"Still Bad Indians"

10 Years Later Symposium

June 3 at University of California, Riverside

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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) would like to extend an invitation to attend the “Still Bad Indians: 10 Years Later Symposium” on June 3, 2022. This event will take place at the University of California, Riverside. The symposium is hybrid and will be held online and in-person at the Round Lab (INTS 1111 - CHASS). 

RSVP/Register here: https://forms.gle/YiJRMykajkcicpPM9  

Come join us on the day of the symposium and listen to a keynote by Miranda herself, panel presentations from other CISSA members. Finally, we will close the day out with a 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. .

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Current Schedule of Events

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10:00a - 10:30a


10:30a - 11:00a



11:00a - 11:15a    

11:15a - 11:30a    

11:30a - 12:30p




12:30p - 1:30p

1:30p - 1:45p


​1:45p - 2:45p




​2:45p - 3:00p

3:00p - 4:30p


​4:45p - 5:15p

7:30p - 8:30p

Welcome, Land Acknowledgement & Opening
    Wallace Cleaves (Tongva), Director of California Center for Native Nations

Bad Indians Now & Forever
    Mark Minch-de Leon (Susanville Indian Rancheria)
    Cutcha Risling Baldy (Hupa/Karuk/Yurok)

BREAK 

Reading from Bad Indians

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)

LUNCH

Reading from Bad Indians
    Melissa Leal (Ohlone/Costanoan Esselen Nation)

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)

BREAK 

Keynote Talk (virtual):
    ​Deborah Miranda (Ohlone/Costanoan Esselen Nation/Santa Ynez Chumash)

​Closing - Cahuilla Bird Singers

IYA: The Ex'celen Remember - Ohlone/Costanoan Esselen Nation and Baktun12