2017 Ӱpro Native Studies Conference accepting papers
December 16, 2016
Leona Long
907-474-5086
The Ӱpro Native Studies Council is accepting proposals and papers for the fifth annual Ӱpro Native Studies Conference, slated for April 7-9, 2017, at the University of Ӱpro Fairbanks. The submission deadline is Feb. 1.
“This year's conference theme is ‘Sustaining Indigenous Livelihoods,’ and begins the centennial celebration of the Ӱpro,” said Sean Asiqłuq Topkok, an assistant professor of education at UAF and co-chair of the 2017 Ӱpro Native Studies Conference. “This theme celebrates our dynamic cultures, our intimate relationship with the environment and our contributions to academia."
Proposals and abstracts can be submitted online at . Those who submit a proposal will receive notification of the acceptance or denial of their proposals in late February. Because of the expected high volume of submissions, the Ӱpro Native Studies Council limits submissions to a maximum of two per person.
Keynote speakers include Nobel Peace Prize nominee Sheila Watt-Cloutier and a panel of three, young Ӱpro Native leaders, including Marjorie Kunaq Tahbone, Samuel Johns and Olivia Piiyuuk Shields.
Watt-Cloutier is internationally known for her advocacy work showing the impact of global climate change on human rights, especially in the Arctic where it has been more immediate and dramatic than anywhere else in the world. An officer of the Order of Canada, she has received the Aboriginal Achievement Award, the UN Champion of the Earth Award, the Norwegian Sophie Prize and the Right Livelihood Award.
For more information or to register for this conference, contact Topkok at cstopkok@alaska.edu, Jessica Black at jcblack@alaska.edu or visit .