Past Events

Aaron Leggett is the President of the Native Village of Eklutna and Senior Curator of the Alaskan History & Indigenous Cultures at the Anchorage Museum. Leggett discusses his role as a tribal leader and further presents on his museum work and the community impact.

Stacy Leeds, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, is the Willard H. Pedrick Dean and Regents Professor of Law at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University. Dean Leed's presentation emphasizes the significance of tribal sovereignty in higher education as it relates to citizenship and also discusses the legal implications for tribes within the landback context.

Elizabeth Kronk Warner, a citizen of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, is the Jefferson B. & Rita E. Fordham Presidential Dean and Professor of Law at the Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah. In Dean Warner's presentation, she discusses the the political status of tribal citizens and the implications for higher education along with other aspects of tribal sovereignty in practice.

Dr. Cornel Pewewardy (Comanche-Kiowa) spoke during the 2023 KU Indigenous Cultures Festival. His lecture about the Transformational Indigenous Praxis Model is now available.

Liberating Sovereign Potential in Indigenous Education: Building Capacity and Confronting Colonial Entanglements lecture by lecture Alex Red Corn (Ed.D) is a citizen of the Osage Nation, introduces tribal sovereignty, explains the need to engage in the complexity of Indigenous relationships with education while introducing the liberating sovereign protentional model.