A two-day conference at UW-Milwaukee, which explores opposition to the the Penokee Mines, and features speakers from the Bad River tribe. The event is free and open to the public.
Sponsored by American Indian Studies, American Indian Student Services, Students for a Democratic Society, ACLU of Wisconsin, and the Penokee Support Committee.
Schedule:
Monday April 7
9:00 – 10:00 AM Opening. ICS drum, prayer, welcome from campus leaders, poetry reading.
Location: Union Theater, UW-Milwaukee student union
10:00 - 11:00 AM ”The Role of Sovereignty and an Indigenous Land Ethic in the Penokee Mine Controversy”
Speakers: Glenn C. Reynolds
Location: Union Theater
11:00 - 12:00 PM “Traditional Cultural Properties and Land Management”
Speakers: Larry Nesper
Location: Union Theater
12:00 - 1:00 PM "Molecular mechanisms of toxicology for mercury and PCB in the Great Lakes Region"
Speakers: Michael Carvan
Location: Union Theater
1:00 – 2:00 PM "Bad River Tribe"
Speakers: Mike Wiggins Jr, Bad River Tribal Chair
Location: Union Theater
2:00 – 3:00 PM "Bad River – Cultural Impacts."
Speakers: Joe Rose Jr., Jill Hartlev, Tina Van Zile, Edith Lioso
Location: Union Theater
3:00 – 4:00 PM "The Mole Lake Story: Victory at Crandon”.
Speakers: Tina Van Zile, Robert Van Zile
Location: Union Theater
5:00 – 6:45 PM Reception. Showing of Heid Erdrich “Lexiconography 1: Aabjito’ikidowinan: Used Words 1” and Miskwaasiniing Nagamojig Minoakiig (Swamp Singers Milwaukee).
Location: Golda Meir Library Special Collections, 4th floor
6:45 -7:05 PM "Overpass Light Brigade."
Location: Curtin Hall 175
7:00-8:00 PM Screening of Patty Loew's film: “Protect Our Future”
Location: Curtin Hall 175
8:00 – 9:00 PM Bad River discussion panel.
Location: Curtin Hall 175
Tuesday, April 8th
9:00-10:00 AM. "Contrasting laws and roles of state and federal regulators regarding mining."
Speakers: Dennis Grzezinski
Location: Wisconsin Room, UW-Milwaukee Student Union
10:00-11:00 AM “The Mille Lacs Hunting, fishing, and gathering case"
Speakers: Bruce White
Location: Wisconsin Room
11:00 AM- 12:00 PM "The Midwest Mining Rush and Conflicts over Tribal Sovereignty: The Mole Lake and Bad River Ojibwe of Lake Superior”
Speakers: Al Gedicks
Location: Wisconsin Room
12:00-1:00 PM “South Pacific Mining Conflicts”
Speakers: Leah Horowitz
Location: Wisconsin Room
1:00-2:00 PM "Health and Environmental Impacts in Indian Country"
Speakers: Leah Arndt , Dr. Handy
Location: Wisconsin Room
2:00-3:00 PM "Literary Activism and Pre-Occupied"
Speakers: Heid Erdrich and Kim Blaeser
Location: Wisconsin Room
3:00-4:00 PM Bad River - Closing Remarks
Location: Wisconsin Room
7:00-8:00 PM "Heid Erdrich Reading"
Location: Woodland Patterns
More information at http://www4.uwm.edu/letsci/ais/conferences/
