1st Annual Conference


April 14-15, 2023

UC Santa Cruz


Seymour Marine Discovery Center

100 McAllister Way

Santa Cruz, CA 95060




​April 14, 2023


9:00
 
Breakfast


9:30

Welcome with Chairman Valentin Lopez


10:00 -11:00

CISSA Announcements (including recent work by our members)


We are looking to reimagine what a conference can be, emphasizing the social, the

collective, the dialogical, and the relational. CISSA Conference Discussions are an

opportunity for all attendees to participate in talking story together so that we can

envision and grow our organization, scholarship, and partnerships in a good way.

While there are discussants listed here, these are open sessions designed to

encourage open dialogue with our listed panelists. 


11:00 - 12:30

Discussion 1: Kinship and Being in Relation

  • Mark Minch- de Leon (Susanville Indian Rancheria), UC Riverside

  • Michelle Napoli (Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria), Lesley University

  • Stephanie Lumsden (Hupa), UCLA

  • Nicole Lim (Pomo), California Indian Museum and Cultural Center


12:30 - 1:30

Lunch


1:30 - 3:00

Discussion 2: The Future of California Indian Studies

  • Caitlin Keliiaa (Yerington Paiute & Washoe), UC Santa Cruz
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  • Annette Reed (Tolowa Dee-ni Nation), Sacramento State

  • Gabby Velasquez (North Fork Mono Rancheria), CSU San Bernardino

  • Cutcha Risling Baldy (Hupa, Yurok, Karuk), Cal Poly Humboldt





3:00- 4:30

Discussion 3: California Indian Homelands and Land

  • Kaitlin Reed (Yurok Tribe), Cal Poly Humboldt 

  • Tsim Schneider (Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria), UC Santa Cruz

  • Brittani Orona (Hupa, Hoopa Valley Tribe), San Diego State University

  • Kimberly Johnson (Gabrieleño/Tongva), UC Davis



April 15, 2023


9:00 

Breakfast


9:30 -10:45 a.m

California Model Native American Studies Curriculum Discussion & Presentation

(Humboldt County Office of Education/San Diego Office of Education)
​

​11:00 a.m - 3:00 p.m

CISSA Business Meeting (Closed Session)

"Still Bad Indians"

10 Years Later Symposium

Held June 3, 2022 at University of California, Riverside

To honor Deborah A. Miranda’s groundbreaking and foundational California Indian text Bad Indians: A Tribal Memoir, the California Indian Studies and Scholars Association (CISSA) held an event “Still Bad Indians: 10 Years Later Symposium” on June 3, 2022. This event took place at the University of California, Riverside. 

Please see below the schedule and videos from the event, including a keynote by Miranda herself and panel presentations from other CISSA members. 

Symposium Videos

Deborah Miranda

Mark Minch-de Leon

Cutcha Risling Baldy

William Bauer

Kat Whiteley

Yve Chavez

Stephanie Lumsden

Kaitlin Reed
Schedule of Events
10:00a — 10:30a
Welcome, Land Acknowledgement & Opening by Wallace Cleaves (Tongva),
Director of California Center for Native Nations 

10:30a — 11:00a 
Bad Indians Now & Forever 
     Mark Minch-de Leon (Susanville Indian Rancheria)
     Cutcha Risling Baldy (Hupa/Karuk/Yurok)

11:00a — 11:15a
BREAK

11:15a — 11:30a
Reading from Bad Indians 

11:30a — 12:30p
Panel#1 (Virtual): Bad Indians: California Indian Studies and the Archive 
     Moderator: Katie Keliiaa (Yerington Paiute/Washoe)
     Panelists: Kat Whiteley (Wiyot Descent), William Bauer
     ​(Wailacki/Konkow Round Valley Indian Tribes), Yve Chavez (Tongva)

12:30p — 1:30p
LUNCH

1:30p — 1:45p
Reading from Bad Indians by Melissa Leal (Ohlone/Costanoan Esselen Nation)

1:45p — 2:45p
Panel #2 (Hybrid): Bad Indians: California Indian Studies and Settler Violence
     Moderator: Vanessa Esquivido (Nor Rel Muk Wintu)
     Panelists: Olivia Chilcote (San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians),
     Kaitlin Reed (Yurok/Hupa/Oneida), Stephanie Lumsden (Hupa)

2:45p — 3:00p
BREAK

3:00p — 4:30p
Keynote Talk (virtual) by Deborah Miranda (Ohlone/Costanoan Esselen
Nation/Santa Ynez Chumash)

4:45p — 5:15p
Closing - Cahuilla Bird Singers

7:30p — 8:30p
​Reading of the play “IYA: The Ex’celen Remember” inspired by Louise
Miranda-Ramirez (Ohlone/Costanoan Esselen Nation Chairwoman)” and
​written by Luis xago Juárez