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2001 Sequoyah Research Center Symposium - Native Stories and Their
Keepers: Telling the Public
November 16-17, 2001
Richard L. Allen, Cherokee, is Research and Policy Analyst for the Cherokee Nation, a position he has held for nearly a decade. He holds a Doctor of Education degree in counselor education from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. He worked in education as a teacher, counselor, and curriculum coordinator and as a research associate in the Native American Research Institute before going to work for the Cherokee Nation in 1982. He served as education liaison and, later, director of the Jack Brown Center and as Self-governance Specialist before assuming his present position in 1992. A Vietnam veteran, he is active in veterans affairs and organizations.
Barbara Asbill, Choctaw, worked for many years in public relations and marketing for radio, television, and newspapers in Texas and Oklahoma before becoming assistant director of the Wheelock Academy Historic Preservation Project at Millerton, Oklahoma, a joint effort of the Choctaw Nation and the National Park Service. She serves as well on the board of directors of Kiamichi Country, which promotes tourism in the southeastern Oklahoma region.
Pamela P. Barron, who holds a Ph.D. in library science from Florida State University, is an associate professor in the Department of Library and Information Science, School of Education, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She worked for a number of years in public schools before entering university teaching. She was content and research supervisor for Jump Over the Moon: Sharing Literature with Young Children, a series of fifteen half-hour videos produced by the University of South Carolina and the South Carolina Educational Television Network. The series is currently used as a telecourse by more than three hundred institutions. She has also done extensive research, publication, consulting, and service in telecourse development, web-based curriculum, reading, storytelling, selection of library materials, and related subjects. She has frequently presented her research and made her expertise available in national and international conferences.
Joyce Bear, Muscogee, is Cultural Preservation Officer for the Muscogee (Creek) Nation in Oklahoma.
Kimberly Blaeser grew up on the White Earth Reservation, an enrolled member of the Minnesota Chippewa nation. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame, is an associate professor of literature at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and is a well-known poet and scholar. Her poetry and fiction have been widely anthologized, and she has published a number of scholarly articles. Her books include a collection of poems, Trailing You (1994), and a critical study, Gerald
Vizenor: Writing in the Oral Tradition (1996).
Gordon Bronitsky, who holds a Ph.D. in anthropology, is founder and president of Bronitsky and Associates, a Colorado-based firm that has assisted Indigenous peoples from Canada, the United States, and Mexico in international marketing of art, music, dance, fashion, film/video, photography, theater, speakers and writers, food products, and Native-owned tourism. It is currently working with people from Alaska and Nunavut to northern Mexico.
Linda Burridge is University Librarian at the John E. Robbins Library, Brandon University, Manitoba, research editor of the Canadian Journal of Native Studies, co-founder of
the Summer Institute of Indigenous Humanities, and associate editor of the Bibliography of Native Writers database of the American Native Press Archives. Her research interest is in the field of collection development, particularly in Great Plains and Aboriginal imaginative literature.
Paul DeMain, a member of the Wisconsin Oneida Nation, is a well-known newspaperman and CEO of Indian Country Communications, Inc., publisher of News from Indian Country. After receiving a degree in journalism from the University of
Wisconcin-Eau Claire, he worked as managing editor Lac Courte Orielles Journal, 1977-1982; assistant manager and acting manager of Lac Courte Orielles Graphic Arts, Inc., 1979-1980; as Self-Determination Information Officer for teh Lac Courte Orielles Tribal Government, 1981-1982; owner and manager of Great Lakes Indian News Bureau, 1981-1990; Advisor on Indian Affairs Policy for Anthony S. Earl, Governor of Wisconsin, 1983-1987; and managing editor of LCO Journal, 1987. He has held his present position since 1987. In 2000, he served as Vice-Presidential Campaign Manager for the Green Party.
Juris Dilevko teaches courses in library services and library collections in the Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto. He holds a Ph.D. in Restoration and Eighteenth-Century British Literature and a Ph.D. in Library and Information Science. He is widely published in the leading library and information sciences journals.
