2001 ANNUAL MEETING

18 October - Morning Session

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Tribal Histories and the Methodology of Decolonization

Acacia A: 9:00 10:40
Organizer: Susan A. Miller (Arizona State University)
Chair: Michael Yellow Bird (Arizona State University)

Angela Cavender Wilson (Arizona State University) Taku Wakan (That which is mysterious): The Inexplicable in Dakota Oral Tradition
Myla Vicenti Carpio (Arizona State University) "Let Them Know We Still Exist": Laguna Colony of Albuquerque
Susan A. Miller (Arizona State University) "Why Quarrel about Dividing the Hind Quarter, When we are not Going to Hunt?" Seminole Diplomatic Discourse before the Comet
James Riding In (Arizona State University) The Pawnees and White American Justice, 1818 to 1872
Discussant: Michael Yellow Bird (Arizona State University)

Indigenous Adaptations to Colonial and Post-Colonial Society
West Grove: 9:00 11:20

Organizers: James Córdova and Susan Spitler (Tulane University)
Chair: Susan Schroeder (Tulane University)

William Barnes (Tulane University) Mutable Authority: Images of Aztec Tlatoqueh in the Early Postconquest Period

James Córdova (Tulane University) Debauchery and Devotion: Images of Alcohol and Drunkenness in New Spain

Lori Diel (Texas Christian University) Tira de Tepechpan: The Changing Focus of Indigenous Painted Histories in 16th century New Spain

Break

Stacey Schwartzkopf (Tulane University) Drinking, Murder, and Witchcraft: Crime and Cultural Consequences among the Maya in 19th century Guatemala

Susan Spitler (Tulane University) "One asks the teacher what it means, 'the year':" Nahua Study and the Use of the European Calendar

Organization, Activism, and Shifting Relations: Native People and Urban Areas in the United States and Canada
Park Theater: 10:40 12:00

Organizer & Chair: Nicolas Rosenthal (University of California, Los Angeles)

Steven Amerman (Arizona State University) Making a Native Place in Urban Schools: American Indians and Education in Phoenix, 1970-1980

Heather Howard-Bobiwash (University of Toronto) Gender, Class, and Social Struggles in the Gathering Place: The Toronto Native Community

Nicolas Rosenthal (University of California, Los Angeles) Conceptualizing "Indian Regions": Cities, Towns, and Indian Reservations in Oregon and Southern California

Discussant: Ned Blackhawk (University of Wisconsin, Madison)

Dismantling The Conquest: A Roundtable Discussion on Ethnohistory and Michael Woods' Conquistadors
Acacia B: 10:40 12:20

Organizer & Chair: Matthew Restall (Pennsylvania State University)
Discussants: Kris Lane (College of William & Mary) Conquistadors and the Andes

Matthew Restall (Pennsylvania State University)
Neil Whitehead (University of Wisconsin, Madison) Conquistadors and Amazonia