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Call for Papers: Native/Indigenous Studies Area
2006 Southwest/Texas Popular Culture/American Culture Association

February 8-11, 2006

Southwest/Texas Popular & American Culture Association's
27th Annual Conference in Albuquerque, NM

Proposals for both Panels and Individual Papers are now being accepted for the Native/Indigenous Studies Area. Listed below are some suggestions for possible presentations, but topics not included here are welcome and encouraged.

The deadline for submitting proposals is November 15, 2005.

   Indigenous Methodologies
   Indians in Higher Education
   Teaching Popular Culture in Native American Studies
   Biography, autobiography, and nonfiction works by and/or about Indigenous people
   Popular culture and religion (or, religious popular culture)
   Native peoples in/and film
   Native representations in popular culture (television, comic books, video/computer games, film, etc…)
   Politics and Native peoples
   Indigenous resistance, regional or global (whaling/fishing rights, incarceration issues, sports mascots, etc.)
   More ideas encouraged!

Inquiries regarding this area and/or abstracts of 250 words may be sent to Sara Sutler-Cohen at the email or physical address below. Please forward this email to people who would be interested in participating.

Sara C. Sutler-Cohen
Area Chair, Native Studies
PCA/ACA Annual Regional Conferences
1817 SE Umatilla Street
Portland, OR 97202
503.231.1719
saraksgirl_at_yahoo.com

The 2006 SW/TX PCA/ACA Conference will be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the Hyatt Regency Albuquerque. Join us this year, as a returning or first-time participant, as we celebrate the 27th year of this regional popular culture conference. Further details regarding the conference (listing of all areas, hotel, registration, tours, etc.) can be found at http://www.swtexaspca.org. PLEASE NOTE: THE DEADLINE FOR CONFERENCE REGISTRATION IS DECEMBER 31, 2005.

"I always knew I wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific."
--Lily Tomlin

Sara C. Sutler-Cohen, Ph.D.
Program Evaluator and Consultant
Specializing in NonProfit Organizations

Editor-In-Chief, Native Realities
http://www.wordcraftcircle.org/natreal/index.htm

Area Chair, Native American Studies
SW/TX Regional PCAACA Annual Conferences

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