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From Doctrine to Declaration H-AmIndian From Doctrine to Declaration Discussion published by Alison Watson on Tuesday, June 23, 2015 There's still time to join us at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington DC this week, 25-26 June for 'From Doctrine to Declaration', a unique opportunity to join this conversation on moving the rights of Indiegnous Peoples forward in the United States. Visit our website at http://www.doctrine2declaration.org/?reload=true or for further information email Ali Watson: [email protected]. We look forward to welcoming you. From Doctrine to Declaration Summary: a unique gathering of leading Native and non-Native advocates and thinkers to discuss how the rights of Indigenous Peoples can move forward in the United States. Website: http://www.doctrine2declaration.org Venue: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington DC Date: 25-26 June, 2015 Workshop description: ‘From Doctrine to Declaration’ is a unique gathering of leading, mostly Native, advocates, academics and practitioners along with an audience of policymakers, think tanks, grant-making foundations and non-governmental organizations to discuss how the rights of Indigenous Peoples can move forward in the United States. This high-level policy workshop, hosted by the University of St Andrews, Scotland and the College of William and Mary, seeks to examine both the ongoing impact of the Christian Doctrine of Discovery – one of the most anti-indigenous international doctrines in existence - and the implications of recent U.S. support of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Such support has seen the US Department of State announce that the Declaration ‘expresses aspirations of the United States, aspirations that this country seeks to achieve within the structure of the U.S. Constitution, laws, and international obligations, while also seeking, where appropriate, to improve our laws and policies’. With a focus on a range of issues currently facing Indian Country - including child welfare, environment, treaty rights, federal recognition, and education – this workshop represents a unique opportunity to take part in a discussion that is long-overdue. Join us, and be part of the conversation. KEYNOTE SPEAKER Suzan Shown Harjo (Cheyenne and Hodulgee Muscogee) is a poet, writer, lecturer, curator and Citation: Alison Watson. From Doctrine to Declaration. H-AmIndian. 06-23-2015. https://networks.h-net.org/node/2718/discussions/73181/doctrine-declaration Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. 1 H-AmIndian policy advocate, who has helped Native Peoples recover more than one million acres of land and numerous sacred places. She has developed key federal Indian law since 1975, including the most important national policy advances in the modern era for the protection of Native American culture and arts. On November 24, 2014, Suzan Shown Harjo was awarded the United States highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. SPEAKERS Denise Altvater (Passamaquoddy) - Wabanaki YouthProgram Coordinator, American Friends Service Committee Esther Attean (Passamaquoddy) - Co-Director, Maine-Wabanaki REACH Charlotte Bacon - Executive Director, Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission Penthea Burns - Co-Director, Maine-Wabanaki REACH Prof. Dalee Sambo Dorough (Alaska-Inuit) - Expert Member of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Prof. Peter d'Errico - Professor Emeritus at University of Massachusetts - Amherst gkisedtanamoogk (Wampanoag, Otter Clan) - Commissioner, Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission Birgil Kills Straight (Oglala Lakota) – Co-Director, Indigenous Law Institute Professor Robert J. Miller (Shawnee) - Professor, Arizona State University Steven T. Newcomb (Lenape/Shawnee) - Co-Director, Indigenous Law Institute Prof. Darren Ranco (Penobscot) - Chair of Native American Programs, University of Maine - Orono Brenda Dardar Robichaux (Houma) - Board Member, Bayou Healers Prof. Rebecca Sockbeson (Penobscot) - Professor, University of Alberta Dr. Gabrielle Tayac (Piscataway) - Historian, National Museum of the American Indian Monique Verdin (Houma) - Multidisciplinary Artist Sandy White Hawk (Sicangu Lakota) - Commissioner, Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission Sheldon Wolfchild (Mdewakanton Dakota) - Documentary Filmmaker and former Tribal President at Citation: Alison Watson. From Doctrine to Declaration. H-AmIndian. 06-23-2015. https://networks.h-net.org/node/2718/discussions/73181/doctrine-declaration Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. 2 H-AmIndian the Lower Sioux Reservation, Minnesota. Citation: Alison Watson. From Doctrine to Declaration. H-AmIndian. 06-23-2015. https://networks.h-net.org/node/2718/discussions/73181/doctrine-declaration Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. 3.
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