Lisa Gottlieb is at the Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto. Her main scholarly interests are classification theory and library collections for children.
Mark John, Yup’ik, is Executive Director of the Calista Elders Council and is involved in a number of cultural preservation initiatives in the Bethel, Alaska,
region.
Richard King is assistant professor of Anthropology at Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa. His past work has explored the representations of Native American cultures and histories in museums and tourist sites, the colonial contours of American culture, and more recently the cultural, political, and racial significance of Native American mascots. His most recent books are Team Spirits: The Native American Mascot Controversy (2001) and Beyond the Cheers: Race as Spectacle in College Sport (2001). He currently is conducting research on indigenous athletes and athletics in North America.
Brenda W. Lintinger, member of the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana, has served as managing editor of the Tunica-Biloxi tribal newspaper since 1997. She holds a bachelor’s degree in English Literature from New Orleans University, where she is currently a candidate for an MBA degree. She has been a childcare provider and a high school teacher and has served for two years as member of the tribal council of the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of
Louisiana.
Patty Loew, a member of the Bad River Band of Chippewa, holds a Ph.D. in Mass Communication from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She is an assistant professor in the Department of Life Sciences Communication at the University of Wisconsin, where she focuses on environmental reporting and video documentary production. Since 1993 she has also been an on-air personality at Madison’s PBS affiliate,
WHA-TV, where she co-anchors “Weekend,” a live one-hour news, public affairs and interview program. As a journalist, she has served as an anchor, reporter, and writer for over two decades; her work includes, as well, writing, producing, and narrating documentary films. She serves on the boards of directors of Native American Public Telecommunications and the Native American Journalists
Association.
Kelly Mella is a candidate for the Ph.D. degree in Mass Communication at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She works with Patty
Loew, researching coverage of environmental issues in Native American newspapers and the ways that coverage relates to issues of tribal sovereignty. Her broader research interests include public information and education campaigns, health communication, community journalism, and mass media and cultural and ethnic diversity.
Cornel Pewewardy, Comanche-Kiowa, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Teaching and Leadership, School of Education, at the University of Kansas. He holds a Doctorate in Education degree in educational administration and policy studies from The Pennsylvania State University. He teaches multicultural education courses in the KU Teacher Preparation Program and teaches as adjunct instructor at Haskell Indian Nations University. His research involves the Education of Indigenous Peoples, Social Justice Education, Critical Multicultural Education, Linguistic Imperialism, and
Decolonization. He was the founding principal of two transformational, award-winning magnet schools in the Saint Paul (Minnesota) Public School District—The World Cultures and Languages Magnet School and American Indian Magnet School—and founding member of the National Association for Multicultural Education. He was named the 1999 and 2001 Outstanding Native Faculty Member at the Big 12 Native Student Leadership Conferences. He is a well-known scholar, lecturer, practitioner, and recording artist (voice and flute
player).
Selene G. Phillips, a member of the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, holds an MA degree from Indiana University’s School of Journalism is a candidate for the Ph.D. degree in American Studies at Purdue University. Her research focuses on Native American and tribal newspapers as well as First Amendment issues. She has worked as a journalist and as a television news anchor and a radio and television news reporter and producer. She has also held teaching positions at Purdue University and the University of North
Dakota.
Loriene Roy is a Professor in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Texas at Austin. She received a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois (1987). She co-edited Library and Information Studies Education in the United States (1998) and has more than 90 other publications to her credit. She has frequently presented at venues ranging from international to local settings. Her professional work focuses on library services to native populations. She serves as Director of “If I Can Read, I Can Do Anything,” a reading promotion program for schools on reservations. She teaches graduate courses in public librarianship, reference sources and services in the humanities and social sciences, library use instruction, and adult popular fiction. Her research also includes creating a National Virtual Museum of the American Indian; conducting a study of Spectrum Initiative scholars for the American Library Association; and co-developing an intelligent agent for book recommending. She is enrolled on the White Earth Reservation and is a member of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe
(Ojibwe, Pembina Band).
John Sanchez, Yaqui/Chiricahua, is an assistant professor of Journalism and News Media Ethics at the Pennsylvania State University. He has published in a number of refereed journals; one focus of his work is the impact of mass media in the education of American Indian children. He has formerly taught at the American University in Washington, D. C., and at The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Sanchez is the past legislative adviser to the Ohio Traditional Rights Council; a past board member of the Washington, D. C., American Indian WINS program; past chairman of the board of directors of the Columbus Native American Indian Center; a charter and founding member of the American Indian Center at Ohio State; a board member of the Ohio council for Native American Burial rights; a consultant to the United States Department of Education’s Office of Indian Education in Washington, D. C.; a consultant to Indian Country on multicultural communications and conflict resolution; and the founder of the Ohio Center for Native American Affairs, for which he also served as first
president.
Doris Seale, Santee/Cree, holds a degree in library science from Simmons College. She is a librarian, teacher, and writer. A co-founder of
Oyate, an organization devoted to dispelling stereotypes of American Indians in textbooks and other media, she is the American Library Association’s recipient of the 2001 Equality Award. Her poetry has been widely anthologized; her two volumes are Blood Salt (1989) and Ghost Dance (2000). She is also co-author of Through Indian Eyes (1991), a selection tool for children’s books without racial and cultural
bias.
Chad Smith is Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation.
Steven R. Street of Bethel, Alaska, is archaeologist for AVCP, Inc., working closely with the Calista Elders Council. Trained in bioarchaeology and physical anthropology, he is responsible for federal compliance work on Native restricted property in the region.
Mark Trahant, Shoshone-Bannock, is a well-known editor of both tribal and mainstream newspapers. He attended Pasadena City College and Idaho State University. He began his career as editor of his tribal paper, Sho-Ban News at Fort Hall, Idaho. He was later editor of Navajo Times Today, publisher of Navajo Nation Today, before going to work for the Arizona Republic. He has also been a columnist for the Salt Lake Tribune and, most recently, a columnist for the Seattle Times before assuming his present position as CEO of Maynard Institute for Journalism Education. He is also a trustee of the Freedom Forum. His book, Pictures of Our Nobler Selves, is a history of American Indians who have worked in mainstream journalism.
Ted Underwood is a founder of, and has served for a number of years as consultant to, the historic preservation office of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma and in that capacity has been involved in repatriation and other issues. For the past fifteen years, he has served as Band Chief for the Mekusukey Band.
Darnée L. Wambsgans, a member of the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana, holds a Bachelor of Mass Communication degree with a major in public relations from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. Besides practical experience in public relations and advertising, she has worked as a contributing writer for her tribal newspaper and in August 2000 became staff writer. While at LSU, she was active in the newly formed Native American Student Association.
Robert A. Warrior, Osage, is an associate professor of English at the University of Oklahoma. A well-known scholar, he has published widely in literary studies and in American Indian intellectual and literary history. His works include Tribal Secrets and, with Paul Chaat Smith (Comanche), Like a Hurricane, a study of Indian activism from the occupation of Alcatraz to the occupation of Wounded Knee.
William Welge is head of the Archives and Manuscripts Division of the Oklahoma Historical Society, one of the nation’s most prestigious repositories of American Indian historical research collections. He holds a Master’s Degree in History from Central Oklahoma State University
and has more than twenty years of experience in the archiving and management of records relating to American Indians. In 1989 he became the first Certified Archivist in Oklahoma and was recertified in 1997. In addition to his duties at the Oklahoma Historical Society, he served on the Alfred P. Murrah Bombing Memorial Committee during its tenure,
1995-2000.
Carrie Wilson, Quapaw is an independent contractor who works for the Quapaw and Osage nations on issues related to
NAGPRA.
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