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Presentations

Curriculum Vitae

Broadcast Interviews

Interview by Amos Scott, Native Communications Society of the NWT (Yellowknife, Northwest Territories), CKLB Radio 101.9 FM, June 30, 2006.

Interview by Maureen Matthews, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Toronto, Ontario), "Mother Earth," Ideas, CBC Radio One, June 5, 2003; rebroadcast, Tapestry, CBC Radio One, February 8, 2004.

Refereed Papers

"Empire and Tradition: The Indian Presence in The Norton Book of Nature Writing, 1990-2002," paper delivered at the Biennial Conference of the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (Spartanburg, SC), June 14, 2007.

"Bob Thomas and the Rise of Native Religious Activism," paper delivered at the Annual Conference of the Mid-America American Studies Association (Lawrence, KS), April 18, 2004.

"Intertribal Traditionalism and the Religious Roots of Red Power," paper delivered at the Annual Conference of the Southwest/Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Association (Albuquerque, NM), February 26, 1999.

"Beyond God Is Red: Deloria's Critique of Religion," paper delivered at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion (Orlando, FL), November 21, 1998.

"For This Land: Deloria on Religion in America," paper delivered at the Joint Annual Conference of the California American Studies Association and Rocky Mountain American Studies Association (Albuquerque, NM), April 25, 1998.

"Contemporary Voices on Religious Identity: The Emergence of Native Christian Narrative Discourse," paper delivered at the Annual Conference of the Western Social Science Association (Oakland, CA), April 29, 1995.

"Reclaiming Academic Sovereignty: Tribal Colleges and the Future of American Indian Studies," paper delivered at the Annual Conference of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (Duluth, MN), April 10, 1995.

"Contemporary Native Religious Identity: The Indian Ecumenical Conference," paper delivered at the Annual Meeting of the American Studies Association (Boston, MA), November 7, 1993.

"Engaging Students with Native American Community Resources," paper delivered at the Annual Meeting of the American Studies Association (Costa Mesa, CA), November 8, 1992.

Invited Lectures

"Native Religious Traditions in the United States and Canada," delivered at Sinai Temple (Champaign, IL), December 2, 2007.

"Transnational Perspectives in Ethnic Studies: Lessons from Native Religious Activism," delivered at the Center for Applied Studies in American Ethnicity, Colorado State University (Fort Collins, CO), May 8, 2007.

"Natural Metaphors and the Written Word," delivered at the Program for the Study of Religion, University of Illinois, February 9, 2007.

"Writing the Cross Culture: Native Fiction on the White Man's Religion," delivered at the Native American Literature Symposium (Mt. Pleasant, MI), April 6, 2006.

"Native Religious Traditions in Contemporary America," delivered at "Salon duc Tape," Strength Through Peace (Fort Collins, CO), May 13, 2005.

"Tribal Visions of the Church Way," delivered at the Native American House, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, January 31, 2005.

"A New National Museum," delivered at the Distinguished Pulpit Series, Mayflower Congregational Church (Oklahoma City, OK), July 11, 2004.

"Native Religious Activism in the Red Power Era," delivered at the Annual Conference of the American Theological Library Association (Kansas City, MO), June 17, 2004.

"A Narrative Map of the Indian Ecumenical Conference," delivered at "Mornings with the Professor," Senior Adult Services, College of Continuing Education, University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK), September 16, 2003.

"Interfaith Peacemaking by Native People: The Indian Ecumenical Conference," delivered at "Healing the World: An Interfaith Quest for Peace and Justice in Warring Times," Pacific Network for Mission Education (Pacific Grove, CA), July 26, 2003.

"Native Religious Activism in the Red Power Era: Lessons from the Indian Ecumenical Conference," delivered at the Earl Lectures and Pastoral Conference, "For the Living of These Days: Reclaiming Theology as a Public Resource," Pacific School of Religion (Berkeley, CA), January 30, 2003.

"Why Religion Matters," delivered at First Presbyterian Church (Norman, OK), November 17, 2002.

