Native scholars to headline NSU’s Symposium on the American Indian

TAHLEQUAH – Northeastern State University is welcoming Indigenous scholars to give keynote presentations focusing on Sovereignty at the 51^st annual Symposium on the American Indian.

The symposium will be held April 15-20 and is free and open to the public. Keynote speakers, Robert Miller, J.D. and Dr. Kasey Keeler, will present on this year’s theme, "Indigenous Scholars Speak on Sovereignty: 100 Years after the Indian Citizenship Act."...

...Keeler will deliver her keynote presentation on April 18 from 1 – 1:50 p.m. in the UC Ballroom. Her keynote will examine the complex and intertwined nature of race and citizenship in early land-based policies across the U.S.

Keeler is a Tuolumne Band Me-Wuk Tribal citizen and has her Ph.D. in American studies. She is currently an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and teaches both American Indian Studies and the Civil Society and Community Studies programs.

Her research is focused on federal Indian policy, land and dispossession, placemaking and contemporary issues impacting American Indians. Keeler recently published a book titled, “American Indians and the American Dream.”...