American Indian Sovereignty, Law, Writing, and Self-Determination Colloquium
One-day colloquium on American Indian sovereignty, law, writing, and self-determination featuring Wampanoag leaders and regional scholars.
A one-day hybrid event, consisting of two panels on American Indian law, writing, sovereignty and self-determination.
The first colloquium panel will include three speakers from the Wampanoag communities at Mashpee and Aquinnah. Wampanoag panelist will speak to law, writing, sovereignty and self-determination in the context of Wampanoag, language, storytelling, culture and history.
The second panel will be dedicated to discussions and interpretations of literary works, archival documents and legal philosophical texts in the context of Federal Indian Law. Presenters for this panel will include faculty from Northeastern University and faculty from Boston area universities.
The colloquium is supported by the Northeastern University English Department, The Humanities Center, the CSSH Dean’s Office, and the Reckonings Project.
Join us in person or on Teams.
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Morning Session
9:00 to 9:30 am: Meet and greet (coffee, tea and light snacks)
9:45 am: Welcome and Opening Remarks
10:00 – 11:45 am: Panel Beshig: Wampanoag History, Culture, Language and Storytelling
12:00 – 1:00 pm: Lunch break with short presentations by Native American Literature, English 2490 Students
Afternoon Session
1:30 – 3:15 pm: Panel Niizh: American Indian Law, Literature and the Indigenous Archive
3:30 to 4:00 pm: Open discussion
4:15 – 4:30 pm: Closing Remarks