Draft schedule of “Taking on the Doctrine of Discovery: What Are Our Next Steps?”
Skä·noñh—Great Law of Peace Center, 6680 Onondaga Lake Parkway, Liverpool, New York 13088.
| Time | Description |
|---|---|
| 8:00 AM | Coffee, tea and light breakfast |
| 8:30 AM | Opening– Thanksgiving Address |
| 9:00 AM | Philip P. Arnold and Sandy Bigtree (Mohawk Nation) greeting and orientation to the Center and conference |
| 10:00 AM | “Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island, Traditional Laws and Values” Betty Lyons (Onondaga Nation), Eve Reyes-Aguirre (Izkaloteka Mexica Azteca), Angela Mooney D’Arcy (Acjachemen Nation) (Lyons, moderator |
| 11:30 AM | Papal Bull burning ceremony led by John Floberg |
| 12:30PM | Traditional Haudenosaunee foods Lunch |
| 1:30PM | “Strategic Responses to the Impacts of DOD on Urban Indigenous Peoples and Communities of Color” Nita Gonzales (Tarahumara), Roberto Borrero (Taino), Rick Chavolla (Kumeyaay Nation) (Bundy, moderator) |
| 2:30PM | Break |
| 2:45PM | How people are dealing with the Doctrine of Discovery in their own context or communities. Needed next steps, ideas, etc. Working Groups and breakout sessions led by – Boyet Ongkiko |
| 4:15PM | “Next Steps.” Sandy Bigtree (Mohawk Nation), Tupac Enrique-Acosta (Izkaloteka Mexica Azteca), Aucán Huilcamán (Mapuche), Jake Edwards (Onondaga Nation) (Arnold, moderator) |
| 5:30PM | Traditional Haudenosaunee foods Banquet |
| 6:30PM | Screening and discussion of “Even the Rain” |
| Time | Description |
|---|---|
| 8:00AM | Coffee, tea and light breakfast |
| 9:00AM | Re-narrating our local stories and histories. Changing the message of the “French Fort” (Arnold, David McCallum) |
| 10:00AM | Panel: “United States Indian Law.” Joe Heath, Peter D’Errico and Steve Newcomb (Shawnee, Lenape) (Lyons, moderator) |
| 11:30AM | Tree planting ceremony at Center |
| 12:30PM | Traditional Haudenosaunee foods Lunch |
| 1:30PM | Assessment of the DoD in our midst. Round robin sharing session on next steps. |
| 4:00PM | Water Ceremony at Onondaga Lake (we can ask people to bring the water from their various parts of the world for this event) |
| 4:30PM | Closing. Tadodaho Sid Hill (Onondaga Nation, Haudenosaunee Confederacy) |
