From prestonh@home.com Mon Oct 30 11:29:02 2000 Received: from mxu4.u.washington.edu (mxu4.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.8]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.05/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id LAA178200 for ; Mon, 30 Oct 2000 11:29:01 -0800 Received: from femail8.sdc1.sfba.home.com (femail8.sdc1.sfba.home.com [24.0.95.88]) by mxu4.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.02/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id LAA09211 for ; Mon, 30 Oct 2000 11:29:00 -0800 Received: from C931275-A.home.com ([24.0.234.36]) by femail8.sdc1.sfba.home.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.00 201-229-121) with ESMTP id <20001030192900.SMRH2160.femail8.sdc1.sfba.home.com@C931275-A.home.com> for ; Mon, 30 Oct 2000 11:29:00 -0800 Message-Id: <5.0.0.25.2.20001030112258.0296d370@mail.sttln1.wa.home.com> X-Sender: prestonh@mail.sttln1.wa.home.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.0 Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 11:25:00 -0800 To: indknow@u.washington.edu From: Preston Hardison Subject: Saskatchewan Indigenous Knowledge Conference Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: Priscilla.Settee@extfc.usask.ca (Priscilla Settee) Call for Papers and Participation Indigenous Knowledge Conference Dates: May 28-30, 2001 Place: University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Hosted by the Indigenous Peoples Program, Extension Division, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, The Honouring Conference will focus on the following themes: =95 preservation of Indigenous knowledge and languages =95 current development regarding protection of biodiversity, including Convention on Biological Diversity, legal documents and global Indigenous declarations, ie Maataatua Declaration =95 incorporation of and utilization of Indigenous knowledge /Intellectual property by education institutions, issues and concerns =95 the impact of environmental degradation, biotechnology, patents, genetically modified organisms and other issues on Indigenous Knowledge and local communities. Abstracts and Proposals This conference will bring together Indigenous and non-indigenous people who will share professional, academic and community-based knowledge about protecting traditional resources, cultural knowledge, and bio-diversity. Representatives from various parts of the globe will join participants from across Saskatchewan and Canada to share their experiences with issues that have affected local communities, for example, biotechnology and resource depletion activities of governments and corporations. Strategies to coordinate preservation and protection of indigenous knowledge, particularly in the local context, will be developed based on discussions and workshops. Cultural activities such as a feast, elders talks and a trip to the world heritage site, Waneskewin, is planned as part of the conference. Conference will be limited to 150 people and will take place just prior to the Canadian Indigenous Native Studies Association Annual conference, May 31 =AD June 3, 2001. Participants are invited to attend both events. (separate registration). Those interested in presenting papers or organzing sessions, panel discussions,should submit their name, institutional and band/tribal affiliationand title with abstracts/proposals (not to exceed 250 words) as email attachments, or fax to: Conference Co-ordinator, Priscilla Settee Indigenous Peoples Program Extension Division University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada.S7N 5C8 e-mail Priscilla.Settee@usask.ca Ph 306-966-5556 Fax 306-966-5567 The deadline for submissions of abstracts is January 5, 2001. =20 .