BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Lewis & Clark//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20060402T100000 RDATE:20060402T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20061029T090000 RDATE:20061029T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060218 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060219 SUMMARY:Great Tribal Leaders of Modern Times DESCRIPTION:A Community Discussion in Four Saturday Sessions on January 2 1\, February 18\, March 18\, and April 8\, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. This seminar is based on videotaped oral history interviews of American Indian tribal leaders from across the United States. The focus is on modern leaders wh o have worked to preserve tribal self-determination\, treaty rights\, and tribes' constitutionally protected status as sovereign governments. Tod ay there are more than 550 federally recognized Indian tribes. The contin uing survival and resilience of tribes is a remarkable and little-known a spect of recent American history. Individual leaders and the evolution of tribal governments in meeting overwhelming challenges are recurring them es in the Great Tribal Leaders course. Powerful personal stories bring hi storical themes alive. The seminar series spans the fields of political science\, American history\, Native American studies\, multicultural stud ies\, and sociology. The series is taught by Elizabeth Furse\, Director o f the Institute for Tribal Government at Portland State University and fo rmer Congresswoman from Oregon's first district\, with Kay Reid\, Oral Hi storian. Each Saturday session will include the viewing of several video s\, with ample time for discussion and reflection. Registration is avail able by single seminar or those interested in the entire series may regis ter for all four Saturday seminars. Participants wishing to earn continui ng education credit for the class will be required to attend all sessions and complete two short papers. Discussions include: The Basics of Fede ral Indian Law Visionaries Northwest Tribes The Navajo Nation Instruc tor: Elizabeth Furse and Kay Reid Noncredit/PDU: $65 single session\, 7 hours\, $250 series\, 30 hours Continuing education credit: CEED/CESS 86 6\, 2 semester hours\, $660 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
A Community Discussion in Four Saturday
Sessions on January 21\, February 18\, March 18\, and April 8\, 9 a.m.-4
:30 p.m.
This seminar is based on videotaped oral history in
terviews of American Indian tribal leaders from across the United States.
The focus is on modern leaders who have worked to preserve tribal self-d
etermination\, treaty rights\, and tribes' constitutionally protected sta
tus as sovereign governments.
Today there are more than 550
federally recognized Indian tribes. The continuing survival and resilienc
e of tribes is a remarkable and little-known aspect of recent American hi
story. Individual leaders and the evolution of tribal governments in meet
ing overwhelming challenges are recurring themes in the Great Tribal Lead
ers course. Powerful personal stories bring historical themes alive.
The seminar series spans the fields of political science\, Ameri
can history\, Native American studies\, multicultural studies\, and socio
logy. The series is taught by Elizabeth Furse\, Director of the Institute
for Tribal Government at Portland State University and former Congresswo
man from Oregon's first district\, with Kay Reid\, Oral Historian.
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br /> Each Saturday session will include the viewing of several videos\,
with ample time for discussion and reflection.
Registration
is available by single seminar or those interested in the entire series
may register for all four Saturday seminars. Participants wishing to earn
continuing education credit for the class will be required to attend all
sessions and complete two short papers.
Discussions include
:
The Basics of Federal Indian Law
Visionaries
Northwest Tribes
The Navajo Nation
Instructor: Elizabeth F
urse and Kay Reid
Noncredit/PDU: $65 single session\, 7 hours\, $2
50 series\, 30 hours
Continuing education credit: CEED/CESS 866\,
2 semester hours\, $660