Celebration of Basketry and Native Foods Symposium Agenda
"Celebrating People, Land and Food"
November 12 & 13, 2015
Thursday November 12, 2015
| 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. | Registration & Check In — Baldwin Education Building |
| 9:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. | Welcome & Blessing — Warden Oasis Theater |
| 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. | Basketry Weaving Circles |
| 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. | Indigenous Cuisine, Nutrition, Memory, and Healing
“Ancestral Memory and Indigenous Cuisine: Pillars for Social Recovery, Healing, and Decolonization”
“First Foods for Baby: A Guide for Families and Culinary Leaders based on the Mesoamerican Tradition”
“Gozho: The Traditional Apache Approach to Food, Health, and Balance” |
| 9:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. | Preserving the Art of Basketry-establishments contributing to the preservation of basketry
Royce Manuel, Weaver |
| 10:45 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. | Contemporary Basketry Panel Discussion
Carol Douglas, Basket Weaver |
| 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. | Lunch Break: Indigenous Foods Tasting, Weaving Circles & Networking |
| 1:00 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. | Indigenous Kitchen & Cuisine Part 1
“Using Indigenous Foods for Health and Wellness: Passing on Culinary Information to the Next Generation” |
| 1:00 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. | Youth Panel Discussion: Challenges & Expectations of the Basketry World
August Wood |
| 2:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. |
Food Sovereignties of Turtle Island From Seed to Text
“The Challenges and Success of Defining and Enacting Food Sovereignty in American Indian Community Gardens”
“From the Birds, A Nations Cook Book” |
| 2:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
Community Action & Voices
“Revitalizing and Restoring Community Through Student Initiated Native Gardens”
“Increasing Awareness and Knowledge of Native Foods and Approaches to Wellness on a University Campus”
“Navajo-Churro Heritage, Stories and Perspectives” |
Friday November 13, 2015
| 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. | Registration & Check In — Baldwin Education Building |
| 9:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. | Welcome & Blessing — Warden Oasis Theater |
| 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. | Basketry Weaving Circles |
| 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. | Preserving the Art of Basketry-establishments contributing to the preservation of basketry
Royce Manuel, Weaver |
| 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. | Indigenous Food History & Culinary Justice
“Understanding the Foundations of Native American Food Systems”
“Storytelling, Histories, and Lessons of Maiz: a Culinary Metaphor for Native Resilience”
“La Mujer Obrera: Resistance & Sustainability” |
| 10:45 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. | Traditional & Contemporary Basketry Panel Discussion
Carol Douglas, Basket Weaver |
| 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. | Lunch Break: Indigenous Food Tasting, Weaving Circles & Networking |
| 1:00 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. |
Indigenous Kitchen & Cuisine Part 2
“Place & Time in New Indigenous Cuisine”
“Creating Kitchen Wisdom” |
| 1:00 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. | Youth Panel Discussion: Challenges & Expectations of the Basketry World
August Wood |
| 2:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. |
Native Language Revitalization, Food, & Eating
“Tt o t-gegos! (Let’s Eat!)” |
| 2:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
Remembering, Revitalizing, & Reclaiming Indigenous Foodways
“Between The Worlds - A Tale of a Pomegranate”
“Seeds of Renewal: Indigenous Agricultural Revitalization in the Far Northeast”
“Cactus One Eats: Peyote, Ceremony and Food of South Texas Native People”
“The Diverse Potato” |
| 2:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
How Does Climate Change Affect the Legacy of Native Foods & Basketry
Royce Manual, Doña Refugia Bacasewa Buitimea, Terrol Johnson |
| 4:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. | Basketry and Native Foods Awards and Closing — Warden Oasis Theater |