On May 4, Boston University will be hosting a one-day symposium featuring the works of emerging scholars in Native American and Indigenous Studies.

“Indigenous artists, writers, activists, and scholars working in a variety of fields, periods, and across media, have called for a reevaluation of traditional Western epistemologies that privilege textual evidence as the only reliable resource for creating historical narratives. This one-day symposium showcases scholars whose work engages Indigenous modes of knowledge production and might incorporate textual archives but also artifacts, oral traditions, and non-alphabetic material texts. Relatedly, it aims to further reflection and discussion among attendees upon the methods, resources, and aesthetic practices we use to tell stories about the past. This symposium will begin with a welcome from jessie little doe baird (Mashpee Wampanoag), Wôpanâak Language Reclamation Project Co Founder and Lead Linguist.”

Jessica Locklear, a PhD student of Emory University and an enrolled member of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, is one of the featured emerging scholars during the symposium.

Registration is required; click here to more about and register for the event.

Time: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm

Place: Metcaff Trustee Center Ballroom | One Silber Way, Room 922 and by Zoom

On April 6, the ECLC Spring 2023 Antiracism Reading Group will be discussing “An Indigenous Pedagogy for Decolonization” by Karen Wisselink and “Indigenous Languages Through a Reclamation Lens” by Wesley Leonard.

In interested in joining the discussion, please email: Christine Ristaino (cristai [at] emory [dot] edu) or Sandra Descourtis (sdescourtis [at] emory [dot] edu).

Time: 1:00 pm

Place: Link- https://emory.zoom.us/my/ristainosroom  Password- LETTERS

On April 10, guest lecturer Dr. Wesley Leonard, the Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies UC Riverside and co-chair of Natives4Linguistics, will host a lecture on Indigenous language reclamation and language works. This event is sponsored by the Emory College Language Center (ECLC) and the Native American and Indigenous Studies Initiative (NAISI). Click here to learn more about Natives4Linguistics. Click here read more about the event.

Time: 4:00 pm

Place: Oxford Road Building Presentation Room (1390 Oxford Road, Atlanta GA, 30022 Level 3)

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On Monday, March 27, the Department of Spanish and Portuguese will host Dr. Luis Cárcamo-Huechante’s lecture: (De)Colonizing Acts: From Impersonated “Indio” to Mapuche Voices in the Mediascape. Dr. Cárcamo-Huechante is the Associate Professor and Director of Program in Native American and Indigenous Studies at the University of Texas-Austin,

Time: 4:15 pm – 5:45 pm

Place: White Hall 110

On April 5, Dr. Lance Frye, the Former Surgeon General for the Muscogee Nation, will be guest lecturing during Rollins School of Public Health’s 3rd annual National Public Health Week.

Link to resister: https://sphadmissions.emory.edu/register/?id=d071550c-8e52-492b-a0d5-69ae7c3384cd

Time: 3:00pm to 5:00pm

Place: Margaret H. Rollins Room, RP01 (R. Randall Rollins Building Plaza Level)

On March 18, the Atlanta’s Upper West Side will be presenting Tour of Peachtree Creek entering the Chattahoochee River and History of the Muscogee Nation Q and A Session with special guest speaker William Lowe MBA (citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and Speaker of the Muscogee Nation National Council).

For more information: indigenous [dot] diversity [dot] info [at] gmail [dot] com, (770) 402-8288

Time: 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Place: 2560 Ridgewood Rd, NW – Atlanta, GA 30327

On Tuesday, Feb 21, Dr. Malinda Maynor Lowery will be speaking at the University of Georgia’s Woman’s History Month. This lecture is part of the Humanities Festival https://willson.uga.edu/ and the Signature Lecture Series https://provost.uga.edu/news-events/events/signature-lectures/.

If you need special accommodations for this lecture please contact us 7 days in advance at carlayork [at] uga [dot] edu or 706-542-2846. To read more, click here.

Time: 4:00pm

Place: Special Collections Libraries 271 at UGA

On Friday, Feb 17, University of Georgia will be hosting the 26th Annual Conference on the Americas Opening Plenary, Indigenous Women and Latin American Futures featuring guest speakers Dr. Patricia Richards, Alejandra Flores Carlos, and Pamela Calla. This event is open to all and does not require any resignation to attend. To read more, click here.

Time: 4:30 pm

Place: Miller Learning Center, Room 171 at UGA

On Wednesday, Feb 15,  Dr. Ervan Garrison (Choctaw) will present a talk on Native American perspectives on the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation (NAGPRA) and the history of relevant US policy concerning Native American sites, artifacts, and ancestral remains. NAGPRA’s landmark 1990 legislation has been difficult to implement and fraught with controversy. Dr. Garrison will discuss how NAGPRA has changed the field for archaeology and anthropology and how Native communities view continuing issues around this law. To read more, click here.

Time: 4:00 pm

Place: Leconte Hall 221 at University of Georgia

On January 19, Professor Megan O’Neil will host a zoom-only lecture titled The Ancient Maya: (Not a) Lost Civilization where she will discuss how the Maya Civilization is anything but lost. To learn more, click here.

To register for the zoom-only lecture, click here.

Time: 7:30 to 8:30 pm

Place: Zoom