Program - Day 1 - Indigenous Peoples and Racism Conference - Sydney, Australia 20-22 February 2000

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Indigenous Peoples & Racism Conference Program

Sydney, Australia, 20-22 February 2001

DAY ONE | DAY TWO | DAY THREE

Tuesday 20 February 2001

8.00-8.30

Registration

8.30-10-20
Auditorium

Opening Session

8.30-8.45		Smoking Ceremony: Uncle Max Eulo (15) Assemble in grounds outside auditorium
8.45-8.55		Move into auditorium for continuation of Opening Session (10)
8.55-9.05		Welcome to Country: Alan Madden (10)
9.05-9.20		Introduction of International Guests: Aden Ridgeway (Chairperson) (15)
9.20-9.35		High Commission for Human Rights Message: Julian Burger (15)
9.35-9.50		Minister's Address and Official Opening: Philip Ruddock (15)
9.50-10.20		HREOC: Bill Jonas - Setting the Scene (30 Mins)

10.20-10.50
(30 Mins)

Morning Tea

10.55-11.40
(45 Mins)
Auditorium

Chair: Christine Williams
Keynote Address: Dalee Sambo Dorough

Presentations (Seminars/Papers/Talking Circles) 30 minute sessions							Panels 60 minute sessions 11.45-12.45
	Room 1	Room 2	Room 3	Room 4	Room 5	Room 6	Auditorium	Theatre
11.45-12.15	Session 1a	Session 2a	Session 3a	Session 4a	Session 5a	Session 6a	Panel 1	Panel 2
11.45-12.15	Errol West: Caste Systems and Changing the Concept by Language	Jackie Huggins: Reconciliation - Is this the Way?	Willie Te Aho: Partnerships with Indigenous Peoples from within a Corporate: The Challenge, the Reality	Nicholas Peroff: The Indian Gaming Industry, Tribal Sovereignty, and American Indian Tribes as Complex Adaptive Systems	MaryAnn Bin-Sallik: Racism in the Profession: How do we Deal with this?	Elders Talking Circles (60 Mins)	Indigenous Peoples and Racism Chair: _ Pat Turner; Pat Torres; Andrea Hunter	Causes of Racism Chair: _ Lea Mackenzie; Morris Te Whiti Love; Mililani B. Trask
12.20-12.50	Session 1b	Session 2b	Session 3b	Session 4b	Session 5b
12.20-12.50	Aileen Moreton- Robinson: Re-configuring Race: White Privilege and Racial Oppression		Ronald Wilson: The Different Forms of Racism	Kimberley Tallbear: Racialising Tribal Identity and the Implications for Political and Institutional Development	Chris Lee: Economic Racism: Cultural Ignorance in Corporate Australia

12.45-1.45
(60 Mins)

Lunch

Workshops: What are the Causes and Forms of Racism Happening Now Against Indigenous People?
	Room 1	Room 2	Room 3	Room 4	Room 5	Room 6	Room 7	Room 8	Room 9	Room 10	Room 11
1.50-2.35 (45 Mins)	Workshop 1	Workshop 2	Workshop 3	Workshop 4	Workshop 5	Workshop 6	Workshop 7	Workshop 8	Workshop 9	Workshop 10	Workshop 11
1.50-2.35 (45 Mins)	Leader: Pat Turner	Leader: Pat Torres & Andrea Hunter	Leader: Mick Dodson	Leader: Lea Mackenzie	Leader: Morris Te Whiti Love	Leader: Mililani B. Trask	Leader: Chris Lee	Leader: Errol West	Leader: Willie Te Aho	Leader: Aileen Moreton- Robinson	Leader: Ronald Wilson

2.40-3.25
(45 Mins)
Auditorium

Chair: Pat Thompson
Keynote Address: Pat Dodson's Address to be delivered by David Ross

Presentations (Seminars/Papers/Talking Circles) 30 minute sessions							Panels 60 minute sessions 3.30-4.30
	Room 1	Room 2	Room 3	Room 4	Room 5	Room 6	Auditorium	Theatre
3.30-4.00	Session 1a	Session 2a	Session 3a	Session 4a	Session 5a	Session 6a	Panel 1	Panel 2
3.30-4.00	Lillian Holt & Freya Higgins- Desboilles: Whiteness, Reconciliation and Racism	Mary Graham: Application of the Oslo Model for Relations between States and Indigenous Peoples	Kerrie Tim: Anti Racist Strategies	Linda Burney: Social and Economic Issues and Racism	AJAC: Criminal Justice Issues (60 Mins)	Youth Talking Circle - Darren Godwell; Billy Gordon; Tanya Hosch; Gregory Phillips; Mark Yettica-Paulson: Indigenous Young Peoples, Racism and Freedom (60 Mins)	Native Title, Western Law & Racism Chair: Tony McAvoy _ Larissa Behrendt; David Ross; Megan Davis; Michael Mansell	Victims of Racism Chair: _ Vice-Chief Mary Jane Jim; Duane Champagne; Dean Collard; Tracey Whare
4.05-4.35	Session 1b	Session 2b	Session 3b	Session 4b
4.05-4.35	Nerida Blair: Putting the Human Voice Back into Human Rights	Lester Irabinna Rigney & Rob Amery: Recognition of our Languages: The Right to Name Ourselves and Our Country Towards Indigenous Intellectual Sovereignty	Simone Ulalka Tur: Indigenous Knowledges	Monica Morgan: Identity and Survival in the White Man's World

Workshops: What Has Been the Impact of Racism on Indigenous Communities/People?
	Room 1	Room 2	Room 3	Room 4	Room 5	Room 6	Room 7	Room 8	Room 9	Room 10	Room 11
4.40-5.20 (45 Mins)	Workshop 1	Workshop 2	Workshop 3	Workshop 4	Workshop 5	Workshop 6	Workshop 7	Workshop 8	Workshop 9	Workshop 10	Workshop 11
4.40-5.20 (45 Mins)	Leader: Megan Davis	Leader: Nerida Blair	Leader: Vice-Chief Mary Jane Jim	Leader: Duane Champagne	Leader: Dean Collard	Leader: Tracey Whare	Leader: Lillian Holt & Freya Higgins- Desboilles	Leader: Lester Irabinna Rigney	Leader: Simone Ulalka Tur	Leader: Linda Burney	Leader: Kerrie Tim

5.25-5.55
(30 Mins)
Auditorium

Summing up Session: Mick Dodson

6.30-7.30

Special Functions

Women Writing/Righting Racism: A Reading to be held at the Koori Centre, USYD

MC: Michelle Blanchard

Barbara Nicholson
Ruby Langford-Ginibi
Lisa Bellear
Anita Heiss
Jennifer Martiniello

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Wednesday 15 February 3.15pm