papers: Cultural Survivance & Agency in Social Media Room: HLS GA2067 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm Cultural Survivance in the Pohnpeian Diaspora Jayvaughn Fredrick Peter, Purdue University 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm Auto-Translation Can be Sick: The Mistranslation of Igbo Words in Social Media Labels Chimee Adịọha, University of California, Irvine Justice Adịọha, Shefﬁeld Hallam University 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm Revitalizing Voices: The Video-Poem Marathon in Indigenous Languages by PEN International, Making Silenced Languages Visible Urtzi Urrutikoetxea, GARABIDE & PEN International 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm Personhood and Agency in Indigenous Films Anthony Adah Minnesota State University Moorhead
1:00pm–2:30pm	Individual Papers: Indigenous Activism, Resistance and Solidarity in the Diaspora Room: HLS 1128 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm Chakma Musical Activism: Building Indigenous Consciousness and Contesting State Propaganda in Postcolonial Bangladesh Dinalo Chakma, University of Florida 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm Kurds as an Indigenous People: Their Domestic Resistance and Global Contribution to Cultural and Environmental Protection Dr. Qaraman M. Hasan, University of Houston Law Center
1:00pm–3:00pm	Individual Papers: Indigenous Resistance in the Face of Colonialism Room: HLS GA3134 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm Chuvash: An Indigenous Language as a Weapon of the Weak During the War in Ukraine Aleksei Rumiantsev, Indiana University Bloomington 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm Finding Sovereignty: Relational Reciprocity in Re-Dressing Archives Keshia De Freece Lawrence, Harvard University 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm Between a Name and a Number: The Story of a Colonial Erasure Abdul Aijaz, Indiana University 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm Reclaiming Hesquiaht Language and Land: Stories of Language Revitalization and Redeveloping Understandings of Hesquiaht Places Chuutsqa L. Rorick, Hesquiaht Woman, Hesquiaht Language Program
1:00pm–2:30pm	Individual Papers: Indigenous Education, Identity and Cultural Activism Room: HLS GA3067 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm Indigenous Futurisms: Kichwa Hip-Hop and Contemporary Cultural Activism in the Ecuadorian Andes Amy E. Chalán Vacacela, Harvard University 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm Teaching Indigenous Peruvian Dance to Non-Indigenous People to Conserve the Values Rubén Pachas, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1:00pm–3:00pm	Individual Papers: Language Maintenance, Shift, and Mother Tongue Education Room: HLS 003 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm Language Shift and Maintenance and the Role of Mothers in Gujri Language in Home Domain, Pakistan Mujahid Shah, Abdul Wali Khan University 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm First Language-Based Multilingual Education in Africa and Asia and the Indigenous Language Revitalization Movement: Bridging Gaps, Creating Synergies Kirk R. Person, Mahidol University (Thailand) and SIL International 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm La Voluntad: Supervivencia del Quechua en Argentina Lelia Inés Albarracín, Universidad Nacional de Santiago del Estero 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm La Organización de la Comunidad Kichwa Otavalo en Chicago y la Importancia de la Lengua Materna Tamia Muenala, Kichwa Community of Chicago Gladys De la Torre, Kichwa Community of Chicago
1:00pm–3:00pm	Interactive Workshop Room: HLS GA1060 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm What Makes a Language Legitimate?: Pedagogical Activities Focused on Language Preservation and Revitalization in Morocco Jennifer Lund, University of Michigan Amy Frontier, Pioneer High School Abderrahim Er-Ragragi, University of Michigan 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Reclaiming Indigenous Languages and Stewardship in a Changing Arctic and Beyond Rochelle Adams, Alaska Public Interest Research Group Language Access Tea Annauk Olin, Kiuġzat Consulting LLC Erin Willahan, Alaska Public Interest Research Group Language Access Tea Veri di Suvero, Alaska Public Interest Research Group Language Access Tea
