Speakers and Presenters
Key Note Speakers
Professor John Mohawk - Has unfortunately withdrawn from the programme due to the passing of a close family member.
Speakers & Abstracts
Listed by surname: A | B | C | D-G | H | I-J | K-O | P-Q | R | S | T-V | W-X | Y-Z
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AKERS, Donna
Choctaw Nation
Department of History
University of Nebraska, USA
Indigenous Scholars and Collaboration with Tribal Nations: A Roadmap to Joint Projects
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ALVITRE, Cindi & DUNN Carolyn
Tongva Nation
UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures
Native American Museum Studies, USA
Cherokee/Muskogee/Seminole Nations
American Studies and Ethnicity
University of Southern California, USA
Performing Nation/Performing Identity: American Indian Storytelling, Poetry and Song in Practice
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ANNING, Berice, Veronica Arbon & Mai Katona
Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Studies
Australia
Developing Postgraduate Studies in Indigenous knowledge Systems: An approach to, and examples of, research and development that will lead to significant advances for the development of Indigenous peoples and research knowledge systems at Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Studies
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BAKER, Jade Tangiāhua
Ngati Porou, Ngati Awa
Canterbury University, New Zealand
‘Te Ara o te Kuri’: Retracing Complex Pathways
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BENNETT, Barnaby
School of Architecture
Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Peer, Glimpse and Gaze: A Pakeha View of Whakapapa and Architecture.
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BENNETT, Maia
Ngāti Kahungunu, Te Arawa
Health Services Research Centre
Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Connectedness in Youth: Ngā Whakaaro o ngā Rangatahi i te Ao Hurihuri
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BRADLEY-VINE, Lesley R. & RAPATINI, James
University of Western Sydney, Australia
& Ngapuhi, Ngati Kahungunu, Ngai Tahu
Ngawha Pools Operations
Taitokerau, Aotearoa-New Zealand
Linking Māori Indigenous Wisdom with Wholesome Life Ecology
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BRADY, Wendy
Koori Centre
University of Sydney
Australia
The Conflict of Knowing in the Academy
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BLANCHARD, Michelle
Koori Centre
University of Sydney, Australia
"Exit stage left........Contemporary Indigenous Australian Theatre"
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CADET-JAMES, Yvonne, & Komla Tsey, Mary Whiteside, Janya McCalman, Ruth Fagan & Andrew Wilson
School of Australian Indigenous Studies
James Cook University, Australia
The Family Wellbeing Empowerment Program as a Tool in Improving Indigenous Health: A Participatory Action Research Project
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CAHIR, Fred - Has withdrawn
School of Business
University of Ballarat, Australia
‘Finders and Keepers’: The Benefits of Inclusiveness for Indigenous Tourism Operators / Goldfields Tourism with Particular Reference to Regional Victoria, Australia
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CHEN, Shih-Chang
Taiwan Indigenous Peoples’ Traditional Knowledge Project National Taiwan University, Taiwan
The Nature of Traditional Knowledge and Its Protection - aiwan’s Perspective
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CHU, Cherie
He Parekereke
Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Understanding Pacific Student Leadership: An Exploration From Community to the University
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COOPER, Garrick,W.
