Northern Plains Conference on
American Indian Team Names & Logos
University of North Dakota, Grand Forks

AGENDA


WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 3rd
3-5 pm Registration, International Centre
5:00 pm Winona LaDuke, Activist, Memorial Union Ballroom
Ms. LaDuke, former Vice-Presidential candidate and Harvard graduate, currently lives on the White Earth Reservation in Minnesota and works on restoring the local land base and culture. In 1994 she was named by Time magazine as one of America's 50 most promising leaders under 40 years of age. She is author of several books including Last Standing Woman (1997) and All Our Relations: Native Struggles for Land and Life (1999). Introduction: Jim Grijalva
6-10 pm Meal & Open House, International Centre
7 pm "Psychology of the Circle Today" workshop, Memorial Union, River Valley Room.
Discussion and methods in spiritual awareness and political response. Mr. Charles D. Robertson Sr. founded the Heart of the Earth Survival School in Minneapolis and works as a Restorative Justice Trainer/Consultant in Northern Ireland, Mexico, Canada and the U.S. Introduction: Lucy Ganje

THURSDAY OCTOBER 4th
8-9 am Registration & Continental Breakfast, UND Memorial Union, 2nd Floor
9-9:30 Pipe Ceremony & Welcome, River Valley Room
Clyde Bellecourt: Played a founding role in the International Indian Treaty Council and the American Indian Movement
Leigh Jeanotte: Director of UND Native American Programs Office
Merry Ketterling (CCHR): The Campus Committee for Human Rights - Conference organizers
Alva Irwin (BRIDGES): Student group BRIDGES (Building Roads into Diverse Groups, Empowering Students) - Conference organizers
9:30-11:30 Roundtable: How deep does it go? Memorial Union Lecture Bowl
Examining the spiritual and psychological impact of American Indian nicknames, logos and mascots on Native and non-Native people
Speaker: George "Tink" Tinker.
Professor Tinker, a Lutheran pastor, teaches courses in American Indian culture, history, and religious traditions; cross-cultural and Third-World theologies; and justice and peace studies at the Iliff School of Theology. His publications include Missionary Conquest: The Gospel and Native American Genocide). Introduction: Charles Miller
Roundtable: Good sportsmanship? Memorial Union, Room 205
Is the use of American Indian nicknames, logos and mascots consistant with the core values of intercollegiate athletics?
Panelists:
Barbara Voglewede: Assistant Professor of Law, UND
Professor Max Reinke: North Dakota State College of Science
Gavin Clarkson: Olin Fellow in Law, Economics, and Business, Harvard
Adam Bungee: Former UND athlete

Moderator: Jim Antes
11:30-1 pm Luncheon, Memorial Union Ballroom
Speaker: Vernon Bellecourt
Mr. Bellecourt is the president of the National Coalition on Racism in Sports & Media. Introduction: Al White
1:30-3:30 pm Roundtable: Is this legal? Does it matter? Memorial Union Lecture Bowl
Exploring how federal Indian law affects the debate over intellectual property rights in the use of American Indian names and images.
Panelists:
James Grijalva: Associate Professor of Law
Stacy Leeds: Assistant Professor of Law
Robert Gough: Attorney for the Estate of Crazy Horse in its litigation against the makers of Crazy Horse Malt Liquor
Frank LaMere: Executive Committee for the Democratic National Convention
Roundtable: Telling the real story, Memorial Union, Room 205
How news media portrayals influence public perception of the debate over American Indian nicknames and logos. What role does corporate influence play in media coverage?
Panelists:
Mark Anthony Rolo: Executive Director, Native American Journalists Association
Dorreen Yellowbird: Journalist, Grand Forks Herald
Colette Keith: Communications Coordinator, Aberdeen Area Tribal Chairmen's Health Board

Moderator: Lynda Kenney
4-5:30 pm Workshop: North Central Faculty Association Policy Development, Memorial Union Lecture Bowl Continue work begun at the St. Cloud Summit; policy development and implementation across campuses and organizations in response to the use of American Indian team names and logos. Facilitator: Gary Cheeseman, St. Cloud State University
Roundtable: Activism, Memorial Union, River Valley Room
The challenges and rewards of being active in the struggle for human rights and social justice.
Panelists:
Betty Ann Gross: South Dakota activist
Dana Williams: Student activist and co-founder of UND-SPAN
Robert Eurich: Founder of the website American Indian Sports Team Mascots, http://earnestman.tripod.com/

Moderator: Erwin Marquit
5:30-6:45 Community Mediation Workshop, Memorial Union, River Valley Room
Facilitated by the U.S. Department of Justice, Community Mediation Team
7 pm Speaker: Charlene Teters, Memorial Union Ballroom
Artist, writer, and advocate. Professor Teters is a faculty member and Interim Dean at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, NM. She is the subject of the award-winning documentary "In Whose Honor." Introduction: Frank Sage.

(The video In Whose Honor will also play throughout the day)
8 pm Entertainment/Concert/Pizza Party, Memorial Union Ballroom
  • Pizza donated by the UND Multicultural Awareness Committee (MAC)
  • Creative Resistance Workshop
  • Pre-Rally Discussion/Training

FRIDAY OCTOBER 5th
8-9:30 am Continental Breakfast, 2nd Floor, Memorial Union
9:30-11:30 Roundtable: What are we teaching? Memorial Union River Valley Room
Addressing American Indian nicknames, logos and racial diversity in the classroom.
Panelists:
Dr. David Gipp: President, United Tribes Technical College & UND alumnus
Dr. Cheryl Kulas: Executive Director, North Dakota Indian Affairs Commission
Christine Rose: Founder, STAR (Students and Teachers Against Racism)

Moderator: Leigh Jeanotte
Roundtable: How does it affect students? Memorial Union, Room 205
Student panel organized by BRIDGES (Building Roads Into Diverse Groups, Empowering Students). BRIDGES is the UND student group that has taken a leadership role in the struggle to change UND's nickname and logo. Moderator: Matt Graber
11:30 - 1 pm Luncheon, Memorial Union Ballroom

Speaker: Jesse Taken Alive
Mr. Taken Alive is Councilman and former Chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. Introduction: Wasti Win Young
1:30-3:00 Roundtable: Indians for Sale, Memorial Union Lecture Bowl
Fads and fashions in the marketing of American Indian names and images.
Panelists:
Carol Spindel: Author of Dancing at Halftime: Sports and the Controversy over American Indian Mascots
Daniel Green: School of Education, UW-LaCrosse

Moderator: Don Miller
3:30-4:00 Pre-Rally Discussion, Memorial Union Ballroom
Please join us for this community rally in response to the opening of Englestad Arena on October 5. We will walk from the Memorial Union to a site next to the Arena, where we will conduct a "Change the Name" rally, calling on the North Dakota State Board of Higher Education to honor the Tribal Council requests to drop the logo/nickname. Speakers at the rally will also place the logo issue in the broader context of human rights and social justice.
4:00 March
5:30 Rally
7:30 Post-Rally Party & Dance, Memorial Union Ballroom

SATURDAY OCTBER 6th
  UND vs NDSU Football Game

* The artist Oscar Arrendondo's exhibits "Welcome to Cleveland" and "Mile in My Moccasins" will be on display throughout the conference. The artist will be available to answer questions.