Indigenous Peoples Specialty Group

Selected Sponsored sessions,
Association of American Geographers
2003 Annual Meeting,
New Orleans


 

Indigenous Visions for Land Development and Management in the Upper Midwest and Canada
Co-sponsored by the Canadian Studies Specialty Group (CSSG)

Organiser: Soren Larsen, Georgia Southern University

Chair: Soren Larsen, Georgia Southern University

Presenters:

Sanjay K. Nepal, University of Northern British Columbia:
First Nations and Ecotourism: Opportunities and Constraints in the Tl’azt’en Territories, Northern British Columbia
Abstract

Laura Smith, Macalester College:
Impacts of American Indian Land Transfers on Minnesota Counties
Abstract

Zoltan Grossman, University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire:
Removal Reversed: Native/non-Native joint management of reclaimed lands
Abstract

Etienne Rivard, University of British Columbia:
Quebec Metis Territoriality: In-Betweenness, Genealogy, and Space
Abstract

Soren Larsen, Georgia Southern University:
Policies for Place Attachment: Forestry Initiatives and Aboriginal Communities in British Columbia
Abstract


 

Rethinking and Reclaiming the Indigenous I

Organizers:
   Wendy Shaw
, University of New South Wales;
   RDK Herman
, Towson University;
   Rebecca Dobbs
, University of North Carolina.

Chair: Soren Larsen, Georgia Southern University

Presenters:

RDK Herman, Towson University:
The World is Flat: Geography, Modernity and Disenchantment.
Abstract

Jessica Jacobs, Open University:
‘Tourist places’ and negotiating modernity
Abstract

Julie Weinert:
Local gender structures in ecotourism in Ecuador
Abstract

Wendy Shaw, The University of New South Wales:
Geographies of whiteness.
Abstract

Discussant: Jon Goss, University of Hawai‘i


Rethinking and Reclaiming the Indigenous II: Inscribing the World

Organizers:
   RDK Herman
, Towson University;
   Rebecca Dobbs, University of North Carolina;
   Wendy Shaw, University of New South Wales.

Chair: Wendy Shaw, The University of New South Wales

Presenters:

Joel Wainwright, University of Minnesota:
Finishing the critique of cultural ecology: a postcolonial reading of the Maya Atlas.
Abstract

Jay Johnson and Brian Murton, University of Hawai‘i:
Colonialism and Place in Settler Colonies: Indigenous Agency and the Construction of Nature in the Contact Zone
Abstract

Chris Castagna, University of Hawai‘i:
Separating Nature from the Maori Cultural Landscape: An Analysis of Texts Dealing with Urewera National Park, New Zealand
Abstract

Renee Louis, University of Hawai‘i:
Re-Placing the Native Voice: Hawaiian Place Names and Cartographic Accuracy
Abstract

Susan Austin, Syracuse University:
The power of place: the resurgence of Carib identity in Trinidad and Dominica.
Abstract


 

Rethinking and Reclaiming the Indigenous III: Programs and Practices

Organizers:
   Rebecca Dobbs, University of North Carolina;
   Wendy Shaw, University of New South Wales;
   RDK Herman, Towson University.

Chair: RDK Herman, Towson University

Presenters:

Frank Shockey, University of Minnesota:
Civilized, industrious, and self-sustaining: representation in the Alaskan reindeer-herding program, 1890-1914
Abstract

Cain Allen, University of British Columbia:
Damming Nch'i-Wana: Columbia River development and the modern colonial landscape
Abstract

Kenneth Madsen, Arizona State University:
Cross-Border Solidarity: The Case of the Tohono O'odham Nation
Abstract

Gigi Berardi, Western Washington University, Northwest Indian College:
Curricula of divergence and exclusion in tribal settings: Whither TEK?
Abstract

Kate A. Berry, University of Nevada Reno, and
Melissa A. Rinehart
(Michigan State University):
Learning From The Miami Tribe
Abstract


 

Rethinking and Reclaiming Power: de-colonizing (Geography's) relations with the Indigenous"

Panel Discussion

Organizers:
   Rebecca Dobbs
, University of North Carolina;
   RDK Herman, Towson University.
   Wendy Shaw, University of New South Wales.

Panelists:

Jon Goss, (Chair)
The University of Hawai‘i

John Pickles
The University of North Carolina

Lawrence Berg
Okanagan University College

Wendy Shaw
The University of New South Wales

RDK Herman
Towson University

 


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