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DESCRIPTION:<p>\n	&nbsp\;</p>\n<p class="MsoNormal">\n	<span style="font-si
 ze:12.0pt\;color:black">Dear Friends and Members of the Campus Community:<o
 :p></o:p></span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal">\n	<span style="font-size:12.0pt
 \;color:black"><o:p>&nbsp\;</o:p></span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal">\n	<span
  style="font-size:12.0pt\;color:black">The American Indian Studies Departme
 nt is excited to announce our 16th Annual Southeast Indian Studies Conferen
 ce\, which will take place virtually on Thursday and Friday\, March 18-19\,
  from 1:00-6:00 p.m. each day. The conference will showcase presentations b
 y scholars and community members on topics including Indigenous medical per
 spectives\, education\, history\, food sovereignty\, and other subjects inv
 olving Southeast Native peoples.&nbsp\;<o:p></o:p></span></p>\n<p class="Ms
 oNormal">\n	<span style="font-size:12.0pt\;color:black"><o:p>&nbsp\;</o:p><
 /span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal">\n	<span style="font-size:12.0pt\;color:bl
 ack">Our keynote speaker this year is Dr. Devon Mihesuah\,&nbsp\;</span><sp
 an style="font-size:\n12.0pt\;color:#0A0A0A\;background:#FEFEFE">an enrolle
 d citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and the Cora Lee Beers Price Pr
 ofessor in the Humanities Program at the University of Kansas.&nbsp\;</span
 ><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;\ncolor:black\;background:#FEFEFE">In her a
 ddress\,&nbsp\;&quot\;The Indigenous Food Sovereignty Movement in&nbsp\;202
 1\,&quot\; Dr. Mihesuah&nbsp\;will&nbsp\;discuss the meaning and importance
  of food sovereignty for Native peoples in the United States. Despite the g
 rowing enthusiasm for Indigenous&nbsp\;food and&nbsp\;initiatives&nbsp\;des
 igned to empower tribes&nbsp\;across the country to control their own food 
 production\, she&nbsp\;asks whether and how food sovereignty&nbsp\;can trul
 y be achieved and sustained.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;color:bla
 ck"><o:p></o:p></span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal">\n	<span style="font-size:
 12.0pt\;color:black"><o:p>&nbsp\;</o:p></span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal">\n
 	<span style="font-size:12.0pt\;color:black\;background:#FEFEFE">The Southe
 ast Indian Studies Conference is free and open to the public\, but registra
 tion is required to receive a Zoom link to the event. Find more information
 \, a full schedule\, and a registration link to the conference at <a href="
 http://www.uncp.edu/ais/sisc">www.uncp.edu/ais/sisc</a>. For questions and 
 more information\, please contact Dr. Mary Ann Jacobs at </span><a href="ma
 ilto:mary.jacobs@uncp.edu"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;background:\n#FEF
 EFE">mary.jacobs@uncp.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;\ncolor:
 black\;background:#FEFEFE">.&nbsp\; </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;\
 ncolor:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal">\n	<span style="
 font-size:12.0pt\;color:black"><o:p>&nbsp\;</o:p></span></p>\n<p class="Mso
 Normal">\n	<span style="font-size:12.0pt\;color:black\;background:#FEFEFE">
 We look forward to seeing you at the conference!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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SUMMARY:16th Annual Southeast Indian Studies Conference
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