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GLASA
Conference 2002
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The conference was hosted by the Central Region Humanities Center(CRHC) at Ohio University. As one response from the CRHC to the report of the Native American Roundtable, which noted the tremendous need to educate faculty at all levels on issues of regional Native American history and identity, the conference offered workshops on Native-American cultures designed for secondary school teachers. The Committee for Native American Studies at Ohio State University worked with the Ping Center for the Humanities at Ohio University to develop sessions for GLASA |
The
GreatLakes American Studies Association took place in Athens, Ohio in
April 2002. The keynote speaker at the GLASA Conference was Peter S. Onuf,
Thomas Jefferson Professor of History at the University of Virginia, who
specializes in the history of the early American republic. |
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2002 Conference Results brought together educators, activists, and scholars in order to promote better teaching about American Indians in this region stimulated discussion about problems, issues, projects, and programs that would address this challenge created networks among participants Benefits of the GLASA Conference to the Ohio University community active participation in a new partnership: the GLASA-Ping Institute teaching initiative first-rate conference attended by both undergraduate and graduate students performance by the Shki Bmaadzi Singers, a youth group affiliated with the Urban Natives of Chicago Youth Council
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