"Spiritual Revival in Native Communities," delivered at the Chalmers Institute, Vancouver School of Theology (Vancouver, BC), July 18, 2002.

"The Interreligious Future of Tribal Communities," delivered at "For as Long as the Water Flows . . . Our Commitment to Native American Ministries," Annual Conference Committees on Native American Ministries (Tulsa, OK), March 2, 2001.

"Religious Conflict and Cultural Revival," delivered at "Carrying on the Traditions," Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference Young Adult Gathering (Fountainhead Resort, OK), November 18, 2000.

"Red Power and the Forty-Ninth Parallel," delivered at "The Rise of New World Studies: Indigenous Cultures in the Americas at 2000," University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK), November 17, 2000.

"The Place of Native American Studies in the Teaching of American Religious History," delivered at the Joint Meeting of the American Society of Church History and the American Catholic Historical Association (Santa Fe, NM), April 28, 2000.

"Tribal and Christian Traditions in Muscogee Religious History," delivered at the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Iowa State University (Ames, IA), February 4, 2000.

"Around the Sacred Fire: A Narrative Map of the Indian Ecumenical Conference," delivered at the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Iowa State University (Ames, IA), February 3, 2000.

"Around the Sacred Fire: A Narrative Map of the Indian Ecumenical Conference," delivered at the Honors College, University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK), December 10, 1999.

"Religious History of the Muscogee People," delivered at the Seminar on Taiwanese Christian Spirituality, Taiwan Institute of Theology and Culture (Taichung, Taiwan), November 2, 1999.

"Toward an Indigenous Theology," delivered at Yu-Shan Theological College and Seminary (Hualien, Taiwan), November 1, 1999.

"Indigenous Education for a New Era: Lessons from the Native American Experience," delivered at the Consultation on Indigenous People in Asia/Pacific, "Education and the Existence of Indigenous People," Association of Christian Institutes for Social Concern in Asia (Hsinchu, Taiwan), October 29, 1999.

"For This Land: Deloria's Critique of Religion," delivered at "The Circle of Life in a Square Church: An Ecumenical/Interfaith Dialogue for American Indians," Native American Ecumenical Conference (Denver, CO), May 28, 1998.

"Understanding About the Loaves," delivered at St. Philip's Episcopal Church (San Jose, CA), July 27, 1997.

"Reading Native and Christian," delivered at the Religious Studies Department, Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA), March 12, 1997.

"Native and Christian," delivered at Moraga Community Church (Moraga, CA), June 20, 1996.

"Tribal Visions of the Church Way," delivered at Lakeshore Avenue Baptist Church (Oakland, CA), November 5, 1995.

"Native Christian Narrative Discourse," delivered at United Campus Christian Ministry (Santa Cruz, CA), May 10, 1995.

"Theorizing Native Christian Identities," delivered at the Native American Studies Center and the Department of American Studies, University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, NM), June 19, 1995.

"Native and Christian: Indigenous Voices on Religious Identity in the United States and Canada," delivered at the Louisville Institute Seminar (Louisville, KY), January 27, 1995.

"Native American Studies at UC Santa Cruz," delivered at the Native American Language and Culture Symposium, Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA), May 21, 1994.

"Christianity and Native American Religions," delivered at United Campus Christian Ministry (Santa Cruz, CA), December 1, 1993.

"The Indian 'Princess' as Subversive Emissary: Autobiography and Advocacy in Tsianina's Where Trails Have Led Me," delivered at the American Studies Research Seminar, University of California at Santa Cruz, October 20, 1993.

"The Bay Area Native American Ministry," delivered at Public Ministries Forum, Lakeshore Avenue Baptist Church (Oakland, CA), June 6, 1993.

"Commencement Remarks," Graduate Theological Union (Berkeley, CA), May 13, 1993.

"The Challenges of the Past: A Native American Perspective," delivered at "The Challenges of the Past, the Challenges of the Future: A Symposium on Mission," Church Divinity School of the Pacific (Berkeley, CA), February 26, 1993.