New Zealand Council for Educational Research
New Zealand
Pursuing Quality Education in Kura Kaupapa Māori
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COOPER, Te Taite Cooper
Faculty of Education
Victoria University of Wellington,
New Zealand
Knowledge of Whiteness and the Alter-native: Knowledge of Maoriness and the Native Reality
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DAY, Diana & McLISKEY, Claire
Koori Centre
University of Sydney, Australia
Black and White Science: Why Indigenous Australian tudents Don’t Do University Science
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DAY, Diana
Koori Centre
University of Sydney, Australia
Privatisation of Australia’s Freshwater Commons: Implications for Indigenous Water Culture
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dé ISHTAR, Zohl
Australian Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies
The University of Queensland, Australia
Living on the Ground: A Methodology for Whites Researching Respectfully with Indigenous Communities
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DICKSON, Michelle
Department of Psychology
Macquarie University, Australia
Listen and Talk, Research to Strengthen – Birthing the Indigenous Health Worker Course
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EASTON , Herewini
Victoria University of Wellington College of Education, New Zealand
Walking the Talk: Energising Indigenous Knowledge Systems by Constructing an Internal Research Framework From Within the System
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GOLDSBURY, Peter & Te Whaiti Community Members
AUT, New Zealand
www.tipuake.org.nz
Tipu Ake ki te Ora: Reconciling Local Indigenous Māori alities and Wisdom With Government, Research and Funding Protocols
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GRAHAM, James
Ruawharo Centre
Massey University College of Education, New Zealand
Nā Rangi Nā Papa Tāua: A Research Framework Based on Whakapapa
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HARVEY, Graham
Religious Studies
Open University, United Kingdom
Guests and Hosts: Transforming Academic Paradigms in Conversation With Māori Diaspora Communities
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HIPWELL, William - Has withdrawn
Department of Geography Kyungpook National University, South Korea
Ecological Reterritorialization and Resistance in Taiwan: The Cou Nation’s (Re)construction of Nature
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HIREME, Hemi
Waiariki Iwi Regeneration Initiative (WIRI), New Zealand
Ma wai ra e taurima? Who cares for the guardians - In support of the continuity of cultural consciousness.
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Te Puna Rangahau - HOPA, Ngapare, Eileen Paulin, Wayne Taitoko, Aroha Apiti, Harold Maniapoto & Paul Meredith
Te Wananga o Aotearoa, New Zealand
Kia Hoki Wairua Mai: Re-Envisioning the Goal and Audience of Scholarship. The Alienation of Māori Land in the King Country Wananga, February 2005
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HUDSON , Maui
Kenepuru Science Centre,
New Zealand
Tapahia te Ihu Poaka: Mātauranga Māori, Tikanga Māori and Ethics
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IAUKEA, Sydney
Department of Political Science
University of Hawai’i - Manoa, Hawai’i
“A Lot is Riding on Sun, Surf, and Souvenirs.” Tourist Longing and Conservation: Landscaping Agendas of the State
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JACKSON, Moana
Nga Kaiwhakamarama i Nga Ture/ Māori Legal Service,
New Zealand
Fires on the Foreshore – The Politics of Knowledge and the Knowledge of Politics
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JOHNSON, Jay T.
Munsee-Delaware Nation, Western Cherokee Nation
Department of Geography
University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Facing Future: Encouraging Cartographic Literacy in Indigenous Communities
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Faculty of Education
University of Auckland, New Zealand & Te Whare Waananga o Awanuiarangi, New Zealand
Cross-cultural Literacy: Knowledge and Ignorance in Post-colonial Classrooms
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JONES, Carwyn
Ministry of Justice, New Zealand
Welcoming Kahu and Gordon to the Law: The Place of the Pōwhiri in Jurisprudential Research
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JONES, Chris
Warawara Department of Indigenous Studies
Macquarie University, Australia
Transforming Universities to Engage the Intrinsic Value of Both Indigenous Peoples and Their Knowledge Systems: Towards Research Relationships and Education Curricula of Cultural Equality
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KATENE, Jeanette
Rangataua Mauriora
New Zealand
For the Sake of the Children
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KEHAULANI WATSON, Trisha
American Studies
University of Hawai’i , Manoa, Hawai’i
Na Lewa: The Physical and Ideological Diaspora of Native Hawaiians
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KERCKHOFFS, Huub, Moana Puha, Bobby Atkins, Taiwhai McLutchie, Andrea Bourhill, Dan Bloomer, Jeff Reid, Scott Shaw, Brian Rogers, Anis Rahman, Trevor James & Willie Smith
