UCSC Press Release: Sovereignty 2000: Locations of Contestation and Possibility

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May 17, 2000
Contact: Jennifer McNulty (831) 459-2495; jmcnulty@cats.ucsc.edu
MEDIA ADVISORY
You are invited to cover
What: A two-day conference focusing on the rights of indigenous peoples of the Americas and the Pacific
When: Friday and Saturday, May 19-20, 8:45 a.m.-6:30 p.m.
Where: Media Theater in the Theater Arts Center and College Eight at UC Santa Cruz
Summary: This conference, Sovereignty 2000: Locations of Contestation and Possibility, focuses on sovereignty as a unifying concept among indigenous people from the Pacific to the Americas. As globalization undermines cultural identities and threatens rights to self-determination, conference participants will gather to develop effective strategies to confront this crisis. Discussion topics include land struggles in California, the state's curriculum standards and native people, Hawaiian sovereignty,Maori views on biodiversity, and the potential impacts of human genetic research projects on indigenous peoples.
The full conference agenda is available on the Web at: http://www2.ucsc.edu/people/jmbarker/Conference.htm
The conference is free and open to the public.
The conference is being sponsored by UCSC's Native American Studies Research Cluster. Community cosponsors include the Viejas Band of the Kumeyaay Nation and Community Printers of Santa Cruz. Campus cosponsors include the Center for Cultural Studies, the Student Alliance of Native American Indians, the Educational Opportunity Office, Crown College, Oakes College, Stevenson College, and the Departments of American Studies, Art, History of Consciousness, Sociology, and Women's Studies.
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May 17, 2000 Contact: Jennifer McNulty (831) 459-2495; jmcnulty@cats.ucsc.edu MEDIA ADVISORY You are invited to cover What: A two-day conference focusing on the rights of indigenous peoples of the Americas and the Pacific When: Friday and Saturday, May 19-20, 8:45 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Where: Media Theater in the Theater Arts Center and College Eight at UC Santa Cruz Summary: This conference, Sovereignty 2000: Locations of Contestation and Possibility, focuses on sovereignty as a unifying concept among indigenous people from the Pacific to the Americas. As globalization undermines cultural identities and threatens rights to self-determination, conference participants will gather to develop effective strategies to confront this crisis. Discussion topics include land struggles in California, the state's curriculum standards and native people, Hawaiian sovereignty,Maori views on biodiversity, and the potential impacts of human genetic research projects on indigenous peoples. The full conference agenda is available on the Web at: http://www2.ucsc.edu/people/jmbarker/Conference.htm The conference is free and open to the public. The conference is being sponsored by UCSC's Native American Studies Research Cluster. Community cosponsors include the Viejas Band of the Kumeyaay Nation and Community Printers of Santa Cruz. Campus cosponsors include the Center for Cultural Studies, the Student Alliance of Native American Indians, the Educational Opportunity Office, Crown College, Oakes College, Stevenson College, and the Departments of American Studies, Art, History of Consciousness, Sociology, and Women's Studies. ##### Press Release Home \| Search Press Releases \| Press Release Archive \| Services for Journalists
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