1:00pm–3:00pm	Roundtable Discussions Location: HLS 1106 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Troubling the Community-Based Research Timeline: Reﬂections from Collaborative Indigenous Language Projects Nathalie Martinez (Chair), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Gerónimo Ramirez & Francisco Ajanel Vicente, Comunidad Sol Juana Juan-Pedro & Engracia Juan Sebastian, Pixan Konob’ Maisa Taha & Lisa Lynn Brooks, Montclair State University Robert Henderson, University of Arizona Juan Ajsivinac Sian, Kaqchikel Amaq 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Musical Language Activism in Mesoamerica and Beyond Benjamin Daniel Salinas (Organizer), Brown University Jonah Francese, University of Chicago Roberto Young, University of Chicago Bethany Battafarano, University of Chicago
2:30pm–4:00pm	Individual Papers: Indigenous Rights and Territorial Identity Room: HLS 1112 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm Introduction and Exhibitions on the Ancient Tibetan Thread-Crosses: The Mystical Art of Rgyang Bu or Ljang Bu, and Namkh Sonam Nyima, Geshe Sherab Tenzin, Menri Monastery, Shimla, Himachal Pardesh India 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Reorienting the Discussion on the Implementation of Consultation and Free, Prior and Informed Consent in Latin America Leonardo J. Alvarado, Fort Lewis College 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm The Complexity of Identities and Narratives Through the Lens of Native American and Indigenous Muslim Stories Petra Alsoofy, Institute for Social Policy and Understanding
2:30pm–3:30pm	Individual Papers: Women’s Mental Health, Well-Being and Spirituality Room: HLS 007 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm Understanding the Mental Health Challenges, Service Needs, and Potential Interventions for Women from the Ethnic Indigenous Irish Traveller Community Presenting to Emergency Departments (ED) with Suicidal Ideation in Ireland James O. Mahony and Katerina Kavalidou, University College Cork Leah Quinlivan, The University of Manchester Dr. Joseph Tighe, Bilibio Clinic, Mona Vale, NSW, Australia 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Shâmaran’s Legacy: Kurdish Indigeneity, Feminine Spirituality, and Contemporary Resonance Dilsa Deniz, Independent Researcher
2:30pm–4:00pm	Individual Papers: Indigenous Peoples Narratives, Identities and Climate Change Room: HLS 009 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm “To be Bahnar, we have to be equal with the Yuăn (Kinh people)” Bahnar youth’s education: contested identity between tradition, colonialism and modernism Huy Tran-Phuoc-Lam, Vin University 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Climate Change and Global Environmental Governance: The History and Role of Indigenous Peoples Participation in the UNFCCC Beatriz Lima Ribeiro, Indiana University Bloomington 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm Degrees of Indigeneity: Indigenous Identities in the Art of Cusco Siraye Herron, The University of Oklahoma
2:00pm–4:00pm	Panel Presentations Room: HLS 1118 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Creating a Positive and Safe Environment for Language Revitalization: Insights from the All Our Kin Collective at Fort Lewis College Janine Fitzgerald, Trish Hamilton, Laurel Grimes, Moriah Arthur, Sarah Silins, Caylin Ingram, and Kevan Joe Fort Lewis College A New Framework for Intergenerational Language Sustainability Skills Training Darren Flavelle and Jordan Lachler University of Alberta
2:00pm–4:00pm	Panel Presentations Room: HLS 1134 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Indigenous Oral Tradition, Film, and Literature: P’urhépecha and Zapotec Sovereignty/Autonomy in Mexico Angelica Waner, Estefania Morales, Adelaida Rama, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of California Los Angeles Becoming the Iguana: Guchachi’ Reza, Zapotec Identity, and Autonomy Angelica Waner, Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Associate (Chair/Moderator and Presenter), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Stories from the Lake: Cultural Sovereignty in the P’urhépecha Region Estefania Morales, University of California, Los Angeles Cherán K’eri: Where the Fire Lives and Feeds on Memory Adelaida Rama, University of California, Los Angeles
4:00pm–5:00pm	Keynote Address 3: Locally-Based, Globally Relevant: Indigenous Knowledge, Values, and Practices for Nature Room: Shreve Auditorium Eduardo S. Brondizio Center for the Analysis of Social-Ecological Landscapes, Indiana University
5:30pm–8:00pm	Saturday Night Social Event Room: HLS Atrium 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm Dinner & Indigenous Musical Performance by Nayo Ulloa Nayo Ulloa, Peruvian musician, composer and poet

