North Carolina Indian Unity Conference
March 11-13, Hilton North Raleigh, Raleigh, NC
see http://www.doa.state.nc.us/cia/calendar/documents/2010Unity/UNITYSchedule.pdf
UNC-Chapel Hill American Indian Alumni Reunion
March 19-20, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Includes a banquet, silent auction, and entertainment, and the Annual Carolina Indian Circle Powwow
see http://americanindiancenter.unc.edu/events.php
Southeastern Indian Studies Conference
April 8-9, UNC-Pembroke, Pembroke, NC
For schedule and registration information, see http://www.uncp.edu/ais/news/sisc/index.htm
Malinda Maynor Lowery
April 8-9, University of New Mexico Critical Knowledge Symposium, Albuquerque, NM
April 8, 4:00 pm: Keynote Address, “Working From Home: Research and Identity in Native American Communities”
April 9, 9:00 am: Film Screening, In the Light of Reverence
Malinda Maynor Lowery, “Lumbee Indians in the Jim Crow South: Race, Identity, and the Making of a Nation”
April 13, 7:00 pm, UNC-Pembroke Chancellor’s Residence, Pembroke, NC
Talk, Book signing, and Reception, Sponsored by First Peoples/New Directions in Indigenous Studies and theUNCP Office of Advancement
Malinda Maynor Lowery, Book Reading
April 14, 3:30 pm, Bull’s Head Bookshop, UNC-Chapel Hill Student Stores, Chapel Hill, NC
Lumbee Indians in the Jim Crow South, Book Launch Party
April 14, 4:30-6:30 pm, American Indian Center, Abernethy Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill
Food, music, and fellowship, sponsored by the UNC-CH American Indian Center
Malinda Maynor Lowery, “Redefining Race: Lumbee Indians at the Crossroads of Southern History”
April 16, 7:00 pm; invitation only
Keynote Address, Historical Society of North Carolina Bi-Annual Meeting, Elon University, Elon NC
“Many Voices, One Story? Public History Narratives of Native American and African American Histories”
April 17, 8:30-5:00, Withers Hall, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
For registration and more information, see http://faculty.chass.ncsu.edu/ctfriend/PHconference.htm
Malinda Maynor Lowery, “Indian, Southern, and American: Lumbee Indians in the Jim Crow South”
April 22, 5:00-6:30, Maple Room, Indiana Memorial Union, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Malinda Maynor Lowery, Radio Interview
April 28, 6:00-7:00 pm, “Who’s Talking,” hosted by D.G. Martin, 1360 WCHL Radio, Chapel Hill, NC
Arlinda Locklear, Esq., “Reflections on the Lumbee Battle for Federal Recognition: The Future of Self-Determination for Native American Tribes”
April 28, 4:00pm, Alumni Hall I, The Carolina Club, G.W. Hill Alumni Center, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Sponsored by the UNC-CH Department of History, the Center for the Study of the American South, the American Indian Center, the Carolina Women’s Center, and the Diversity Incentive Fund.
Malinda Maynor Lowery, Film Screening and Discussion, “In the Light of Reverence”
April 29, 5:00 pm, Hamilton Smith 127 (95 Main St), University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
Sponsored by UNH and Gedakina
Download Flyer for More Information
Malinda Maynor Lowery, Film Screening and Discussion, “In the Light of Reverence”
April 30, Time and Location TBA, Penobscot Nation, Old Town, ME
Sponsored by the Penobscot Nation and Gedakina
Malinda Maynor Lowery, “Kinship and Capitalism: Coal Mining in the Choctaw Nation”
May 3, 12:00 noon, Robinson Hall Lower Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Sponsored by Harvard University Native American Program, Harvard University Department of History and others
HIST/AMST 234, Native American Tribal Studies: Lumbee History Web Conference
May 6, 12:00 pm
For more information, see http://lumbee.web.unc.edu
Malinda Maynor Lowery, Book Reading
Thursday, June 17, 4:00 pm, The Country Bookshop, Southern Pines, NC
June 26, 2010: Lumbee History Roundtable Discussion
Noon-2 pm, BSU House, Prospect Road, Pembroke, NC
Free; catered lunch provided; contact Alesia Cummings at 910-521-6266 for more information
June 29, 2010: Elders’ Luncheon
Noon, Southeastern Farmers’ Market, Lumberton, NC
Free; catered lunch provided–open to tribal members age 67 and older
Featuring Performances by Willie French Lowery and the Lumbee Elders’ Choir
Sponsored by the Lumbee Regional Development Association; for more information, see www.lumbeehomecoming.com
July 6, 2010: Dinner Honoring Lumbee Attorney Arlinda F. Locklear, Esq.
7:00 pm, University Center Annex, UNC-Pembroke, Pembroke, NC
Tickets: $20.00; includes dinner, entertainment, and special speakers
Sponsored by Department of American Indian Studies, UNC-Pembroke
Contact Alesia Cummings at 910-521-6266 for more information
July 12, 2010: Malinda Maynor Lowery, “From the Trail of Tears to the Lumbee Indians of North Carolina” (not open to the public)
North Carolina Civic Education Consortium: “Challenges to Democracy”
UNC-CH School of Government
September 16-17, 2010: Conference for American Indian Women of Proud Nations
Malinda Maynor Lowery & Jane Haladay, Native American Women and Domestic Violence, featuring a screening of a segment of Survivor to Survivor, and invited guests from the Cherokee and Lumbee communities
Harrah’s Cherokee Hotel and Casino, Cherokee, NC
For more information, see www.aiwpn.org
September 30, 2010: Malinda Maynor Lowery, “Lumbee Indians in the Jim Crow South”
2:30 pm, William and Ida Friday Center, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Sponsored by Carolina College for Lifelong Learning, UNC General Alumni Association
For more information, contact Ann-Louise Aguilar, Ann-Louise_Aguiar@unc.edu
