Canku Ota

(Many Paths)

An Online Newsletter Celebrating Native America

August 23, 2003 - Issue 94

Opportunities - Page One

Here you will find listings of:

• Positions Available - including Fellowships and Internships;
• Scholarship, Award and Grant Information; and
• Event Announcements.

We receive these announcements from various sources including Harvard University Native American Program (HUNAP) and NativeShare

To view additional listing from previous issues, click here

08/23/03

Call for Papers: AIQ Special Issue

Because of the numbers of Natives (and many of our allies) who have found themselves in tough situations in academia because of their political views, teaching styles, and quite simply, because of their race and/or gender, the American Indian Quarterly is seeking submissions for the forthcoming Special Issue, Native Student and Faculty Experiences in the Ivory Tower. Also welcome are comments from our non-Native allies. Questions to consider include:

• What have been your experiences as a Native student and faculty member?
• Are you an activist and if so, what are your interests?
• Have you experienced racism, discrimination and harassment because of your race and/or political beliefs?
• Have you experienced discrimination because you defend Natives and their interests?
• Or, has your experience as an academic been stress-free? Why is that?
• How have you dealt with your situations?
• What advice can you give up-and-coming Native students and faculty who may face racism from the status quo?

Commentaries can include experiences in the classroom, teaching strategies, job interviews, promotion and tenure problems, questionable essay and book submission rejections, and activism activities (that is, are your extracurricular activities as an activist welcomed or frowned upon?).

Authors do not have to reveal the place where they work (or worked) and you can be anonymous for publication (although as Editor, I will need to know who you are; confidentiality is assured by me and University of Nebraska Press). Identify your tribe and if you are tribally enrolled or self-identified.

For each comment, AIQ would like from three to fifteen pages. Please send your submissions by August 30 to the address below, or you may e-mail us at aiquarterly@nau.edu.

Devon A. Mihesuah
Editor, American Indian Quarterly
(aiquarterly@nau.edu)
Northern Arizona University
P.O. Box 15020
Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5020
AIQ phone: 928-523-5159

08/23/03

Restoring the Whole:
A Conservation Vision for the Northern Rockies and Northern Plains

Predator Conservation Alliance's Fourth Annual Conference
Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel
Yellowstone National Park
October 2-5, 2003

To download a Conference Agenda and Registration Form,
please visit: http://www.predatorconservation.org

Restoring the whole - the idea of returning something to its former state, bringing something back to health and full function. After decades of impactful human activities, many of our native species and wild habitats are in ecological disrepair. In some places the losses have been so dramatic that it is no longer enough to simply protect and conserve remaining wildlife and habitat. In such cases we need to take the additional step of restoring, as much as possible, what has been lost.

Some of the best restoration opportunities Americans have today exist in restoring predators and their habitats in the Northern Rockies and Northern Plains. These regions hold the greatest potential for restoring, and ultimately conserving, the full suite of forest and prairie grassland carnivores.

Predator Conservation Alliance has chosen the theme of ecological restoration for our 2003 annual conference because we believe it is important to think beyond just recovering imperiled carnivores from the brink of extinction. Rather, we need to restore them across a landscape where there is adequate habitat and human tolerance. Our 2002 conference focused on human coexistence with predators. This year, we will round out the discussion by examining efforts to restore forest and prairie carnivore species and habitats to a natural state.

We also chose this theme because it provides hope for the future. All too often, wildlife and wildlands conservation seems like an endless, tiresome series of battles. We at PCA have found that the idea of ecological restoration, both in theory and practice, provides us with a positive and hopeful vision of what can be. It is work that is not only restorative for nature, but also for people.

We invite you to join us for three inspiring, educational and fun-filled days in Yellowstone National Park to consider the need for, and benefits of, restoring forest and prairie carnivores. We will also learn what is being done to achieve this vision.

COSTS
$50 Early Registration (before August 31)
$60 Registration
$30 Friday and Saturday Breakfast and Lunch; Sunday Breakfast
$20 Saturday Night Banquet Dinner
*** Yellowstone National Park Entrance Fee not included in registration cost.

LODGING
Room rates at Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel & Cabins range from $67 to $102 per night. Please let them know you will be attending PCA's Annual Conference. For reservations call 307-344-5437 or email ynpsa@xanterra.com by August 31, 2003. After August 31, all unreserved rooms will be made available to the general public.
*** There is an 85-site campground at Mammoth. Sites are available on a first come, first served basis. Campground fee is $12/night.

David Gaillard, Program Associate
Predator Conservation Alliance
P.O. Box 6733, Bozeman, MT 59771
(Street: 234 E. Mendenhall, Bozeman, 59715)
406-587-3389 (ph)
406-587-3178 (fax)
gaillard@predatorconservation.org OR
gaillard@wildrockies.org (email)