"Still Bad Indians"
10 Years Later Symposium
June 3 at University of California, Riverside
June 3 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) 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. .
Current 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 |