Crop Science for Māori
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KEREHI, Jason
Greater Wellington Regional Council
Masterton, New Zealand
‘Nga Waahi Tapu o Ngati Haamua’: Sacred Sites of Ngati Haamua
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KINDON, Sara, Utiku Potaka, Neville Lomax, Kirsty Woods, Joyce Potaka, Thomas Curtis & Geoff Hume-Cook
Institute of Geography
Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
& Te Iwi o Ngati Hauiti, Rata, Rangitikei
What has Participatory Video Research Got to Offer Māori? Reflections From a Small Space on Shifting Ground
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KINGI, Tracey & BRABYN, Lars
Crown Forest Rental Trust, New Zealand
& Te Aro Whenua/ Department of Geography, Tourism and Environmental Planning
University of Waikato, New Zealand
Difficulties of Incorporating Māori Worldviews into GIS-based Classifications of Natural Landscape Character in Aotearoa, New Zealand
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KOSTANSKI, Laura
School of Business
University of Ballarat, Australia
Dual Naming: Recognising Landscape Identities Within the Constraints of Government and Research Guidelines
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KUOKKANEN, Rauna
Samiland
McMaster University,
Canada
From Academic Ignorance Toward the Gift of Indigenous Epistemes
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LAMBERT, Simon
Ngati Ruapani, Ngai Tuhoe
National Centre for Advanced Bioprotection Technologies, New Zealand
Technology Transfer: The Diffusion of Advanced Biotechnologies and Māori Horticulture
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LO, Yung-Ching
Taiwan Indigenous Peoples’ Territories Mapping Project
National Taiwan University, Taiwan
A Dialectic Between Internal Lines and External Boundaries—A Case Study on Mahoan Bunun’s Border--A Thesis on No-borderism Territory Mapping
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LOUIS, Renee
Hawaiian Place Names: Mnemonic Symbols in a Hawaiian Performance Cartography
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MACFARLANE, Angus
School of Education
Waikato University
Leadership in Educultural Communities
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MAIAVA, Ole
Te Wananga o Aotearoa, New Zealand
“Deeds Not Words”: A Pasifika Look at Evidence Gathering, Research and Inducements
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McGARVEY, Patrick
Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi, New Zealand
The Dilemmas of Being a Māori Researcher
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McMEEKING, Sacha
Kai Tahu, Ngati Mamoe, Waitaha
Faculty of Law
University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Statutory Protection of Indigenous Cultural Expressions - Defining Offensiveness
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MELLON, Claire
Australia
New Paradigms - Reculturing and Restructuring Schools To Achieve Equity of Access For Indigenous Students
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MEREDITH, Paul
Ngati Maniapoto
Te Wananga o Aotearoa, New Zealand
Kaputuhi: Strengthening the Cultural Foundations of a Meeting House and a Māori Community
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MORSEU-DIOP, Noritta
Torres Strait Islands
University of Queensland
Australia
Healing in Justice: An Indigenous Social Worker’s Perspective of the Queensland Prison System and its Impact on Incarcerated Indigenous Persons
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PENETITO, Wally
Tainui - Ngāti Haua, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Tamatera
Victoria University of Wellington
‘Te Rongomau a Tauiwi – Te Tūtangata a ngā Tangatawhenua’: The Whiteman’s Peace – The Stance of Indigenous Peoples
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PHILLIPS, Hazel
Māori Research and Development
Te Wanaka o Otautahi
Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology, New Zealand
An Old Wolf in New Clothes: The Impact of ‘Political’ Conservatism on Kaupapa Māori Educational Provision
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PHILLIPS, Jean; Hart, V; Winslett, G & WHATMAN, Sue
Oodgeroo Unit & Teaching and Learning Support Services
Queensland University of Technology
Australia
Decolonising University Curricula – Reforming the Colonised Spaces Within Which We Operate
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PIHAMA, Leonie
International Research Institute for Maori and Indigenous Education
Auckland University, New Zealand
Kaupapa Maori Theory: Indigenous Analysis for Change
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PRESCOTT, James Manisela
Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
Approaches to Researching Ethnic Minority Businesses in New Zealand
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PUYOK, Arnold; ALWI, A; Manikam, L & MANGGI, W
Curtin University, Malaysia
Social Transformation and Modernisation Among the Indigenous People: The Case of the Orang Ulu in Miri Sarawak, East Malaysia.