"The Canaanite Problem," delivered at First Presbyterian Church (Palo Alto, CA), January 17, 1993.

"Native Americans and Religious Diversity," delivered at the Annual Conference of the Southwest District of the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches (North Hollywood, CA), November 13, 1992.

"The Effects on Native Americans and African Americans of the Arrival of Columbus in America," delivered at Peace with Justice Program, Easter Hill United Methodist Church (Richmond, CA), October 14, 1992.

"Native Americans and the Columbus Quincentenary," delivered at the Cooperative Summer Session, Graduate Theological Union (Berkeley, CA), July 1, 1992.

"The Canaanite Problem," delivered at the California/Nevada Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church (Sacramento, CA), June 25, 1992.

"Contemporary Native American Religions: The Indian Ecumenical Conference," delivered at the Religious Studies Department, Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA), March 9, 1992.

"The Indian Ecumenical Conference: A Contemporary Native American Religious Movement," delivered at the American Studies Program, University of California at Santa Cruz, January 28, 1992.

"Some Questions for the Missionaries: An Emerging Native American Theology," delivered at the American Baptist Seminary of the West (Berkeley, CA), November 11, 1991.

"Justice and Fairness: The Native American Perspective," delivered at Lakeshore Avenue Baptist Church (Oakland, CA), August 25, 1991.

"Columbus: A View from the Shore," delivered at the Annual Conference of the California/Nevada Chapter of the Methodist Federation for Social Action (Sacramento, CA), June 12, 1991.

"The Native American Experience," delivered at the Franciscan School of Theology (Berkeley, CA), April 26, 1991.

"Ministry and Praxis in the Native American Community," delivered at Unitas Peacemakers Fellowship (Berkeley, CA), April 24, 1991.

"New Perspectives on Columbus and the Conquest of 1492," delivered at the Center for Urban-Black Studies (Berkeley, CA), November 19, 1990.

"The Indian Ecumenical Conference: Intertribal Revitalization through Interreligious Cooperation," delivered at the Lunchtime Symposium of the Office for Programs in Comparative Religion, Graduate Theological Union (Berkeley, CA), November 14, 1990.

"Challenge to the Church: Towards a Racially Just World," delivered at the Pacific School of Religion (Berkeley, CA), September 26, 1990.

Conference Participation

Panelist, "Religion and Intersecting Ethnicities: Native American Religions, Islam, Judaism, and Christianity," Diversity Roundtable, Office of Equal Opportunity and Access, University of Illinois, February 19, 2007.

Panelist, "Between Intellectual and Multicultural Diversity," panel at the conference on Teaching the Humanities at the Public University, Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities, University of Illinois, October 20, 2006.

Respondent, "Fieldwork, Border Crossings, and Sacred Places in the Golden State," Sociocultural Anthropology Workshop, Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, March 31, 2006

Moderator, "Buddhism in Practice II," panel at the Fifth Annual Oklahoma Buddhist Conference (Norman, OK), March 6, 2004.

Participant, Mid-Atlantic Creative Nonfiction Summer Writer's Conference, Goucher College (Baltimore, MD), August 5-10, 2003.

Respondent, "Around the Sacred Fire: A Narrative Map of the Indian Ecumenical Conference," panel at the Second Robert K. Thomas Symposium, Center for Indian Scholars, Vancouver School of Theology (Vancouver, BC), July 23, 2003.

Moderator, "National Reports from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia," panel at the Consultation on Indigenous People in Asia/Pacific, "Education and the Existence of Indigenous People," Association of Christian Institutes for Social Concern in Asia (Hsinchu, Taiwan), October 28, 1999.

Organizer and Chair, "Native Lives in the South/West," panel at the Joint Annual Conference of the California American Studies Association and Rocky Mountain American Studies Association (Albuquerque, NM), April 24, 1998.

Organizer and Moderator, "Native American Studies Research Caucus," symposium of graduate student presentations, University of New Mexico, December 15, 1997.

Chair, "Native American Literature," panel at the Native American Studies Symposium, University of New Mexico, April 10, 1996.

