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\n Politics requires more than voting and elect oral mobilization. It requires knowledge of law\, organization\, identity\, history\, and culture. This reality is very much evident in Native America n life today\, where Native communities are sovereign nations within the Un ited States yet must still negotiate politically within a federal democrati c system that\, at times\, inconsistently honors their rights\, their land and water\, and their ways of life.
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\n This one-day symposi um will explore a range of mechanisms for political expression with leading members of Native communities\, academics\, policymakers\, journalists\, s tudents\, artists\, and writers.
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\n Panel Participants:

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  • \n Irene Bedard \;(Inupiaq/Yupik/Cree)\, actor
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  • \n Daniel Carpenter\, \;director of the social sciences program\, Radcliffe Institute\; member\, Provost&rsquo \;s Advisory Council on Native and Indigenous Issues\; Allie S. Freed Profe ssor of Government\; at Harvard University
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  • \n Karen Diver\, \;special assist ant to the president for Native American Affairs\, Domestic Policy Counsel\ , Executive Office of the President\, and former chairwoman\, Fond du Lac B and of Lake Superior Chippewa
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  • \n John Dossett\, general counsel\, National Congr ess of American Indians
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  • \n Richard A. Guest\, \;attorney\, Tribal Supreme Co urt Project\, Native American Rights Fund
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  • \n Diane J. Humetewa \;(Hopi)\, di strict judge\, United States District Court\, District of Arizona
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  • \n Kristiana Kahakauwila \;(Native Hawaiian)\, writer\; 2015&ndash\;2016 Lisa Goldber g Fellow\, Radcliffe Institute
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  • \n Adrienne Keene \;(Cherokee Nation of Oklah oma)\, blogger\, \;Native Appropriations\; assistant professor i n American studies\, Brown University
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  • \n Shelly C. Lowe \;(Navajo)\, executi ve director\, Harvard University Native American Program\; board member\, N ational Council on the Humanities
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  • \n Maggie McKinley \;(Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe)\, Climenko Fellow and lecturer on law\, Harvard Law S chool
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  • \n Sylvia McAd am \;(nê\;hiyaw Nations)\, cofounder\, Idle No More
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  • \n Migizi Pensoneau  \;(Ponca/Ojibwe)\, member\, 1491s
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  • \n Joseph William Singer\,  \;Bussey Professor of Law\, Harvard Law School
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  • \n Loris A. Taylor \;(Ho pi Nation)\, president and chief executive officer\, Native Public Media\, Inc.
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  • \n Frank Waln \;(Sicangu Lakota)\, hip-hop artist
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  • \n Matika Wilbur \;(Sw inomish/Tulalip)\, photographer\, and creator\, Project 562
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    \n Register online and view the full sc hedule

    \n DTEND:20160429 DTSTAMP:20260929T173413 DTSTART:20160429 CLASS:PRIVATE LOCATION:Knafel Center\, 10 Garden Street\, Cambridge\, MA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Radcliffe Institute Conference: Native Peoples\, Native Politics UID:2026-09-29T17:34:13-04:00_944815228@ncai.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR