Monday, October 6, 2008

"Navajo Nation Sovereignty: Challenges and Possibilities"

October 10, 2008
2:00-3:30 in the IMU Walnut Room
Talk by Regina Holyan, J.D., Ph.D., (Navajo Nation Department of Justice attorney) is collaborating with Donna Eder of IU's Department of Sociology on a storytelling research project. Papers from this project include "Bringing Navajo Storytelling Practices into Schools" and "Navajo Storytelling: Maintaining Cultural Integrity." Holyan, a member of the Navajo Nation, was on faculty at IU's School of Education for several years. In 2002, she received her law degree from the University of New Mexico. Currently, Holyan works as an attorney and advises Navajo Nation programs primarily in the areas of law enforcement, criminal investigations, detention, emergency services, veterans affairs, and elections. Open to the public.

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