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RAU, Cath
Ngāti Pūkeko, Tūhoe
Kia Ata Mai Educational Trust, New Zealand
Assessment in Māori Medium Education: Challenges, Compromises and Responses
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RAWIRI, Āneta
Te Puna Mātauranga o Whanganui
Whanganui Iwi Education Authority, New Zealand
Literacy for Indigenous Communities’ Cultural Continuity and Dynamism
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REID, Josh
Department of History
University of California, USA
Marine Space and Makah Identity
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ROGERS , M., TAIMONA, H., Foote, J., Hepi, M., Broodkoorn, M., North, N. &Tipa, G.
Hauora Hokianga (Hokianga Health Enterprises Trust), New Zealand
Te Riu O Hokianga: Environmental Health Through Māori Community Development
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ROYAL, Te Ahukaramū Charles
Mauriora-ki-te-Ao/ Living Universe Ltd, New Zealand
Exploring Indigenous Knowledge
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RUSSELL, Khyla
Kaitohutohu Māori
Te Kuramatatini ki Otago, Otago Polytechnic
A Kai Tahu’s perception of Landscape: (Re)Defining Those Understandings From an Indigenous Perspective
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SHEEHAN, Norman
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit
University of Queensland, Australia
Transportation Colonialism, Adumbration and the Artefacts of Colonial Progress
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SHARPLES, Pita
Hoani Waititi Marae Trust
New Zealand
Indigenous Maori Knowledge - Kia Whakaarahia Ano!
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SMILER, Kirsten & THOMPSON, Patrick
Te Hikuwai Rangahau Hauora
School of Government
Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Maori Deaf Aspirations: Tino Rangatiratanga Meets Deaf Pride
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STEPHENS, Cheryl
Te Arawa (Ngati Hinekura, Ngati Pikiao, Tuhourangi)
Taranaki (Ngati Ruanui, Te Ati Awa)
Te Wananga o Awanuiarangi, New Zealand
Kaupapa Māori Initial Teacher Education : Social, Political and Educational Transformation for Māori
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THORPE, Katrina
Koori Centre
University of Sydney, Australia
Transforming Academic Paradigms and Creating New Frontiers? Or, Is It Just Incorporating All Things ‘Indigenous’ Into Academic Programs?
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TIAKIWAI, Sarah-Jane
Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi, New Zealand
The Whitening of Māori: Pakeha Attempts to Reconstruct Māori Identity in Contemporary Settings
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TIMMS, Catriona E.
University of Otago, New Zealand
Rapping in Te Reo: Popular Music and Māori Language Revitalisation in Aotearoa/New Zealand
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TE KOPERE: TIPENE-MATUA, Bevan, & PHILLIPS,Hazel, Fiona Cram, Murray Parsons, & Katrina Taupo
Te Kopere – The Parallel Māori Research Group in the Constructive Conversations: Korero Whakaaetanga Research Project, New Zealand
Making Space for Mātauranga Māori in a Mainstream FRST-Funded Project
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TURNBULL, David
Arts Faculty
Deakin University, Australia
Comparing Knowledge Traditions: Working with Multiplicity, Sustaining Criticism and Avoiding ‘Epistemic Charity’
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WALKER, Ryan
School of People Environment and Planning
Massey University, New Zealand
Aboriginal/Indigenous Self-determination in Urban Programs: Challenges and Opportunities From a Canadian Housing Perspective
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WALKER, Tai
Ngati Porou
Health Services Research Centre
Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Valuing Māori Ways of Knowing and Being
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WALSH-TAPIATA, Wheturangi
Rangatahi Rangahau
Te Runanga o Raukawa Inc, New Zealand
What Can We Learn From the Past That Could Strengthen Rangatahi Hauora?