Panelist, "Inside and Outside Academia," panel at the Students of Mixed Heritage Statewide Conference (Santa Cruz, CA), April 30, 1995.

Moderator, "Honoring Native Scholarship: Second Annual Research Forum for American Indians," symposium of graduate and undergraduate student presentations, Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA), April 8, 1995.

Departmental Representative, "The Future of American Studies," UC Humanities Research Institute Disciplinary Forum (Irvine, CA), October 19, 1994.

Invited Participant, Racial/Ethnic Faculty Association conference on theological education, Graduate Theological Union (San Anselmo, CA), June 3-4, 1994.

Organizer, "Religious Innovation and Ethnic Identity," panel at the Annual Meeting of the American Studies Association (Costa Mesa, CA), November 7, 1993.

Organizer and Moderator, "Native American Social Movements," symposium of undergraduate student presentations, American Studies Department, University of California at Santa Cruz, May 12, 1993.

Speaker, Public Ministries presentation on the Columbus Quincentenary, Annual Convention of the American Baptist Churches of the West (Pacific Grove, CA), October 23, 1992.

Program Participant, "Mending the Circle: A Gathering of Worship and Nonviolent Witness in Solidarity with Indigenous People," Ecumenical Peace Institute (San Francisco, CA), October 12, 1992.

Speaker, Indigenous Peoples Day Program, Ecumenical Peace Institute (Berkeley, CA), October 8, 1992.

Panelist, "Religion and the Churches as a Force for Social Change," workshop at the National Conference of the Committees of Correspondence (Berkeley, CA), July 18, 1992.

Invited Participant, Racial/Ethnic Faculty Association planning retreat, Graduate Theological Union (Emeryville, CA), April 12-13, 1991.

Invited Participant, Racial Ethnic Working Group, National Council of Churches (Berkeley, CA), March 18, 1991.

Panelist, Martin Luther King Jr. Peace and Justice Conference, American Baptist Churches of the West (Oakland, CA), January 19, 1991.

Delegate, Native American Ministry Symposium, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (Phoenix, AZ), November 17-19, 1989.

