Building Native Nations: Native American Heritage and Governance Conference
August 6–8, 2019
Crow Canyon Archaeological Center
Cortez, Colorado
Conference Description
The Crow Canyon Archaeological Center in partnership with the Native Nations Institute, a self-determination, self-governance, and development resource for Native nations located at the University of Arizona, will host a three-day conference called, Building Native Nations: Native American Heritage and Governance. It will be held at Crow Canyon (Cortez, CO), August 6-8, 2019.
This is an interactive education program on how heritage resources management is a matter of tribal governance. Instructors will be nationally-renown experts who are Native American. Participants in the training will be tribal leaders, and staff who are primarily responsible for the management of heritage resources. We will discuss the Native Nation-Building model as the philosophical underpinning for building an informed and strategic heritage resources management program that is culturally- and community-based. The specific heritage management topics to be covered will include:
· Managing heritage resources within the Native Nation Building model
· Indigenous archaeology
· Planning for tribal museums
· Indigenous intellectual property rights and archaeology
· Cultural landscapes and co-management regimes (including a trip to Bears Ears National Monument)
Agenda
Native American Heritage and Governance Conference — FINAL AGENDA.pdfCost
The conference is offered tuition-free and there will be no cost for meals that are served at Crow Canyon as part of the conference courtesy of our generous donors and sponsors. You are responsible for lodging and travel costs.
The Partners
The Native Nations Institute for Leadership, Management, and Policy (NNI)
NNI is primarily focused on helping Native Nations to increase their capacities for self-rule and for self-determined, sustainable community and economic development ─ or nation building. NNI is in Tucson, AZ at the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy. It was founded in 2001 by the University of Arizona and the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation as a self-determination, self-governance, and development resource for Native Nations. NNI’s roots are in the research programs of the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development, founded in 1986. Their research, instruction, facilitation, and strategic planning is based on the understanding that nation building involves building institutions of self-government that are culturally appropriate to the nation and that are effective in addressing the nation’s challenges. It involves developing the nation’s capacity to make timely, strategically informed decisions about its affairs and to implement those decisions. It involves a comprehensive effort to rebuild societies that work.
http://nni.arizona.edu/programs-projects/what-native-nation-building
The Crow Canyon Archaeological Center (Crow Canyon)
Crow Canyon, founded in 1983, is a non-profit outdoor education and research organization specializing in archaeological research and public instruction in archaeological method and the culture history of the greater Mesa Verde region. Crow Canyon's mission is to advance and share knowledge of the human experience through archaeological research, education programs, and partnerships with American Indians.
