Downloadable Schedule

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Special Guest

Keynote speaker Linda Hogan
Keynote speaker Linda Hogan
(photo courtesy of nativewiki.org)



Documentary Premiere

Hearth and Harvest Preview
Click the picture above for more information
about the WVIA documentary "Hearth
and Harvest", which will premiere on Friday
at the Campus Theatre in downtown Lewisburg.

  

Schedule of Events

Friday, September 25

 Registration
Registration is required for anyone who wishes to attend the Friday dinner and Saturday luncheon, but is not required to attend any of the panels or speakers. For more information about registration, click here.

3:00 - 4:30pm (Dana 113, Gardner Lecture Hall)
Cultural and Historical Geography: Mapping the Susquehanna Valley in the 21st Century
Moderated by Gary Bloss, Director, Susquehanna Greenways Partnership

  • Human Geography of the Susquehanna - Ben Marsh, Bucknell University
  • Mapping History, Ethnicity, Place - Emily Bitely, Bucknell University '11
  • Historic Corridor Proposal - David O'Neill, President, Friends of the John Smith Chesapeake Trail

5:00 - 6:00pm (Cafeteria, Elaine Langone Center)
Dinner
 Dinner will be provided for guests who pay for meal tickets. For more information, please contact Pam Pollini, ppollini@bucknell.edu.

6:30 - 7:30pm (Gardner Lecture Hall, Dana Engineering Building)
Keynote Address by Linda Hogan
Linda Hogan is an award-winning poet and novelist of the Chickasaw Nation as well as an environmental activist. Her writing focuses on the relationships between humans and the environment and emphasizes the idea that all life is interconnected. For more information about Ms. Hogan, click here.

8:15 - 9:30pm (Campus Theatre)
"Hearth and Harvest": WVIA Documentary Premiere
WVIA will premiere a documentary examining the ways in which agriculture has played a crucial role in the history and culture of Pennsylvania, and juxtaposing its history with an analysis of the issues that challenge farmers in the modern agricultural era. For more information about the documentary, click here.


Saturday, September 26

9:00 - 10:15am (Gardner Lecture Hall, Dana Engineering Building)
History of Native Americans in the Susquehanna Watershed
Coordinated by Katherine Faull (Bucknell University)

  • Upper Susquehanna Archaeology & History - Deb Twigg, Director, Susquehanna River Archaeological Center of Native American Studies
  • Lower Susquehanna Petroglyphs - Paul Nevin, Past President, Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology
  • The Confluence & Old Shamokin - Cindy Inkrote, Director, Northumberland County Historical Society

10:30 - 11:45am (Gardner Lecture Hall, Dana Engineering Building)
Native Americans in Pennsylvania: Contemporary Viewpoints
Coordinated by David Minderhout and Jessica Dowsett, Bloomsburg University
Respondents: Marietta Dantonio-Fryer, Joel Keener, Cheyney University

  • Native American Oral Traditions - Jerry Dietz, Seneca Nation
  • Native American Spirituality - Kenneth Hayden, Shawnee Nation
  • Lenape Language Revival - Susan Taffe, Lenape/Nanticoke Nations

12:00 - 1:00pm (Cafeteria, Elaine Langone Center)
Lunch
Lunch will be provided for guests who pay for meal tickets. For more information, please contact Pam Pollini, ppollini@bucknell.edu.

1:15 - 2:30pm (Gardner Lecture Hall, Dana Engineering Building)
Heritage, the Environment, and the Future of the Susquehanna Valley
Coordinated by Alf Siewers, BUEC Nature and Human Communities Initiative

  • American Indian Culture and Ecological Restoration in the Northeast - Donald Grinde, Professor and Chair, American Studies, University of Buffalo
  • History and Conservation at the Headwaters - Linn Cary Mehta, lecturer, Barnard College, Otsego 2000
  • Native American Environmental Ethics and a Watershead Project - Sid Jamieson, Haudenosaunee Confederacy, Bucknell University, and Greenwood Conservancy

2:30 - 3:30pm (Dana Engineering Building)
Poster Session, Faculty and Students and Watershed Organizations
Susquehanna River Heartland Coalition for Environmental Studies, and Susquehanna Colloquium for Nature and Human Communities

3:30 - 5:00pm Shikellamy Park Tour

7:30 - 8:30pm (Terrace Room, Elaine Langone Center)
Performance by Native Nations Dance Theater
Native Nations Dance Theater will present a Mini Powwow featuring native dances from different tribal nations, singing, flute playing, drumming, and audience participation.