THE SOUTHEAST INDIAN STUDIES CONFERENCE IS SPONSORED BY:
       
The Department of American Indian Studies
http://www.uncp.edu/ais/
The Museum of the Native American Resource Center
http://www.uncp.edu/nativemuseum/
The Department of Sociology
http://www.uncp.edu/sociology/
The Office of Academic Affairs
http://www.uncp.edu/aa/
Adolph L. Dial Lecture Series
The Regional Center for Economic, Community and
Professional Development
www.uncp.edu/rc





UNCP WEBSITE
www.uncp.edu

DIRECTIONS TO CONFERENCE LOCATION
http://www.uncp.edu/rc/directions.htm

HOTELS/RESTAURANTS
http://www.uncp.edu/uncp/hotels_restaurants.htm













































Southeast Indian Studies Conference:
Tradition, Identity and Recognition










April 14 & 15, 2005

at



Regional Center for Economic, 
Community & Professional Development
COMtech., 115 Livermore Drive
Pembroke, NC  28372










PURPOSE
The purpose of the Southeast Indian Studies Conference is to provide a forum for discussion of the culture, history, art, health and contemporary issues of Native Americans in the Southeast. The conference serves as a critical venue for scholars, students and all persons interested in American Indian Studies in the region.
AGENDA – APRIL 14TH
8:00 –8:30 am		Registration & Opening Ceremony
8:30 – 9:00 am		Welcome
Dr. Allen Meadors, Chancellor, UNCP
Dr. Linda Oxendine, Professor and Chair, American Indian
     Studies, UNCP
Dr. Jay Vest, Associate Professor, American Indian Studies, UNCP
9:00 – 10:00 am		Session I
Dr. Jay Vest, session chair
Dr. Stan Knick, UNCP, “River Spirits: From the Beginning to the
     Beginning”
Dr. Lynn Veach Sadler, Sanford, “Poetry about American Indians
     of the Southeast”
10:00 – 10:15 am	Break
10:15 – 11:15 am	Session II
Dr. Stan Knick, session chair
Ms. Ruth K. Bailey, ETSU, “Lost Tribes: Indian Mormons in the
      Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia”
Mr. Forest Hazel, Occaneechi Band of Saponi Nation, "Historical
     Material on Southeastern Tribes from Midwestern Sources: The
    Occaneechi Example 1840-1915"
11:15 – 12:15	pm	Session III
Dr. Linda Oxendine, session chair
Dr. Michael Spivey, UNCP, “Recognition: The Politics of Identity
     among the Pee Dee of Upper South Carolina and the Legacy of
    James K. Brayboy” 
Dr. Teresa C. Lofton, Westat Atlanta, “Reclaiming an American
     Indian Identity: The Ethnic Renewal of the Lower Muskogee
    Creeks”
12:15 - 1:30 pm		Lunch
Keynote Address - Adolph L. Dial Lecture Series
Dr. Karen Blu, NYU, “Homecomings and Coming Home: Tradition
     and Change in Southeastern Indian Life”


1:30 – 2:30 pm		Session IV
Dr. Linda Oxendine, session chair
Dr. Susan Gardner, UNCC, "Miss Ella's Old-Time Indian Medicine
     Show!   Ella Deloria's Pageant for the Indians of Robeson Co"
Dr. Vibrina Coronado, UNCP, “Ella Deloria’s ‘The Life-Story of a 
      People’ as Dramatic Literature and Performance Text”
2:30 – 2:45 pm		Break
2:45 – 3:45 pm		Session V
Dr. Stan Knick, session chair
Ms. Christina Strickland, UNCP, “Oral Traditions in the Face of 
      Breast Cancer”
Ms. Dawn Karima Pettigrew, WCU, “Coyote Discovers America:
      Cultural Survival in the Novels of Thomas King”
3:45 – 4:45 pm		Session VI
Dr. Stephen Bukowy, session chair
Panel I: “Traditional Life Ways: The Use of Native Plants and
         Ceremonies for Health and Healing”
Mr. Mac Legerton, Center for Community Action. Pembroke, Chair
4:45 – 5:30 pm 	Visit Native American Resource Center - UNCP

APRIL 15TH
8:00 – 8:15 am		Opening Ceremony
8:15 – 9:15 am		Session VII
Dr. Jay Vest, session chair
Dr. Malinda Maynor, UNCCH “Harmonizing Diversity:
      Interpreting Lumbee Identity During the Segregation Era”
Dr. Robert Reising, UNCP, ”From Patriotism to Pain: Lumbee
      Literature and Vietnam”
9:15 – 10:15 am		Session VIII
Dr. Zoe Locklear, session chair
Panel II:  “Teaching North Carolina History: American Indians in
         North Carolina – Past, Present and Future”
Dr. Zoe Locklear, UNCP 
Mr. Jim Barber, LEARN North Carolina 
Dr. Kathy Walbert, LEARN North Carolina
10:15 – 10:30 am	Break
10:30 – 11:30 am	Session IX
Dr. Mike Spivey, session chair
Dr. Jay Hansford C. Vest, UNCP, “John Lederer among the
     Monacan: Explorations and Oral Traditions”
Dr. Morris Britt, Charlotte, “A History of Religious Practices
     among the Lumbees, 1760-2000”



11:30 – 12:30 pm	Session X
Dr. Stan Knick, session chair
Dr. Ronny Bell, WFU, “Health Issues Facing American Indians in
      North Carolina”
Dr. Jamie Litty, UNCP, “’Culture is Prevention’: Health
     Communication Campaigns of Native Americans in the
     Carolinas”
12:30 – 1:30 pm	Wrap-up Lunch/ Conference Future

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QUESTIONS?
Contact Illya Chavis Lindsey at UNCP 910-775-4000 or visit our website at www.uncp.edu/rc.