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Regional Student Poster SessionNative American & Indigenous Studies Association

Uncasville, CT – June 4, 2012

Co-sponsored by Five Colleges, Inc. and a donor who prefers to remain anonymous. Thank you for your support!

Donna Moody (UMass) explains her projectto attentive listeners.

Indian Country Today reporter Gale CoureyToensing stopped by to get the scoop.

Donna Moody (UMass) shares a momentwith Professor Bob Paynter (UMass).

Karen Sause (UMass) found great sources inthe Smith College archives.

Regional Student Poster SessionNative American & Indigenous Studies Association

Uncasville, CT – June 4, 2012

Co-sponsored by Five Colleges, Inc. and a donor who prefers to remain anonymous. Thank you for your support!

This the first time NAISA has offered astudent poster session but maybe not the last.

Jean Forward (UMass) encouraged siblingsAndreus Ridley (UMass) and Amara Ridley(UMass) to present. They brought theirbrother, 8-year-old Pierre-Andre Ridley.

Nina Griecci Woodsum (UMass) chats withAmara Ridley (UMass). A poster session isa great networking opportunity for students.

Amara Ridley (UMass) discusses herresearch with Stephanie Fielding, a memberof the Mohegan Council of Elders, while herbrothers take a break.

Regional Student Poster SessionNative American & Indigenous Studies Association

Uncasville, CT – June 4, 2012

Co-sponsored by Five Colleges, Inc. and a donor who prefers to remain anonymous. Thank you for your support!

Taquana Peters (UMass) interested manypeople with her poster on The NativeAmerican Youth Enrichment Program ofGreater Boston.

.Mimi Linares-Ramirez (Smith) articulatesthe importance of Native American Studies,inspired by her work with Professor DawnPeterson (Smith).

Caitlin Hayes (UMass) presented a projecton Calvin Coolidge, completed for a classwith Professor Chris Couch (UMass).

How do you get Smith College students toattend an academic conference? Put MimiLinares-Ramirez (Smith) on the program!

Regional Student Poster SessionNative American & Indigenous Studies Association

Uncasville, CT – June 4, 2012

Co-sponsored by Five Colleges, Inc. and a donor who prefers to remain anonymous. Thank you for your support!

Susan Meehan (Goucher) presented her workon Mohegan foodways before dashing off togive tours of the Mohegan church forNAISA members.

Too bad we don’t have a close-up of thisposter by Loyola Rankin (Brown), seen herewith Professor Elizabeth Hoover (Brown). Itfeatures lurid covers from romance novels.

Colin Porter (Brown) explains his doctoralresearch on fortified houses in the time ofKing Philip’s War to an interested audience.

Adrienne Keene (Harvard Graduate Schoolof Education) fit right in at NAISA with herresearch on what draws indigenous studentsto college.

Regional Student Poster SessionNative American & Indigenous Studies Association

Uncasville, CT – June 4, 2012

Co-sponsored by Five Colleges, Inc. and a donor who prefers to remain anonymous. Thank you for your support!

The Pequot War is an enduring topic ofinterest for many, including BJ Lillis(Wesleyan) and historian Neal Salisbury(Smith) who stopped by in the afternoon.

Nicole Breault (UMass Boston) discovered apassion for Mashpee history in a seminartaught by Professor Josh Reid (UMassBoston).

The Poster Session created a space for manygreat conversations. Here we see L-R NicoleBreault (UMass-B), BJ Lillis (Wesleyan),ethnohistorian John Moody, LaurieWeinstein (SCSU), Bob Paynter (UMass-A)and Jean Forward (UMass-A).

Nicole Breault (UMass Boston) with JimPeters (Mashpee Wampanoag), a long-timemember of the Massachusetts Commissionon Indian Affairs.

Regional Student Poster SessionNative American & Indigenous Studies Association

Uncasville, CT – June 4, 2012

Co-sponsored by Five Colleges, Inc. and a donor who prefers to remain anonymous. Thank you for your support!

“We are not free. We wish to be”: Restoring Mashpee Wampanoag Rights to Self-Government, 1831-1834, Nicole Breault, University of Massachusetts Boston

Scientific Discourse and Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Max Calloway, University ofMassachusetts Amherst

Calvin Coolidge in the Black Hills, Caitlin Hayes, University of Massachusetts Amherst

College Pride, Native Pride: Examining American Indian, Alaska Native, and NativeHawaiian Students in the College Pipeline, Adrienne Keene, Harvard GraduateSchool of Education

Re-imagining the Pequot War as a Native Conflict, Bernard J. Lillis, Wesleyan University

The Intellectual Contribution of the Interdisciplinary Field of Native American Studies inUndergraduate Institutions, Noemi Linares-Ramirez, Smith College

A Study of Mohegan Foodways Past and Present, Susan W Meehan, Goucher College

The Intersection of Native American, African, and African American Symbology inMaterial Culture, Donna L. Moody, University of Massachusetts Amherst

The Native American Youth Enrichment Program of Greater Boston, Taquana Peters,University of Massachusetts Amherst

Native Presence and Persistence at Fortified Houses from King Philip's War, Colin Porter,Brown University

Half-Breeds, Savages, and Warriors: Native American Portrayals in Romance Novels,Loyola Rankin, Brown University

We Are Native: Colonial Contact and it's Influence on Cultural Identity of Native Peopleof Northeastern United States, Eastern Canada and the West Indies, Amara Ridley,University of Massachusetts Amherst

Disrespect towards Native American Religious rights by the U.S. Supreme Court,Andreus Ridley, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Camp Oáhe: Charles Eastman’s “School of the Woods: and Ohiyesa’s “Hill of Vision,”Karen Sause, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Contemporary Native American Indian Intellectual Resistance and Theory, AntoninaGriecci Woodsum, University of Massachusetts Amherst