2007 ANNUAL MEETING

8 November - Mid-Morning Session

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Session 6: Mesoamericans in the Casta Crucible, Part Two

Organizers: Matthew Restall, Pennsylvania State University, Kevin Terraciano, UCLA
Chair: Kris Lane, College of William & Mary
Discussant: Kevin Terraciano, UCLA

Criados, Caciques, and Artisans: Yucatan’s Urban Mayas in the Late Eighteenth Century
Mark Lentz, Tulane University

¿Negro o Prieto?: The Politics of Afro-Mexican Identity in Sixteenth Century Puebla
Pablo Sierra, UCLA

How Yucatan’s Mayas Became Afro-Mayas
Matthew Restall, Pennsylvania State University

Session 7: Local Narratives on the National Stage: The Influence of Regional Action on Discussions of Federal Indian Policy

Organizer: Dr. James J. Buss, Bowling Green State University
Chair/Discussant: Dr. Cathleen D. Cahill, University of New Mexico

Capturing the Lake Monster: Race, Science, and the Politics of Removal:
James J. Buss, Bowling Green State University

"So much bitter and hard feeling among our leading men’” Local Controversies Indigenous Leadership, and National Policy
C. Joseph Genetin-Pilawa, Michigan State University

Oil, Gas & Gypsum Development at Six Nations Indian Reserve Abstract
Rhonda M. Telford, Historical Research & Consulting Services

The Choctaw Election of 1892
Charles E. Roberts, CSU Sacramento

Session 8: Working in the Tradition of Patricia Albers; American Indian Women and Ethnohistory

Organizer: Brenda J. Child, University of Minnesota
Chair: Brenda J. Child, University of Minnesota
Discussant: Jacki Rand, University of Iowa, Patricia Albers, University of Minnesota

An Honor Dance for Patricia Albers: The Jingle Dress in Ojibwe History
Brenda J. Child, University of Minnesota

Ethnogenesis, Not Ethnicity
Susan Sleeper-Smith, Michigan State University

Pushing Boundaries, Dislodging Paradigms, Bridging Divides
Elizabeth Jameson, University of Calgary

Embodying Reconciliation: The Role of Captive Women as Cultural Negotiators on the Plains.
Christina Berndt, Wesleyan University

Session 9: Indigenousness, Contested Identities, and Self-Determination

Organizer: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Professor Emeritus, California State University
Chair:: Simon J. Ortiz, Arizona State University

Decolonizing the Discourse of the Seminole Freedmen Issuerd
Susan Miller, Arizona State University,

Land, Indigenousness, Identity, and Self-Determination in New Mexico
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, California State University

“yUdjEhanAnô sô KAnAnô” (We Yuchi People, We Are Still Here): Yuchi Language and Identity Facing the Challenges of Intellectual Colonialism Richard A. Grounds, University of Tulsa

Discussant, James Riding In, Arizona State University.

Session 10: Anchored Fluidity: The Dynamics of Place and Identity on the Northwest Coast

Organizer: Mark Ebert/University of Victoria
Chair: Allice Legat/University of Aberdeen
Discussant: Jay Miller/Ohio State University

Space, Place and “Culture”: The Problems of Identity in the Coast Salish World
Mark Ebert, University of Victoria

Historical Evidence and the Debate Over Coast Salish Leadership
Keith Thor Carlson, University of Saskatchewan

Negotiting Nobility: “Wealth” in Coast Salish Political Relationships
Andie D. Palmer, University of Alberta

Lunch on your own 12:00-1:30