James Treat	Presentations
Curriculum Vitae	Broadcast Interviews Interview by Amos Scott, Native Communications Society of the NWT (Yellowknife, Northwest Territories), CKLB Radio 101.9 FM, June 30, 2006. Interview by Maureen Matthews, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Toronto, Ontario), "Mother Earth," Ideas, CBC Radio One, June 5, 2003; rebroadcast, Tapestry, CBC Radio One, February 8, 2004. Refereed Papers "Empire and Tradition: The Indian Presence in The Norton Book of Nature Writing, 1990-2002," paper delivered at the Biennial Conference of the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (Spartanburg, SC), June 14, 2007. "Bob Thomas and the Rise of Native Religious Activism," paper delivered at the Annual Conference of the Mid-America American Studies Association (Lawrence, KS), April 18, 2004. "Intertribal Traditionalism and the Religious Roots of Red Power," paper delivered at the Annual Conference of the Southwest/Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Association (Albuquerque, NM), February 26, 1999. "Beyond God Is Red: Deloria's Critique of Religion," paper delivered at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion (Orlando, FL), November 21, 1998. "For This Land: Deloria on Religion in America," paper delivered at the Joint Annual Conference of the California American Studies Association and Rocky Mountain American Studies Association (Albuquerque, NM), April 25, 1998. "Contemporary Voices on Religious Identity: The Emergence of Native Christian Narrative Discourse," paper delivered at the Annual Conference of the Western Social Science Association (Oakland, CA), April 29, 1995. "Reclaiming Academic Sovereignty: Tribal Colleges and the Future of American Indian Studies," paper delivered at the Annual Conference of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (Duluth, MN), April 10, 1995. "Contemporary Native Religious Identity: The Indian Ecumenical Conference," paper delivered at the Annual Meeting of the American Studies Association (Boston, MA), November 7, 1993. "Engaging Students with Native American Community Resources," paper delivered at the Annual Meeting of the American Studies Association (Costa Mesa, CA), November 8, 1992. Invited Lectures "Native Religious Traditions in the United States and Canada," delivered at Sinai Temple (Champaign, IL), December 2, 2007. "Transnational Perspectives in Ethnic Studies: Lessons from Native Religious Activism," delivered at the Center for Applied Studies in American Ethnicity, Colorado State University (Fort Collins, CO), May 8, 2007. "Natural Metaphors and the Written Word," delivered at the Program for the Study of Religion, University of Illinois, February 9, 2007. "Writing the Cross Culture: Native Fiction on the White Man's Religion," delivered at the Native American Literature Symposium (Mt. Pleasant, MI), April 6, 2006. "Native Religious Traditions in Contemporary America," delivered at "Salon duc Tape," Strength Through Peace (Fort Collins, CO), May 13, 2005. "Tribal Visions of the Church Way," delivered at the Native American House, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, January 31, 2005. "A New National Museum," delivered at the Distinguished Pulpit Series, Mayflower Congregational Church (Oklahoma City, OK), July 11, 2004. "Native Religious Activism in the Red Power Era," delivered at the Annual Conference of the American Theological Library Association (Kansas City, MO), June 17, 2004. "A Narrative Map of the Indian Ecumenical Conference," delivered at "Mornings with the Professor," Senior Adult Services, College of Continuing Education, University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK), September 16, 2003. "Interfaith Peacemaking by Native People: The Indian Ecumenical Conference," delivered at "Healing the World: An Interfaith Quest for Peace and Justice in Warring Times," Pacific Network for Mission Education (Pacific Grove, CA), July 26, 2003. "Native Religious Activism in the Red Power Era: Lessons from the Indian Ecumenical Conference," delivered at the Earl Lectures and Pastoral Conference, "For the Living of These Days: Reclaiming Theology as a Public Resource," Pacific School of Religion (Berkeley, CA), January 30, 2003. "Why Religion Matters," delivered at First Presbyterian Church (Norman, OK), November 17, 2002. "Spiritual Revival in Native Communities," delivered at the Chalmers Institute, Vancouver School of Theology (Vancouver, BC), July 18, 2002. "The Interreligious Future of Tribal Communities," delivered at "For as Long as the Water Flows . . . Our Commitment to Native American Ministries," Annual Conference Committees on Native American Ministries (Tulsa, OK), March 2, 2001. "Religious Conflict and Cultural Revival," delivered at "Carrying on the Traditions," Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference Young Adult Gathering (Fountainhead Resort, OK), November 18, 2000. "Red Power and the Forty-Ninth Parallel," delivered at "The Rise of New World Studies: Indigenous Cultures in the Americas at 2000," University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK), November 