NEOCOLONIAL INSCRIPTION AND PERFORMANCE
OF AMERICAN INDIAN IDENTITY
IN AMERICAN HIGHER EDUCATION

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY

KELLOGG CENTER

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OCTOBER 16 & 17 2008 

The conference will attempt to address and review issues of American Indian identity in higher education.  Through this process, we hope to create and expand inter-community, inter-institutional and public dialogue on American Indians in higher education.  The two day conference will examine key issues such as tribal sovereignty, faculty hiring, current university practices allowing self-identification, and explore who should represent American Indians in American Indian higher education programs and departments.

As a result of this conference, we hope to make MSU a better community, a more honest community, a place where diversity engenders not only inclusion in name, but where diversity includes, reflects and respects diverse ways of knowing and thinking, as well as diverse means for reception, delivery and acceptance of cultural competencies and production.

Keynote speakers: 

MSU – Office of the Provost
MSU – Office for Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives
MSU – Indigenous Law & Policy Cener
MSU – Native American Institute
MSU- EAGLE American Indian Faculty Staff Association

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