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CSWE/ITSWEA APM 2024

The 2024 ITSWEA 28th Annual Conference is a peer-reviewed program of educators working with and serving Indigenous people and communities. 

The conference will take place in person in Kansas City, MO, on Thursday, October 24th, 2024, from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM CST.

2024 Conference Agenda

9:00-10:00     Opening

                      Introduction of participants

                      Welcome & overview of meeting

                      Hilary Weaver

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10:00-10:45   The long road to educational sovereignty: Designing an Indigenous Knowledge Roadmap as
                     an act of resilience

                      Rebecca Maldonado Moore

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10:45-11:30   Cultural equivalence of the scale for ethnocultural empathy with Indigenous populations

                      Lisa G. Byers

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11:30-12:15   Local Content - Issues affecting Indigenous people in Kansas: NAGPRA, MMIW/R, and State
                      of Kansas's proposed bill that limits DEI

                      Melissa Peterson, Sierra Two Bulls, & Laura Ramirez

                      

12:15-1:45     Lunch break

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1:45-2:30       Parenting patterns of urban American Indian parents in Arizona

                      Chao-Kai Huang

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2:30-3:15       Lesson learning from a Tribal child welfare-university partnership

                      Nicole Henry, Olivia Ben, Cedar Dancing Bull, Reese Cummings, Carenlee Barkdull, Bret                           Weber & Jennifer Russell

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3:15-4:00       Strengthening & sustaining: Translating & sustaining long-term translation of culturally grounded
                      programing

                      Kristi Ka’apu, Gail Lilly, Tamela Solomon, Michelle Johnson-Jennings, Tia Grisham, Tina Routh,                       Jeremy Chickaway, Dan Isaac, Kya Locklear, Juliette Christian & Catherine E. McKinley

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4:00-4:45       Business meeting

                      - ITSWEA participation in the APM

                      - Indigenous & Tribal track

                      - Treasurer’s report

                      - Student support initiatives

                      - Other business

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4:45-5:00       Closing

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