10/06/2019
updated agenda 2019
American Indigenous Research Association Meeting 2019:
“Research from our Paradigm”
Thursday, October 10: 9:30Am-12:00-Pre-Conference workshop: How to write an Indigenous research proposal Dr. Elizabeth Kleinfeld.
1:30-4:00 Dr. Shawn Wilson
Workshop
DAY 1: Friday, October 11
Breakfast on your own
9:00: Opening Ceremonies
Welcome to the lands and Prayer, Salish Tribal Member: Dr. Joseph McDonald, President Emeritus, Salish Kootenai College. Carmen Taylor, AIRA Board Member and Salish Tribal Member: Welcome from the AIRA Board;
Honoring Dr. Ed Galindo
9: 30-10:30: Keynote: Dr. Maggie Kovach, Author of Indigenous Methods: Conversations and Contexts
10:30-11:30: Poster session: emerging researchers
Megan Hamilton; Kelsey Moore; Chris Meyer; Gladys Rowe; Chris Woods, Coeur d’ Alane tribal Education Dept., Margaret Rudolf; Presenters: Dr. Leona Makokis, Dr. Ralph Bodor, Kristina Kopp (BSW)
12:00-1:30 Lunch Break /Meet with presenters/ Walk the lake front/Mingle
1:30-2:00: How Can We Change Teacher Education to Increase the Number of American Indian Secondary STEM Teachers? Regina Sievert, Ed.D, Salish Kootenai College Joan LaFrance, Ed.D, Mekinak Consulting
2:00-2:30 : Minimizing measurement disjuncture and improving the validity of educational research findings through culturally specific assessment, David Sul, doctoral candidate University of San Francisco
2:30: -3:00: Decolonising the Business School: Co- creating Third Space Learning with Indigenous Learners, Associate Professor Christine Woods, Dr Kiri Dell, Associate Professor Brigid Carroll, University of Auckland
3:00:315: Honoring Our Indigenous Methodologies and Survivance Stories in Higher Education: Michele Jacob, Ph.D. (Yakama) , Professor of Indigenous Studies, Director, Sapsik'ʷałá (Teacher) Education Program, University of Oregon
3:15-3:45: Medicine Bag: Learning to Use Memory and Indigeneity as Resources in College Advising: Dr. Saya Bobick, Program Coordinator/Advising Specialist, West Virginia University.
3:45-4:15: Deterrents and Facilitators to Higher Education Attainment for Native American Students, Loretta Heuer, PhD, RN, FAAN, North Dakota State University School of Nursing.
4:15- 4:45: Planning, Implementing and Reporting a mixed methods
First Nations Community Engagement Project:
Lead presenter: H. Monty Montgomery, University of Regina Faculty of Social Work
Co-presenter(s): Shelley Thomas-Prokop, Saskatchewan First Nations
Family and Community Institute
4:45-5:30: Break for dinner
5:30 -6:30 Dinner
6:30: Banquet Speaker: The First Payload from an Indian Reservation to go into Space and raising Salmon in refrigerators. Dr. Ed Galindo: NASA researcher.
Commander Dr. John Herrington, the first Native American Astronaut: 50 Years since Man walked on the Moon. Is going to be in Holland
Saturday: October 12
Breakfast on your own
8:45: Opening Remarks
9:00-10:00 Keynote: Dr. Shawn Wilson!!!!
10:00-10:30: Negotiating the Sacred: Understanding impacts of technology on Indigenous Knowledge Systems: Ren Freeman, doctoral candidate, University of Montana.
10:30-11:00: Is it Human or is it Animal Research?
Supporting Indigenous Relationalities in Research, Dr. John Kelsey Dayle , University of Arizona.
11:00-11:30: ”Move [Snitch], Get Out Da Way!”: Challenging IRB and Mainstream Researcher Arrogance About Under-Represented Populations, L. Janelle Dance, Associate Professor of Sociology and Ethnic Studies
University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
11:30-12:00: Are you Indian Enough?: Exploring the Indian Act in Canada
Cheyanne DeGagne, Master of Arts in Social Justice Studies, Trent University.
12:00-1:00Lunch Break
1:00-1:30: Dr. Co Carew
1:30-2:00: Native American slaves, African slaves, and English-Irish "indentured servants: Jim Del Duca, PhD Candidate
2:00-2:30: Urban American Indian Community Readiness and Indigenized Implementation Strategies for Addressing Cancer in the Northern Plains Region
Authors: Regina Idoate, PhD1, Aislinn Rookwood (Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma), MPH1, Mark Gilbert, PhD2, Mariah Abney3, Bobbie McWilliams3, Alec Ferreira4, Maurice Godfrey, PhD5, and Joyce Solheim, PhD6 1College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska; 2Medical Humanities (HEALS) program, Medical Division of Medical Education, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; 3University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska; 4Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska; 5Munroe-Meyer Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska; 6Eppley Institute and Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
2:30 -3:00: nêhiyaw kesi wahkotok: Cree relationship mapping – How we are related: Presenters: Dr. Leona Makokis, Dr. Ralph Bodor, Kristina Kopp (BSW)
3:00 --3:30: Tsegwt (Identity)
Kyra AnnMarie Antone, Voices to Hear Mentor, Coeur d’Alene Tribe
Jake Brown, Voices to Hear Mentor, Coeur d’Alene Tribe
Alex Johnson, Voices to Hear Mentor, Coeur d’Alene Tribe
Gayten Mitchell, Voices to Hear Mentor, Coeur d’Alene
3:30-4:00: Creating a Team to Build on Indigenous Youth’s Strengths for Mental Wellness Using Forum Theatre Activities: Laurie-Ann Lines, Dr. Cindy Jardine, Wanda Henderson, and Frog Lake First Nation Representatives; University of Alberta, University of the Fraser Valley, and Frog Lake First Nation Morning Sky Health & Wellness Society.
4:00-5:00: Round tables Discussions and questions with Dr. Shawn Wilson, Dr. Maggie Kovach, Dr. Lori Lambert, Dr. Ed Galindo
5:00 Closing Remarks: Dr. Lori Lambert, Introduction of the new AIRA conference chair and president, Ren Freeman;
Evaluations from 2018: Dr. Tod Shocky;
Round Dance.