8:30am–9:00am	Welcome/Coffee
9:00am–10:30am	Individual Papers: Indigenous Health Practices and the Integration of Traditional Knowledge Room: HLS 1122 9:00 am - 9:30 am Integration of the Underlying Approach of Indigenous Traditional Medicine into National Healthcare Policy in Bolivia Carlos Alberto Rosas-Jiménez, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada 9:30 am - 10:00 am Sistemas de Conocimiento de los Pueblos Indígenas en Colombia y la Fisioterapia: Técnicas, Tecnologías Ancestrales en el Proceso de Sanación y la Terapia Física Isabel Guerrero Cuaspu, Universidad del Valle 10:00 am - 10:30 am Quechua Women Healing from Forced Sterilization: From Soul Loss to Communal Futures Lucía Isabel Stavig, Indiana University Alexander Rocha Borrego, Temple University
9:00am–10:30am	Individual Papers: Indigenous Women’s Struggles and Activism Room: HLS GA1060 9:00 am - 9:30 am Indigenous Women in the Philippines: A Continuing Struggle for Land and Life Sharon Caringal Julian Advincula, Jr., University of the Philippines Manila 9:30 am - 10:00 am The Experiences of the Indigenous Women Leaders and Activists in Addressing Gendered and Sexual Violence in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Bangladesh Parboti Roy, University of British Columbia 10:00 am - 10:30 am Indigenous Feminicidio Liza Black, Indiana University
9:00am–10:00am	Individual Papers: Indigenous Identity and Religious Syncretism Room: HLS GA2134 9:00 am - 9:30 am Unto All Nations: The Place of Christianity in Mayan Cultural Revivalism Zayan Chaudhry, Abigayle Breitner, Zoe Pappas, María Luz García, Eastern Michigan University
9:00am–10:30am	Indigenous Knowledge & Language in Transnational Contexts Room: HLS 1106 9:00 am - 9:30 am From Africa to Jamaica: Indigenous Knowledge Endangered at Home and Revitalized in Diaspora Simon Pierre Munyaneza, Indiana University 9:30 am - 10:00 am Crafting Transnational Digital Connections: Motivations, Scope, and Limitations Yhovana Karen Chura Cussi, Washington University 10:00 am - 10:30 am The Impact of Immigration on the Linguistic Security in Morocco Rachid Iseksioui, Enseignant-Chercheur, Université Cadi Ayyad, fsjes-Marrakech
9:00am–11:00am	Panel Presentations Room: HLS 1112 Construyendo redes de sentido de pertenencia e identidad kichwa a través de una celebración importante para los pueblos originarios del sur, el Inti Raymi, que engloba la transimision transgeneracional de música, danza, lengua y tradiciones, logrando ser reconocida por la ciudad de Chicago en el 2024. Sandra Tituaña, Jenny Conejo, Inti Raymi Chicago Justiﬁcación Además, de detectar varias problemáticas en la comunidad de jóvenes y niños Kichwas y de pueblos originarios nacidos en Chicago y por ende en Estados Unidos, se busca establecer un modelo de programa y buscar espacios, alianzas con instituciones académicas, de investigación y comunitarias, que reconozcan la importancia del trabajo conjunto para preservar las lenguas Indígenas en de Ecuador y por ende sería un modelo para aplicar en demás comunidades Indígenas que por motivos de migración , se encuentren en la misma problemática, ya que es de conocimiento general que para el 2100 se proyecta que abran muerto muchas leguas Indígenas ya que carecen de conocimiento escrito y toda la transmisión es oral, y más aún si nuestros niños se encuentran lejos de sus raíces. Lo cual estas alianzas permitirán desarrollar programas de revitalización y poder de escuchar más historias de vida de vida y experiencia.
9:00am–10:00am	Interactive Workshop Room: HLS 1118 Yaamanda yanay barriyaygu? Jedison Wells, Charles Darwin University This workshop invites participants to explore the original language collections by asking Yaamanda yanay barriyaygu? (‘Will you come to the window’). Titled Barriyay for short, the framework views texts from four vantage points in time and being. Utilising constructivist approaches informed by Narrative Practice, Standpoint Theory, and Indigenous Knowledge Methods, the framework aims to keep open a dialogue about how data might be revised, disappear, or otherwise be reconﬁgured by prioritising in-place relations of research work and keeping active the social practices of kin that keeps knowledge what it is.
9:00am–11:00am	Roundtable Discussions Room: HLS 1134 9:00 am - 10:00 am Translation and mapping the meaning making of key concepts of the Multi-Dimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) in Diné Bizaad (Navajo) language Facilitators: Tapati Dutta, Fort Lewis College Jon Agley, Indiana University Camille Keith, Fort Lewis College
11:00am–12:00pm	Keynote Address 4: Self-Determination and Resistance Through Our Languages Room: Shreve Auditorium Aluki Kotierk Nunavut Tuungavik President, United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
12:00pm–1:30pm	Lunch on Your Own Two food trucks will be available near the conference venue
1:30pm–3:00pm	Individual Papers: Indigenous Activism, Protests and Political Movements Room: HLS 1112 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm An Analysis of Critical Infrastructure Protection, Police Action, and Protests in Canada Sarah Seroy, University of New Mexico
