March 18th-28th 2003
Speakers Series Schedule:
Tuesday, March 18
Bertina Nez (Navajo), Southwest Studies Intern - "Hozhoni Days: The Cultural Legacy of Fort Lewis College,"
CSWS Lyceum, 7:30 PM
Wednesday, March 19
Joseph E. Rael, Sr., (Souther Ute/Piciris Pueblo) - "Beautiful Painted Arrow: What it means to be a Native American Writer"
CSWS Lyceum, 7:30 PM
Book signing to follow lecture.
Thursday, March 20
"Riders of the West: Indian Rodeo" Photograph Exhibition Opening & Reception
CSWS Gallery, 6:00-7:30 PM
Jarvis Williams (Navajo) - "Indian Rodeo: History, Founders, and Conflicts"
CSWS Lyceum, 7:30 PM
Friday, March 21
Bob Clinton , Arizona State University College of Law, Indian Legal Program - "The Erosion of Tribal Sovereignty - There is No Supremacy Clause for Indian Tribes"
CSWS Lyceum, 12:20 PM
Recruitment for ASU Indian Legal Program, CSWS Reception Room, all afternoon
Monday, March 24
Mark Trahant (Shoshone/Bannock), Editorial Page Editor, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer - "What's on Page One? Native News!"
CSWS Lyceum, 7:30 PM
Tuesday, March 25
DY Begay (Navajo), Weaver
Dialogue with students on Weaving Techniques
Art 170, 4:30 - 6:00 PM
"Woven by the Grandmothers: Collaborating with the Smithsonian."
CSWS Lyceum, 7:30 PM
Wednesday, March 26
Suzanne Harjo (Cheyenne/Hodulgee Muscogee), Executive Director, Morning Star Institute - "Cultural Rights and the Nature of the Sacred"
CSWS Lyceum, 7:30 PM
Thursday, March 27
Suzanne Harjo (Cheyenne/Hodulgee Muscogee)- "Developing a Native Ethos - An Open Dialogue"
Student Memorial Lounge, 12:20 PM
Friday, March 28
John Ecohawk (Pawnee) , Executive Director, Native American Rights Fund - "The Legislative Initiative to Reinforce Tribal Sovereignty"
CSWS Lyceum, 12:20 PM
The 2003 Hozhoni Days Speaker Series is generally sponsored by Wanbli Ota, Native American Alumni Association, Delaney Southwest Research Library, Center of Southwest Studies, Fort Lewis College Alumni Association, John F. Reed Library, Departments of Anthropology, Art, Socioloy, and Southwest Studies, School of Arts and Sciences, and the Ballantine Family Fund.
Thank you to Carey Vicenti and to all contributors and donors. For more information, contact Elayne Walstedter at the CSWS, 970.247.7662, or Pam Smith at 970.247.7403.