17, 2000. "The Place of Native American Studies in the Teaching of American Religious History," delivered at the Joint Meeting of the American Society of Church History and the American Catholic Historical Association (Santa Fe, NM), April 28, 2000. "Tribal and Christian Traditions in Muscogee Religious History," delivered at the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Iowa State University (Ames, IA), February 4, 2000. "Around the Sacred Fire: A Narrative Map of the Indian Ecumenical Conference," delivered at the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Iowa State University (Ames, IA), February 3, 2000. "Around the Sacred Fire: A Narrative Map of the Indian Ecumenical Conference," delivered at the Honors College, University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK), December 10, 1999. "Religious History of the Muscogee People," delivered at the Seminar on Taiwanese Christian Spirituality, Taiwan Institute of Theology and Culture (Taichung, Taiwan), November 2, 1999. "Toward an Indigenous Theology," delivered at Yu-Shan Theological College and Seminary (Hualien, Taiwan), November 1, 1999. "Indigenous Education for a New Era: Lessons from the Native American Experience," delivered at the Consultation on Indigenous People in Asia/Pacific, "Education and the Existence of Indigenous People," Association of Christian Institutes for Social Concern in Asia (Hsinchu, Taiwan), October 29, 1999. "For This Land: Deloria's Critique of Religion," delivered at "The Circle of Life in a Square Church: An Ecumenical/Interfaith Dialogue for American Indians," Native American Ecumenical Conference (Denver, CO), May 28, 1998. "Understanding About the Loaves," delivered at St. Philip's Episcopal Church (San Jose, CA), July 27, 1997. "Reading Native and Christian," delivered at the Religious Studies Department, Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA), March 12, 1997. "Native and Christian," delivered at Moraga Community Church (Moraga, CA), June 20, 1996. "Tribal Visions of the Church Way," delivered at Lakeshore Avenue Baptist Church (Oakland, CA), November 5, 1995. "Native Christian Narrative Discourse," delivered at United Campus Christian Ministry (Santa Cruz, CA), May 10, 1995. "Theorizing Native Christian Identities," delivered at the Native American Studies Center and the Department of American Studies, University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, NM), June 19, 1995. "Native and Christian: Indigenous Voices on Religious Identity in the United States and Canada," delivered at the Louisville Institute Seminar (Louisville, KY), January 27, 1995. "Native American Studies at UC Santa Cruz," delivered at the Native American Language and Culture Symposium, Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA), May 21, 1994. "Christianity and Native American Religions," delivered at United Campus Christian Ministry (Santa Cruz, CA), December 1, 1993. "The Indian 'Princess' as Subversive Emissary: Autobiography and Advocacy in Tsianina's Where Trails Have Led Me," delivered at the American Studies Research Seminar, University of California at Santa Cruz, October 20, 1993. "The Bay Area Native American Ministry," delivered at Public Ministries Forum, Lakeshore Avenue Baptist Church (Oakland, CA), June 6, 1993. "Commencement Remarks," Graduate Theological Union (Berkeley, CA), May 13, 1993. "The Challenges of the Past: A Native American Perspective," delivered at "The Challenges of the Past, the Challenges of the Future: A Symposium on Mission," Church Divinity School of the Pacific (Berkeley, CA), February 26, 1993. "The Canaanite Problem," delivered at First Presbyterian Church (Palo Alto, CA), January 17, 1993. "Native Americans and Religious Diversity," delivered at the Annual Conference of the Southwest District of the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches (North Hollywood, CA), November 13, 1992. "The Effects on Native Americans and African Americans of the Arrival of Columbus in America," delivered at Peace with Justice Program, Easter Hill United Methodist Church (Richmond, CA), October 14, 1992. "Native Americans and the Columbus Quincentenary," delivered at the Cooperative Summer Session, Graduate Theological Union (Berkeley, CA), July 1, 1992. "The Canaanite Problem," delivered at the California/Nevada Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church (Sacramento, CA), June 25, 1992. "Contemporary Native American Religions: The Indian Ecumenical Conference," delivered at the Religious Studies Department, Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA), March 9, 1992. "The Indian Ecumenical Conference: A Contemporary Native American Religious Movement," delivered at the American Studies Program, University of California at Santa Cruz, January 28, 1992. "Some Questions for the Missionaries: An Emerging Native American Theology," delivered at the American Baptist Seminary of the West (Berkeley, CA), November 11, 1991. "Justice and Fairness: The Native American Perspective," delivered at Lakeshore Avenue Baptist Church (Oakland, CA), August 