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TAHLEQUAH, OKLAHOMA – The annual State of Sequoyah conference, which will be held in conjunction with the 2006 Cherokee National Holiday, will be held at the Cherokee Casino Resort in Catoosa on Sunday and Monday, September 3 and 4. Named after the state that Native Americans attempted to establish in Indian Territory in 1905, this year’s conference, entitled “The Cherokee Nation continues in full force and effect,” echoes the theme of the National Holiday.The conference begins on Sunday, September 3, when registration opens at 11 a.m. Sessions begin the same day at 1:00 p.m. and will end late in the afternoon of Monday, the 4th, when the final session concludes.
Among the topics to be discussed will be the landmark Harjo v. Kleppe case; Cherokee Citizenship Beyond the Boundaries—A Call to Gadugi; Cherokee Diplomacy and Internationalism; Cherokee writers and writings and critical literacy; Cherokee National Literature—Political Documents and the Limits of the Literary; Are There Reservations in Oklahoma?: and, States of Sovereignty: Race Shifting, State Recognition and Tribal Rights in Cherokee Country.
Scheduled guest speakers are Chad Smith, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, who will open the conference and will discuss the significance of Harjo v. Kleppe. Allen Harjo will speak about the court case and Tom Luebben who represented Harjo will also speak.
Scholarly speakers will include Dr. Rennard Strickland, University of Oregon; Dr. Ellen Cushman, Michigan State University; Dr. Daniel Heath Justice, University of Toronto; Dr. Clara Sue Kidwell, University of Oklahoma, Dr. Christopher Teuton, University of Denver; Dr. Sean Teuton, University of Wisconsin at Madison; and Dr. Circe Sturm, University of Oklahoma.
The theme for both the Cherokee National Holiday and this conference derive from specific events and legislation in Cherokee history. On April 26, 1906, Congress enacted the “Five Tribes Act [34 Stat. 137]” to provide a mechanism to continue to deal with the affairs of the Cherokee Nation and the other four civilized tribes. After 1906, the president of the United States appointed all Cherokee chiefs to represent the Cherokee Nation. In the 1976 federal court case of Harjo vs. Kleppe, a federal judge determined that the Fives Tribes Act provided that the Five Civilized Tribes’ governments “shall continue in full force and effect” and stated that the “Bureau of Indian Affairs designed to prevent any tribal resistance to the Department’s methods of administering those Indian affairs delegated to it by Congress. This attitude...can only be characterized as bureaucratic imperialism.”
Contact Vera Blackburn, e-mail, for pre-registration information, and visit the Cherokee Casino online for hotel reservations. For additional information about the conference, contact Dr. Richard Allen, phone: 918-453-5466 or send e-mail.
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Mike Miller, Cherokee Nation Director of Communications Phone: 918-456-0671 (ext.2210) Fax: 918-458-5580 E-mail: Communications@cherokee.org
Larry Daugherty, Advertising Manager |
Steven Swogger, Agriculture Liaison Natural Resources Department Phone: 918-456-0671 (ext.2546) FAX: 918-458-7673 E-mail: sswogger@cherokee.org
Bradley D. Peak, Cherokee Nation |