Date: November 14-15, 1993 (Sunday - Monday)
Location: University Inn and Conference Center, Amherst, NY
Sponsors: Native American SUNY: Western Consortium
SUNY at Buffalo, American Studies Department
Fee: $15 and $35
For info: call 1-800-851-5020
Overview and Purpose:
To present informational and educational background of the United
Nations' proclamation of 1993 as "Year of the World's Indigenous
People," with emphasis upon leadership and diplomacy of the
Haudenosaunee in the world forum, to provide a foundation for
understanding sovereignty, self-government, cultural and
intellectual property rights, and environment and development.
STRENGTH OF OUR NATIONS
SYMPOSIUM AGENDA
Sunday, November 14
2:30 - 3:00 Reception
3:00 - 3:15 Welcoming Remarks: Barry White, Seneca Nation
of Indians' Representative, Western
Consortium; Lecturer, American Studies, SUNY
at Buffalo
3:15 - 3:45 Strength of Our Nations
Audrey Shenandoah
3:45 - 4:45 Cultural colonization: Indigenous People and
the National Cultural Patrimony
Tonya Gonnella-Frichner, Esq.
4:45 - 6:30 Hopi Message to the United Nations
Thomas Banyacya
Monday, November 15
7:30 - 8:15 Continental breakfast
8:15 - 9:30 Overview
8:30 - 9:15 An Historical Perspective of the Iroquois'
International Involvement
David Bray
9:15 - 10:15 Can Indigenous Communities Be Economically
Stable Without Compromising Their Cultures?
Janine Huff
10:15 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 12:15 Panel: "The Haudenosaunee Experience"
Stuart Patterson, Tuscarora, Haudenosaunee Delegate
Bernie Parker, Tonawanda Seneca, Haudenosaunee Delegate
Clint Shenandoah, Onondaga, Haudenosaunee Delegate
12:15 - 1:30 Luncheon
1:30 - 2:00 Sovereignty and Self-Determination As
Discussed by the United Nations
Bishop Paul Reeves
2:00 - 3:00 The Haudenosaunee
Oren Lyons
The Geneva Experience Leading to 1993 - The
International Year of The World's Indigenous
People.