25, 1991. "Columbus: A View from the Shore," delivered at the Annual Conference of the California/Nevada Chapter of the Methodist Federation for Social Action (Sacramento, CA), June 12, 1991. "The Native American Experience," delivered at the Franciscan School of Theology (Berkeley, CA), April 26, 1991. "Ministry and Praxis in the Native American Community," delivered at Unitas Peacemakers Fellowship (Berkeley, CA), April 24, 1991. "New Perspectives on Columbus and the Conquest of 1492," delivered at the Center for Urban-Black Studies (Berkeley, CA), November 19, 1990. "The Indian Ecumenical Conference: Intertribal Revitalization through Interreligious Cooperation," delivered at the Lunchtime Symposium of the Office for Programs in Comparative Religion, Graduate Theological Union (Berkeley, CA), November 14, 1990. "Challenge to the Church: Towards a Racially Just World," delivered at the Pacific School of Religion (Berkeley, CA), September 26, 1990. Conference Participation Panelist, "Religion and Intersecting Ethnicities: Native American Religions, Islam, Judaism, and Christianity," Diversity Roundtable, Office of Equal Opportunity and Access, University of Illinois, February 19, 2007. Panelist, "Between Intellectual and Multicultural Diversity," panel at the conference on Teaching the Humanities at the Public University, Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities, University of Illinois, October 20, 2006. Respondent, "Fieldwork, Border Crossings, and Sacred Places in the Golden State," Sociocultural Anthropology Workshop, Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, March 31, 2006 Moderator, "Buddhism in Practice II," panel at the Fifth Annual Oklahoma Buddhist Conference (Norman, OK), March 6, 2004. Participant, Mid-Atlantic Creative Nonfiction Summer Writer's Conference, Goucher College (Baltimore, MD), August 5-10, 2003. Respondent, "Around the Sacred Fire: A Narrative Map of the Indian Ecumenical Conference," panel at the Second Robert K. Thomas Symposium, Center for Indian Scholars, Vancouver School of Theology (Vancouver, BC), July 23, 2003. Moderator, "National Reports from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia," panel at the Consultation on Indigenous People in Asia/Pacific, "Education and the Existence of Indigenous People," Association of Christian Institutes for Social Concern in Asia (Hsinchu, Taiwan), October 28, 1999. Organizer and Chair, "Native Lives in the South/West," panel at the Joint Annual Conference of the California American Studies Association and Rocky Mountain American Studies Association (Albuquerque, NM), April 24, 1998. Organizer and Moderator, "Native American Studies Research Caucus," symposium of graduate student presentations, University of New Mexico, December 15, 1997. Chair, "Native American Literature," panel at the Native American Studies Symposium, University of New Mexico, April 10, 1996. Panelist, "Inside and Outside Academia," panel at the Students of Mixed Heritage Statewide Conference (Santa Cruz, CA), April 30, 1995. Moderator, "Honoring Native Scholarship: Second Annual Research Forum for American Indians," symposium of graduate and undergraduate student presentations, Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA), April 8, 1995. Departmental Representative, "The Future of American Studies," UC Humanities Research Institute Disciplinary Forum (Irvine, CA), October 19, 1994. Invited Participant, Racial/Ethnic Faculty Association conference on theological education, Graduate Theological Union (San Anselmo, CA), June 3-4, 1994. Organizer, "Religious Innovation and Ethnic Identity," panel at the Annual Meeting of the American Studies Association (Costa Mesa, CA), November 7, 1993. Organizer and Moderator, "Native American Social Movements," symposium of undergraduate student presentations, American Studies Department, University of California at Santa Cruz, May 12, 1993. Speaker, Public Ministries presentation on the Columbus Quincentenary, Annual Convention of the American Baptist Churches of the West (Pacific Grove, CA), October 23, 1992. Program Participant, "Mending the Circle: A Gathering of Worship and Nonviolent Witness in Solidarity with Indigenous People," Ecumenical Peace Institute (San Francisco, CA), October 12, 1992. Speaker, Indigenous Peoples Day Program, Ecumenical Peace Institute (Berkeley, CA), October 8, 1992. Panelist, "Religion and the Churches as a Force for Social Change," workshop at the National Conference of the Committees of Correspondence (Berkeley, CA), July 18, 1992. Invited Participant, Racial/Ethnic Faculty Association planning retreat, Graduate Theological Union (Emeryville, CA), April 12-13, 1991. Invited Participant, Racial Ethnic Working Group, National Council of Churches (Berkeley, CA), March 18, 1991. Panelist, Martin Luther King Jr. Peace and Justice Conference, American Baptist Churches of the West (Oakland, CA), January 19, 1991. Delegate, Native American Ministry Symposium, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (Phoenix, AZ), November 17-19, 1989.
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