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International Institute on Indigenous Health and Child Welfare Research
University of Washington School of Social Work University of Washington, USA
& Jane M. Simoni
Department of Psychology
University of Washington, USA
Conceptualizing Historical Trauma, Microaggressions, and Colonial Trauma Response: A Decolonization Framework for Healing Indigenous Families and Communities
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WATERS, Anne - Has withdrawn
Seminole
Native American Studies Department
University of New Mexico, USA
Globalization, Culture, and the Role of Indigenous Academic Scholars: Indigenizing Disciplines Through Writing Integrative Indigenous Philosophy
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WEBSTER, Justina
Te Runanga o Raukawa, New Zealand
You say You’ve Listened, But Have You Heard? Lessons Learnt by Pakeke and Rangatahi Researchers About Research on Rangatahi Hauora
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WHITNEY, Janice
Haudenosaunee Environmental Restoration Strategy: An Indigenous Strategy for Human Sustainability
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YOUNG, Dallas
School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
James Cook University, Australia
Partnerships in Tobacco Control – Working with Eight Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities in Far North Queensland
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YOUNG-ING, Greg
Opsakwayak Cree Nation
Creator’s Rights Alliance
Canada
Ethical and Legal Issues in the Transformation of Traditional Knowledge through Indigenous Cultural Expression
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Key Note Speakers
Professor Leroy Little Bear (Blackfoot Confederacy)
JD
Leroy Little Bear is a member of the Small Robes Band of the Blood Indian Tribe of the Blackfoot Confederacy. He is the Native American Studies professor at The University of Lethbridge. Professor Little Bear has served in a consultant capacity to many Indian Tribes and organizations including the Blood Tribe, Indian Association of Alberta, and the Assembly of First Nations of Canada. Professor Little Bear has also served on many different committees, commissions and boards, including the Task Force on the Criminal Justice and Its Impact on the Indian and Metis Peoples of Alberta (1990-1991).
Professor Little Bear has authored numerous articles, including ‘A concept of Native Title’ which was cited in a Canadian Supreme Court decision, and co-authored a number of books including ‘Pathways to Self-Determination’, ‘Quest For Justice’, and ‘Governments in Conflict’ (with Dr. Menno Boldt & Dr. Anthony Long).
His current research interests include the exploration of North American Indian science and Western physics, and the exploration of Blackfoot knowledge through songs, stories, and the landscape. In 2003 the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation awarded Professor Little Bear the prestigious National Aboriginal Achievement Award for Education.
Erykah Kyle (in place of Prof. John Mohawk)
Palm Island Mayor
Queensland
Australia
Erykah Kyle is the mayor of the Palm Island Aboriginal Council in Queensland, Australia. She has been active in social justice movements for her people for many decades. As a leading elder among her people she is an inspiration to both Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. Intimately concerned for her people in one of Australia’s largest Aboriginal communities, she is outspoken against “the government’s stronghold on Aboriginal people”. She is an advocate for self-determination and human rights, and believes in the importance of using Indigenous education processes to build pride in Aboriginality among Palm Island’s children and youth.
Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith
(Ngäti Awa, Ngäti Porou)
Co-Director - Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga
Linda Smith is a Professor of Education at Auckland University. She is also a Joint Director of Nga Pae o te Maramatanga the National Institute for Research Excellence in Māori Development and Advancement . Her book Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples has shaped indigenous research perspectives internationally and raised new questions and challenges for the future.
Her professional background is in Māori and indigenous education. She has been a teacher in primary and secondary schools (1974-1985) and has taught at the University of Auckland since 1989. She has also spent some time as a school counselor and began her career as a researcher in the field of asthma research. Her research interests include young people and their participation in society and the economy, Māori social justice issues, Māori education policy and practice and oral histories. She has a deep interest in indigenous methodologies and ways of knowing.
