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Parking
    November 2, for reception and movie at College of Law, parking in Irving Garage
    November 3, conference parking available on site at Goldstein Student Center

Vendors
    Joanne Hart--Earth Stone Jewelry

November 2, 2007
Grant Rotunda and Auditorium College of Law

Friday Night Reception: 5-6pm
Friday Night Film: 6-8pm  Homeland: Four Portraits of Native Action

Nearly all Indian lands in the U.S. face grave environmental threats – toxic waste, strip mining, oil drilling and nuclear contamination. But a handful of activists are fighting back.

Filmed against some of America’s most spectacular backdrops, from Alaska to Maine and Montana to New Mexico, Homeland: Four Portraits of Native Action profiles the against-all-odds struggles of Native American leaders who are taking on powerful energy companies and government agencies to protect the environment for all Americans. A moving tribute to the power of grassroots organizing, Homeland is also a call-to-action against the current dismantling of thirty years of environmental laws.
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4thHaudenosauneeConference

The 4th Annual Haudenosaunee Conference

“Conflict, Colonization and Co-Existence:
The Haudenosaunee and New York State”

November 3, 2007 

Goldstein Student Center
401 Skytop Road
Syracuse University

Because of the local ill feeling, the people of the states where they [the Indians] are found
are often their deadliest enemies. 
United States v. Kagama, 118 U.S. 375, 384-85 (1886)

Conference Video

Tape 1: Welcoming Remarks; Presentation 1, History (pre-1789), Michael Oberg; Presentation 2, History (1789-1842), Laurence Hauptman

Tape 2: Presentation 3, Jurisdiction, Robert Porter; Keynote Address, Maurice A. John, Sr.

Tape 3: Presentation 4, Culture and Education: Stephanie Waterman, Lana Redeye, Kandice Watson, Jenna Gansworth, Michael Oberg, and Laurence Hauptman

Tape 4: Presentation 4, Advocacy, Joseph Heath, Peter Carmen; Closing Remarks, Oren Lyons

 Agenda

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Since the creation of New York State within Haudenosaunee Territory, the Haudenosaunee people and nations have continually fought to maintain their sovereign nationhood. The State has engaged in various strategies to confiscate nation lands and undermine the Haudenosaunee nations.

However, the Haudenosaunee have survived these efforts as New York grew into the Empire State. The nations also endured assimilationist laws and policies by New York State directed towards restricting the Nations’ jurisdiction, reducing the use of Haudenosaunee language, and educational reform through boarding schools and the State education system. Today, while the Haudenosaunee people still continue to be at odds with New York state over economic development, land ownership and jurisdiction, the Nations also seek paths towards a peaceful co-existence with the State while maintaining our nationhood.

The 4th Annual Haudenosaunee Conference focuses on the relationship between the Haudenosaunee and New York State. The conference will address the history, present, and future; acknowledging the impact of the conflicts between the State and nations, the assimilationist State laws and policies, as well as present and future attempts to co-existent as Indian nations and a State. Conference speakers will address New York State’s impact on the Haudenosaunee’s education, language, land rights, jurisdiction, economic development and governance.