May 24, 2017
Event Location: Oak East-Tresidder Union 09:00-09:30 Welcome and blessing by Native American Tribal Language Leaders 09:30-09:45 Introduction to the Event (Karen Biestman, Matthew Snipp, Jose Fragoso and Alberto Diaz) 09:45-10:00 The Native American Community at Sanford University (Karen Biestman and Matthew Snipp) 10:00-10:15 History of Native People in the Stanford Area (Laura Jones) 10:15-10:30 Coffee Break 10:30-11:00 Indigenous People in South and Central America (Rodolfo Dirzo) 11:00-12:00 Sydney Allicock (Makushi People & Minister of Indigenous Peoples Affairs, Government of Guyana, Guyana): The environment and development in Amazonia: Climate change, Redd+, carbon markets and Amazonian peoples 12:00-1:30 Lunch 01:30-02:30 Demetrio Amisipa Tiriyó (Tiriyó People, Brazil). Culture, land use, land rights and the future of remote Amazonian Bio-Cultural Landscapes 02:30-03:30 Images of Amazonian Homelands: Photo presentation of the people, landscapes and biota of Amazonia. Jose has been photographing the Rainforests and their people for over 30 years. (José Manuel Vieira Fragoso) 03:30-04:00 Coffee break 04:00-05:00 Paulette Jacob Allicock: The Makushi Research Unit: indigenous lead research for cultural and scientific understanding 06:00-9:00 Location: Carnegie Institute at Stanford University Bay Area Tropical Forest Network (BATFN) gathering for a panel discussion with Amazonian Indigenous Leaders: Land Rights, Climate change, biodiversity conservation and indigenous cultures in Amazonia in 2017. |
May 25, 2017
Event Location: Cypress Lounge, Tresidder Union
09:00-10:00 Ro´otsitsina Juruna (Xavante People, Brazil). Organize Now! Young indigenous people in support of people and the environment in Brazil 10:00-11:00 Txai Nilson Tuwe Hunikuin (Kaxinawa People, Brazil): Digital media, indigenous culture and communication 11:00-12:00 Robert Miller (Formerly of the United Nations Global Environmental Facility-Brazil) United Nations-linking conservation objectives to indigenous land management efforts across Brazil. 12:00 – 02:00 Lunch PANEL DISCUSSIONS 02:00-03:30 Indigenous spirituality and the environment (Txai Nilson Tuwe Hunikuin Kaixinawa, Demetriyo Amisipa Tiriyó, Paulette Jacob Allicock) 03:30-05:00 Climate Change, Biodiversity and Indigenous People (Sydney Allicock, Ro´otsitsina Juruna ) 05:00-05:15 Closing (Organizers) 06:00-08:00 Dinner-Peruvian Food Served (NACC Ballroom) |
May 26, 2017
Location: per session below Overlapping sessions (15 minute presentations followed by 45 minutes of discussion and questions). Limited to Stanford students. 1st Session Location: Lounge, Native American Cultural Center 10:30-11:30 (Young indigenous people and activism in Brazil (Ro´otsitsina Juruna, Txai Nilson Tuwe Hunikuin) 11:30-12:30 Indigenous women network for cultural and environmental sustainability (Paulette Allicock and Ro´otsitsina Juruna) 12:30-01:30 Lunch 01:30-02:30 Achieving Indigenous Goals via IT and other Technology (Txai Nilson Tuwe Hunikuin) 02:30-03:30 Health and welfare in a time of rapid development of a “Frontier” (Paulette Allicock and Demetrio Amisipa Tiriyó) 2nd Session Location: Cardinal Room, Old Union Clubhouse 10:30-11:30 Indigenous spirituality: Life on a planet (Demetrio Amisipa Tiriyó) 11:30-12:30 Climate change and views of the forests (Tom Belt and Sydney Allicock) 12:30-01:30 Lunch 01:30-02:30 Tom Belt 02:30-03:30 Politics, Land Rights and Indigenous People in 2017 (Ro´otsitsina Juruna, Robert Miller) 03:30-03:45 Closing statement |