1:00pm–3:00pm	Panel Presentations Room: HLS 003 Exploring the Intersection of Technology and Revitalization Lexicography Moderator: Shobhana Chelliah, Indiana University Bloomington Presenters: Ugonna Ahumibe, Margaret Carpenter, Messum Alam, Grayson Pettit, Joel Jenkins Discussant: Nikolina Zenovic Case Studies in Revitalization Lexicography Shobhana Chelliah, Indiana University Bloomington Ownership & Sovereignty in Lexicography Grayson Pettit, Indiana University Bloomington Word Grammar and Dictionaries of Saraiki Messum Alam, Indiana University Bloomington Developing an Igbo Dictionary for Children Ugonna Ahumibe & Margaret Carpenter, Indiana University Bloomington Creating Words for Health Communication in an Indigenous context Joel Jenkins, Indiana University Bloomington
2:00pm–3:00pm	Roundtable Discussion Room: HLS 1118 Recentering Indigeneity with Area Studies? Sam Bass, University of Toronto Gardner Bovingdon, Indiana University Bloomington Sara Conrad, Bradley University Jessica Storey-Nagy, Indiana University Bloomington
1:30pm–2:30pm	Interactive Workshops Room: HLS 1118 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm Decolonizing Education: Integrating Indigenous Languages into the Curriculum – Lessons from Pakistan Yamna Khan, Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology Karachi 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm Nubia’s Playground: Indigenous Nile Valley Values through Language, Art and Play Rachel Nefertari Akhet Boveja, American Research Center in Egypt and Indiana University
1:30pm–3:00pm	Individual Papers: Indigenous Media, Film and Futurism Room: HLS 1112 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm “Going into the Other Worlds”: Helen Haig-Brown’s Film “The Cave” as Native Slipstream Yu Wang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm Programming Indigeneity: Viewing Native People in Media Studies Amar Wayal, VIT-AP University 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm “Spaceship to Turtle Island”: Native Slipstream and Notions of Space/Time through Indigenous Hip Hop Futurism Jonah Francese, University of Chicago
1:30pm–3:00pm	Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Community Relations Room: HLS 1128 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm Storying Ljavek on Lands and Waters Occupied by Kaohsiung City: Exploring Affective Dimensions of Community Formations, Relationships, and Futurities Yang Hsun Hou, University of Washington 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm Salmonberry Birds and Flower Petal Stars: Linguistic Transmission of Calendar Knowledge David Stringer, Indiana University 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm The Lives of Others: Indigenous Studies and the Disciplines Ruramisai Charumbira, University of Western Ontario
1:30pm–3:00pm	Individual Papers: Indigenous Cosmology, Cultural Erasure, and Resilience Room: HLS GA1060 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm Brazilian Palimpsest: Erasure & Swallowing in Denilson Baniwa Bruna Kalil Othero Fernandes, Indiana University 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm Whispers of Sacred Uplands: Musings of Mountains and Motherland Bramsh Khan, Syracuse University 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm The Principle of Collectivity Against the Wakcha in the Literary Testimony of Máximo Damián: An Alternative to Represent the Quechua Voice Santiago Huamani, Eddy Rafael, Indiana University
1:30pm–3:00pm	Individual Papers: Language Contact, Technological Impact, Well-being and Collaborative Documentation Room: HLS 1106 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm Outcomes of Language Contact in the Sprachbund of Chittagong Hill Tract of Bangladesh A. B. M. Razaul Karim Faquire, University of Dhaka 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm From Amazon to Silicon Valley: A Call for Social Responsibility from Large Startups in Introducing Technologies for Minorized Languages Leticia de Souza Aquino, Universidade de Brasília (UNB) – Brazil Mical Kanoé, Funai – Fundação Nacional dos Povos Indígenas 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm Relation-Based Well-Being and its Temporalities in Southwestern Amazonia Pirjo Kristiina, Virtanen, University of Helsinki 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Documenting Diné and Lakota Ways of Communicating through Community-Driven, Collaborative Tribal Organization – University Partnerships Jolyana Begay-Kroupa (Navajo), Phoenix Indian Center Emmy Her Many Horses-Michaud (Lakota), Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation Richard Henne-Ochoa, Indiana University
3:30pm–4:00pm	Indigenous Ceremony & Closing Remarks Location: Shreve Auditorium Indigenous Ceremony Nayo Ulloa, Peruvian musician, composer and poet Miguel E. Ayllon, Associate Vice President for International Affairs Serafín M. Coronel-Molina, CGIS Chair & Morten Oxenboell, CGIS Co-Chair

