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2007 Summer Seminar
July 9-18, 2007
"Struggles
for Justice: Civil Rights in United States History."
The 2006 EIGHT day summer seminar schedule included:
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Opening Day:
The Honorable
Richard Lowell Nygaard, United
States Circuit Judge for the
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
started off the
seminar with a talk on the Constitution and its Foundations.
He was followed by
Dr. Peter Onuf who discussed
the history of the construction of the Constitution in relation
to Europe and the North Atlantic Political System developing at
that time. Onuf
is the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Professor of History at
the University of Virginia. He
has written extensively on sectionalism, federalism, and political
economy, with a particular emphasis on the political thought of
Thomas Jefferson. With his brother, political theorist Nicholas G.
Onuf, and historian James E. Lewis, Jr., he collaborated on
the second volume of
Federal
Union, Modern World, a history of international law and
order in the Atlantic states' system during the Age of Revolutions
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Day Two:
Dr. Paul Finkelman
of the Albany Law School will cover the Constitutional Issues
facing Civil Rights today.
Prior to accepting a position at Albany Law
School, Paul Finkelman was Chapman
Distinguished Professor of Law at the
University of Tulsa College of Law since
1999. He was previously the John F.
Seiberling Professor of Law at the
University of Akron Law School and has
taught at the Cleveland Marshall College of
Law, Hamline Law School, the University of
Miami, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Brooklyn
Law School, SUNY Binghamton, and the
University of Texas at Austin.
A specialist in American legal history, race
and the law, Finkelman is the author and
editor of numerous articles and books. He
was a Fellow in Law and the Humanities at
Harvard Law School and received his Ph.D.
and M.A. from the University of Chicago. He
has published extensively and was the chief
expert witness in the Alabama Ten
Commandments monument case. His work on the
religion and legal history is cited in
briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court involving
this issue.
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Day Three:
Dr. Douglas Monroy
covered
the history of Civil Rights for Hispanics and Latinos.
He is professor
of history at the Colorado College. He is the author of
Thrown
among Strangers: The Making of Mexican Culture in Frontier
California (1990), winner of the OAH James Rawley Prize, and
Rebirth: Mexican Los Angeles from the Great Migration to the
Great Depression (1999). He has recently a book of
essays on a variety of topics including the missions of
California, the novel Ramona, American liberalism and
Mexico, and NAFTA and immigration. |
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Day Four:
Dr. Chuck McDew of Metropolitan
State University and Civil Rights leader discussed his
experiences during the movement. Materials from the
Teaching Tolerance curriculum
will be demonstrated.
McDew, the national chairman of Student Nonviolent
Coordinating Committee (SNCC), was beaten, jailed, and
charged with criminal anarchy for encouraging Black citizens
to vote. In the South, in Mississippi, especially, where
police colluded so readily with vigilantes, that was even
punishable by death.
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Day Five:
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Opened with introduction lecture by Becky Bowen of the Seneca Nation
Archive leading into film “Lands of our Ancestors”.
Each teacher will receive a DVD of the film. Break.
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Panel discussion moderated by Todd Waite, Seneca Nation Education
Department Director: Panel Rob Odawi Porter J.D.,
Professor and Director of The Center for Indigenous Law,
Governance & Citizenship at Syracuse University Law
School and former Seneca Attorney General; Justin
Schapp, Seneca
Kinzua Dam Project Coordinator;
Becky Bowen, Seneca Archivist; Dennis Bowen Sr., former
Seneca Nation President. Topics:
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Current Political,
Taxation and Legal issues
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Sovereignty
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Language
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Ethnographic
Stereotypes
The panel held an open discussion led by
Todd Waite covering these topics and was open to the
teachers to for questions and answers. |
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Day Six:
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General historical overview of
Iroquois history and culture. The day was planned
by the Seneca Education Team opening with talk on
Seneca culture and overview of the larger issues
surrounding tribal political and clan structure.
Possible speaker is Dr. Don Grinde of the University of
Buffalo American Studies Department:
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Seneca Youth Dancers demonstrated dances.
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Samples of various traditional dishes at lunch.
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Afternoon workshops on various Seneca and Iroquois traditions.
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Day Seven:
Dr. Allida M. Black
of George Washington University.
She received her Ph.D. in U.S. history
from The George Washington University in 1993. Dr. Black is
Project Director and Editor of the Eleanor Roosevelt and Human
Rights Project, the first phase of
The
Eleanor Roosevelt Papers, an annotated collection of
Eleanor Roosevelt’s writings as well as audio and video
discussions of human rights and democratic politics.
Dr. Black covered
the history of woman's rights in U.S. History including the
transition of those rights at Independence, the suffrage
movement, 19th amendment through the current day.
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Day Eight:
Morning with specialists Dr.
Peggy Overbey and Dr. Joseph Jones from
the
"RACE: Are we so Different?"
website developed by the American Anthropological Assoc.
Session on the broad use of the site and particular classroom
applications therein.
Dale Van
Eck Colonial Williamsburg 4-8: Colonial Life in hyperspace.
Dale covered the education website and the games and
simulations therein.
Rick Bates
Student Guide for U.S. History 11-12: will make a
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Week I
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Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Topic |
Opening on
the Constitution and its Foundations
Judge
Richard Nygaard |
Constitutional Issues facing Civil Rights Today |
Hispanic
and Latino Rights & Bi-Nationalism |
Civil
Rights Movement
Teaching
Tolerance Materials |
Iroquois
Sovereignty Issues Workshops
“Land of Our
Ancestors” Film |
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Dr. Peter Onuf
University of Virginia |
Dr. Paul Finkelman
Albany School of Law |
Dr. Douglas Monroy Colorado
College |
Dr. Chuck McDew Metropolitan State
University
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Dr. Rob
Porter
Todd Waite
Jare
Cardinal
Dennis Bowen
Justin
Schapp
Rick Hill |
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Lunch |
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Lecture &
Discussion on Curriculum Applications |
Lecture &
Discussion on Curriculum Applications |
Lecture &
Discussion on Curriculum Applications |
Lecture &
Discussion on Curriculum Applications |
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Location:
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Cutco
Theater
JCC Olean
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Cutco
Theater
JCC Olean
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Cutco
Theater
JCC Olean
Campus |
Cutco
Theater
JCC Olean
Campus |
Cutco
Theater
JCC Olean
Campus |
Week II
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Dates |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Topic |
Indigenous
Peoples
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History of
the Women’s Movement in the U.S. |
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Race Website:
Dr. Peggy OverBey & Joseph Jones
American Anthropological
Assoc. |
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Introduction to the Seneca Nation
Becky Bowen & Rick Jemison
Seneca Nation's Education and Archives Dept. |
Dr. Allida Black
George
Washington University |
LUNCH
Dale Van
Eck Colonial Williamsburg
Elementary
American Revolution Live
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Rick Bates
Student Guide for U.S. History
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Lunch |
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Lecture &
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Finale |
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Cutco
Theater
JCC Olean
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Cutco
Theater
JCC Olean
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Cutco
Theater
JCC Olean
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Directions to
JCC Olean's Cutco Theater
Park in the back Lot A
Olean JCC Map
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