(NAME-MCE) Intersecting Interests: Tribal Knowledge and Research Communities, University of Montana-Missoula, April 16-17, 2008

[Swaney, Ellen]

http://www.tribalknowledgegathering.org/

Intersecting Interests: Tribal Knowledge and Research Communities
This gathering represents a unique Montana-Indian guided opportunity to
create formal dialogue among researchers and tribal knowledge keepers
regarding Tribal Knowledge Guardianship. The conference will take place
on the University of Montana Campus during the week of the 40th Annual
Kyi-Yo Pow Wow festivities.

The goals of the conference are:

    *      To create a forum for critical, timely dialogue about Tribal
Knowledge Guardianship.
    *      To provide an opportunity for Sovereign Nations and all
Academic Researchers to identify common concerns and priorities for
valuing, appreciating and expanding knowledge.
    *      To offer Sovereign Nations an environment to discourse on the
values and earned rights of transfer surrounding traditional knowledge.
    *      To afford all stakeholders a common meeting ground to discuss
the issues of indigenous research, data collection and data ownership.

Register now to be part of this important dialogue.

Ellen Swaney (Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes)
Director,  American Indian/Minority Achievement 
Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education 
Montana University System
46 N. Last Chance Gulch
PO Box 203201 
Helena, MT  59620-3201 
<http://www.mus.montana.edu>
http://www.montana.edu/wocheai/
406-444-6570, direct 444-0332
fax 406-444-1469 
eswaney at montana.edu 

"Every society needs educated people, but the primary responsibility of
educated people is to bring wisdom back into the community and make it
available to others so that the lives they are leading make sense." Vine
Deloria, Jr.