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THE NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE SYMPOSIUM Indians in Unexpected Places March 22 - 24, 2018 Mystic Lake Hotel & Casino - Prior Lake, Minnesota The Native American Literature Symposium is organized by an independent group of Indigenous scholars committed to making a place where Native voices can be heard. Since 2001, we have brought together some of the most influential voices in Native America to share our stories—in art, prose, poetry, film, religion, history, politics, music, philosophy, and science—from our worldview. Gwen N. Westerman, Director Minnesota State University, Mankato Gordon Henry, Jr., Publications Editor Michigan State University LeAnne Howe, Arts Liaison University of Georgia Virginia Carney, Tribal College Liaison President Emeritus, Leech Lake Tribal College Denise Cummings, Film Wrangler Rollins College Theo Van Alst, Film Wrangler University of Montana Margaret Noodin, Awards University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Tyler Barton, Assistant to the Director Minnesota State University, Mankato Tria Wakpa Blue, Vendor/Press Coordinator University of California, Berkeley Fantasia Painter, Vendor/Press Assistant University of California, Berkeley Web: www.nativelit.com Facebook: Native American Literature Symposium Twitter: @NALSymposium Prior Lake, Minnesota Wopida, Miigwech, Mvto, Wado, Ahe’ee, Yakoke We thank the sponsors of the 2018 Symposium for their generous funding and continued support that made everything possible. Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) Charlie Vig, Tribal Chairman Deborah Peterson, Donation Coordinator Mystic Lake Hotel and Casino Defil Hall, Conference Services Executive Melanie Bench, Account Executive The American Indian Studies Series, Michigan State University Press The Association for the Study of American Indian Literatures Institute of American Indian Arts University of Nebraska Press Charles Redd Center for Western Studies, Brigham Young University Electa Quinney Institute, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Eidson Foundational Funds, University of Georgia Minnesota State University, Mankato College of Arts and Humanities Matthew Cecil, Dean Institutional Diversity Henry Morris, Dean We also extend gratitude to those who work behind the scenes at Minnesota State University, Mankato to keep everything functioning and who provide invaluable encouragement for our cause. Department of English Matthew Sewell, Chair Liz Olmanson, Administrative Assistant And we appreciate the kindness of the following people who contributed support for our elder and student participants: Kyle Bladlow Angela Williamson Emmert Becca Gercken Amelia Katanski Dawn Quigley Cover Art: Rosalie Favell: Facing the Camera Pictured: Adrian Stimson, Banff, AB, 2011; Archie Moore, Brisbane, Australia, 2016; Peshawn Bread, Santa Fe, NM, 2011; Daphne Odjig, Ottawa, ON, 2009; Richard Ray Whiteman, Santa Fe, NM, 2012; Patrick Ross, Winnipeg, MB, 2011; Ruth Cuthand, Saskatoon, SK, 2012; Wally Dion, Banff AB, 2011; Rondee Graham, Santa Fe, NM, 2012 The Native American Literature Symposium 2018 Welcome 22 March 2018 Haŋ mitakuyapi. Ded yahipi kiŋ waṡte ye! Hello my relatives, it’s good that you are all here! Welcome to spring in our Dakota homeland. The trumpeter swans, geese, robins, and red-wing blackbirds are returning to this amazing and diverse landscape where prairie grasslands, woodlands, and boreal forests are woven together by interconnected waterways. It is Mni Sota Makoce—the land where the water is so clear it reflects the sky. We are returning to our NALS homeland from dozens of tribal nations, and more than 130 academic communities. We come together to share our ideas, our struggles, and our triumphs from as far away as Hawai’i to Connecticut, Calgary to California, and Manitoba to Florida. Our gathering includes colleagues from Switzerland, South Korea, Spain, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Our regular schedule will begin in a good way on Thursday morning with how a group of committed faculty at the University of Nebraska Omaha got contemporary Native literature and issues into their composition classes. We are thrilled that our program includes Natalie Diaz and Tommy Pico—two of the strongest voices in American poetry today—who will share their work with us. Joshua Nelson has done some great work in Film & Media Studies about the difficulties Native filmmakers have getting their works out to audiences.We are proud of the variety of our panel sessions which demonstrate the breadth and depth of contemporary Native Studies today. For 19 years, NALS has been a place where Native worldviews can be expressed and considered in all their variations. From our beginning as “clan mothers” through today, we have focused on bringing forward