Hal-hal-tlos-tsot "Lawyer" by Gustav Sohon, 1855. Nez Perce Treaty signer.
2005
"One Hundred and Fifty Years of Treaty Relations: Native Reflections on the Significance of the Treaties of 1855"
The American Indian Studies Program of the University of Idaho is proud to be co-sponsoring this year's Series with the Cultural Resources Office of the Nez Perce Tribe and the Plateau Center for American Indian Studies of Washington State University. Additional funding was secured from a Diversity Initiatives Growth Grant through the Ad-hoc Presidential Campus Wide Diversity Programming Group of the University of Idaho
Events (last updated 26 October):
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Significance of the Treaties of 1855: Contemporary Perspectives on Traditional Plant Resources - Monday Evening on the WSU Pullman Campus
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Significance of the the Nez Perce Treaty of 1855: Nez Perce Perspectives - Tuesday Evening on the U of I Moscow Campus
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The Treaty Trail: An Exhibit Chronicling the History of the Treaties of 1855 with the Nez Perce, Yakama, Umatilla, and other Area Tribes
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Significance of the Treaties and On Being "Indian": A Youth Perspective
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Hal-hal-tlos-tsot "Lawyer" by Gustav Sohon, 1855. Nez Perce Treaty signer. |
Topics and Scope: Acknowledging the 150th anniversary of this important treaty signing, this year’s Speakers Series will consider the continuing significance and future implications of the so-called "Steven's Treaties of 1855", from Nez Perce, Umatilla and Yakama Tribal perspectives (named after territorial governor Isaac Stevens). The Series will present the perspectives of elders, tribal council members, legal experts, the youth, and those directly impacted by the Treaties.
As in the instance of the Nez Perce, it is with the signing of this Treaty on June 11, 1855 that the government - to - government legal and political foundations of the Nez Perce Nation were established. Virtually every decision relating to the Nez Perce Tribe, from water rights and access to "usual and accustomed areas," from law enforcement jurisdiction to Tribal Self Determination is grounded in the legal precedents agreed to in the Treaty of 1855. To understand the legal and political dynamics of the Nez Perce Nation, you must begin by understanding the Treaty of 1855.
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Apash-wa-hay-ikt "Looking Glass"
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Given the general ignorance and misunderstanding by the non-Indian community of the importance of the event for the Nez Perce, as well as the need to reiterate its continuing significance for both Indian and non-Indian students, among the topics considered will be Natural Resources Stewardship of the fisheries and plants, along with Tribal Sovereignty, Usual and Accustomed Areas, Cultural Resources Protection, Education and Health Care, and Environmental Issues.
Steering Committee: The Committee is made up of Vera Sonneck, Director of the Cultural Resources Office, Nez Perce Tribe, Josiah Pinkham, Tribal Ethnographer, Nez Perce Tribe, Nakia Williamson, Cultural Resources Office, Nez Perce Tribe, D’Lisa Pinkham, 5th Grade teacher at Lapwai and Affiliate Faculty for the AIST Program, Ron Pond, Director of the Plateau Center, Washington State University, Mary Collins, Associate Director of the Museum of Anthropology, Washington State University, and Rodney Frey, American Indian Studies Program, University of Idaho.
Text of the Nez Perce Treaty of 1855
All sessions are free and open to the public
For more information call: (208) 885-6268 or e-mail: rfrey@uidaho.edu
Also plan to attend these events:
Tutxinmepu Pow-Wow
October 28th (Grand Entry 7:00 pm) and 29th (Grand Entries 12 noon and 7:00 pm) of 2005 on the University of Idaho, Moscow Campus, in the ASUI Kibbie Dome
Head
Man Dancer - Russell McCloud;
Sponsored by the Native American Student Association
For more pow-wow information, contact Yolanda Bisbee at:
208-885-5174 or natives@uidaho.edu
and
Native
Reflections:
An Exhibit of Nez Perce Contemporary Artists
Third
Street Gallery,
Featured
Artists include Sarah Penney, Nakia Williamson, Gary Greene, Brooklyn Baptist
and Kevin Peters
Opens
October 28th, with a reception
from 5:00 - 7:30 p.m. Special weekend hours from 9:00 a.m. - Noon on Saturday
the 29th. The exhibit will run through November
25th.
For
more information, contact Deena Heath, Moscow Arts Commission, at 208-883-7036,
dheath@ci.moscow.id.us or www.moscowarts.org.
The Annual Speaker's Series is sponsored by the
American Indian Studies Program
The American Indian Studies Program at the University of Idaho is pleased to sponsor the Distinguished American Indian Speaker's Series. Begun in November of 2000 with the lecture by Rebecca Tsosie (Executive Director of the Indian Legal Program at Arizona State University), followed in 2001 with Duane Champagne (Director of the American Indian Studies Center at UCLA), and in 2003 with Devon Mihesuah (Professor of Applied Indigenous Studies at Northern Arizona University), the series brings leading American Indian elders, scholars, artists, activists, and educators to campus for public lectures and workshops on topics of timely interest.
A Look Into the Past:
The 2000 - "Visions of Education for the 21st Century: Facing the Challenges of Cultural and Tribal Sovereignty" |
The 2001 - "Renewing Tribal Governments through Reconsidering Tribal Constitutions" |
The 2002 - "The Art of the Powwow: Creating a Sense of Place through Camera and Brush" |
The 2003 - "Indigenizing the Curriculum" |
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The 2004 - Series |
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