Conference Support

Organizing Committee

Serafín M. Coronel-Molina (Chair), Indiana University
Morten Oxenboell, (Co-Chair), Indiana University
Emma Bonham, Indiana University
Elizabeth Konwest, Indiana University
Suok Kwon, Indiana University
Jaeho Jeon, Indiana University
Mengjie Lei, Indiana University
Melody Lynch-Kimery, Indiana University
Sonia Manriquez, Indiana University
Simon Pierre Munyaneza, Indiana University
Yaitza Rodriguez, Indiana University
Eddy Rafael Santiago Huamani, Indiana University

Academic Committee

Eduardo Brondizio, Indiana University
Quetzil Castañeda, Indiana University
Edward P. Dallis-Comentale, Indiana University
César Félix-Brasdefer, Indiana University
Heather K. Calloway, Indiana University
Michael Kaulana Ing, Indiana University
Javier F. León, Indiana University
Anne Pyburn, Indiana University
Olga Rodríguez-Ulloa, Indiana University
Daniel Suslak, Indiana University
Evelyne Washul, Indiana University

Indiana University Conferences

Elizabeth Mascharka, Indiana University
Melissa Kocias, Indiana University

Communications and Marketing

Sarah DeWeese, Indiana University
Jordan Rader, Indiana University

Administrative Support

Lori Fender, Indiana University
Amy Van Pelt, Indiana University
Breon Tyler, Indiana University

Technology Support

Heather Duemling, Indiana University

Sponsors & Collaborators

CGIS 2024 would not be possible without the help of our generous sponsors and collaborators:
African Studies Program
Arts and Humanities Futures – Indigenous Futures at IUB
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Center for the Study of Global Change
Center for the Study of the Middle East
Dhar India Studies Program
East Asian Studies Center
Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center
Institute for Indigenous Knowledge and the Center for the Documentation and Revitalization of Indigenous Languages
IU Department of Information and Library Sciences
IU Conferences
IU Global
Robert F. Byrnes Russian and East European Institute
School of Education Global and International Engagement

Unesco International Decade of Indigenous Languages

The First Conference on Global Indigenous Studies (CGIS 2024) will meet in recognition and celebration of the UNESCO International Decade of Indigenous Languages (IDIL), 2022-2032. “The proclamation of an International Decade is a key outcome of the 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages, for which the United Nations Educational, Scientiﬁc and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) lead global efforts.” For more information, visit: https://www.unesco.org/en/decades/indigenous-languages

Land Acknowledgement

We wish to acknowledge and honor the Indigenous communities native to this region and recognize that Indiana University Bloomington is built on Indigenous homelands and resources. We recognize the myaamiaki, Lënape, Bodwéwadmik, and saawanwa people as the past, present, and future caretakers of this land. For more information, please visit the IU First Nations Educational & Cultural Center.

Global Indigenous Studies Network

Schedule

Global Indigenous Studies From Multiple Perspectives Conference 2024

Welcome

Keynote Speakers

Self-Determination and Resistance Through Our Languages