as many voices to American Indian literary and creative studies as possible, and fostering this environment in our own indigenous ways. NALS is not just another academic conference, but a true family of scholars and artists and thinkers. So, it does, but does not, come as a surprise that the predominant literary world is reacting to recent events as if we have “only one literary giant,” Sherman Alexie. And while sad, nor are many of us surprised at the accusations against him, nor will we be surprised when others in our field also fall. We are not responsible for the actions of those abusers. We are responsible for listening to all of those who have been hurt. We are responsible for understanding that while we may be shaken to our core, our roots are strong and deep. We are responsible for finding paths forward when those we have admired, whose works we have admired and taught others to admire, fall from grace. We remember the voices of those who have made our paths easier—we stand on the shoulders of incredibly strong indigenous people who sacrificed in ways we will never know. We honor our warrior legacy in those family members and friends who are in war- torn and desperate places, from Parkland to Bears Ears to Syria. And we remember the words of John Trudell: “No matter what they ever do to us, we must always act for the love of our people and for the earth. We must not act out of hatred against those who have no sense.” Wopida ota. Achukma. Chii migwech. Gwen Westerman LeAnne Howe Gordon Henry Prior Lake, Minnesota Book Exhibits and Vendors Visit the vendors and book exhibits in Grand Ballroom 2 Thursday, Friday, Saturday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Thank you to the following presses and vendors for their contributions Presses University of Nebraska Press South Dakota State University Press Michigan State University Press University of Arizona Press University of Oklahoma Press University of Wisconsin, Milwuakee Vendors Institute of American Indian Arts Birchbark Books Growing Blue Flowers Debra Myers Dakota Spirit Earth Circles / Frybread Love The McNickle Center Conference Rooms All meals held in Grand Ballroom 1 Breakout Session Rooms A - Wabasha 1 B - Wabasha 2 C - Shakopee Vendors, Exhibits, Breaks Grand Ballroom II The Native American Literature Symposium 2018 Thursday, March 22 8 am - 4 pm Registration 9 am - 5 pm Vendors and Exhibits 8:30 - 8:45am Welcome and Traditional Blessing: Grand Ballroom I Session 1 Indians in the Composition Classroom?! The Launch ofFrom the Heartland 3rd Ed. Chair: Barbara K. Robins Maggie Christensen, Joan Latchaw, Sarah Cohen, Kit Sloan University of Nebraska, Omaha From the Heartland: Critical Reading and Writing at UNO is an in-house written and edited textbook for the University of Nebraska at Omaha’s First Year Writing Program. Each chapter is a collection of readings, media links, invention exercises, and writing assignments supporting research and essay writing on a socio-cultural theme. New to the 3rd 9:00 - 10:15 edition of FTH is chapter 4 “We’re Still Here!” on the theme of local/regional Native American history, culture, and issues. A key feature of this chapter is the focus on the tribes of the Omaha City and eastern Nebraska region– Omaha, Ponca, Lakota, Dakota, and HoChunk. Session 2 A B C The Power of Images Artistic and Intellectual Resistance Kanohehv/Kanohesgi: Telling Cherokee History Lewis DeSoto’s Empire: Indigenous “Then Look You Out for Me”: Photography in Southern California Reading a Rhetoric of Chair: Scott Andrews David Carlson, Indigenous Resistance in Cal State Univ., Northridge California State University the Hymns of Samson Occom San Bernardino Rebecca Pelky, Jisdu and John Locke: A Cherokee University of Missouri Trickster Revision of the Concepts of Wrestling with Curtis: Property and Sovereignty Contemporary Native Photographers Haudenosaunee Good Mind in the Brian Burkhart Respond to a Legacy of Thesis and Dissertation Process: Cal State Univ., Northridge Misrepresentation and Manipulation Protecting Intellectual Sovereignty Jen McClung Melissa Michal Slocum Ani Inklish Danawa: Learning Iowa State University University of Nevada, Indigenous Rhetorics through Video Game Play 10:30 - 11:45 Las Vegas Red Semiotics: An Indigenous- Kimberly Wieser Centered Analytic Coding and “Sonic Sovereignty” through University of Oklahoma Interpretation of Images in Practice: Remix as Representation, Children’s Books about Native Relationality, and Resistance Active States: Crossing Trails in Americans Renata Ryan Burchfield Indian Territory from the Dawn Quigley, University of Colorado Theatre at Tsa-la-gi to the Hills St. Catherine University of the Eastern Band Jen Shook Grinnell College 12:00 - 1:15 Lunch: Grand Ballroom I Prior Lake, Minnesota 1 Thursday, March 22 Session 4 A B C Graphic Novels Forms of Survivance Family