EVENT RECORDINGS
Keynote: Newe Resistance and Experiences of the Transcontinental Railroads in Indigenous Homelands
Darren Parry(Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation), Elder, and Principal, Boa Ogoi Cultural Interpretive Center
Session 1: Railroad Stories: Materials, Meaning, and Change in Indian Country
Elliott West, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of Arkansas
Larry Cesspooch (Ute), Ute Storyteller, Project Director, UteTube
Jennifer Graber, Associate Director of Native American and Indigenous Studies,
University of Texas at Austin
Session 2: The Great Northern: Building an Empire on Blackfeet History
Aaron LaFromboise (Blackfeet), Director of Library Services, Blackfeet Community College
Tryce Yellowowl (Blackfeet), Student, Blackfeet Community College
Drew Laundry, Extension Agent, USDA, Blackfeet Community College
Keynote: Fort Hall Indian Reservation and the ‘Iron Horse’: Trespassers, Free Rides, and Broken Promises
Yvette Towersap (Shoshone-Bannock)
Session 3: Talking Railroads
and Native Americans in the Great Basin
Principal Man Ian Zabarte(Western Bands
of the Shoshone Nation of Indians)
Christopher MacMahon, Director,
Nevada State Railroad Museum
Sarah Keyes, Assistant Professor,
University of Nevada, Reno
Justin Gage, Lecturer, University of Arkansas
Session 4: Teaching and Learning about Railroads in Indian Territory and Among the Five Tribes
Nathaniel Cummings-Lambert (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians), Doctoral Student,
New York University
Farina King (Diné), Associate Professor, Northeastern State University
Jarren Fourkiller (Cherokee), Student, Northeastern State University
Charlee Gilliam White (Cherokee and Choctaw Descendant), Student,
Northeastern State University
Artist Talk
Amanda Francom
(Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation)
Session 5: Along the Rails in the Southwest: Indigeneity & Community Experience
Thelma Antonio (Laguna Pueblo), Consultant, Native Pathways LLC
Theresa Frazier (Laguna/Hopi - Chippewa), Director, Gallup Cultural Center
Paul Spruhan, Assistant Attorney General, Navajo Nation Department of Justice
Session 6: Photo, Film, and Game: Assessing the Visual Storytelling of Railroads in Indian Country
Isis Luxenburger, Doctoral Student,
Saarland University
Molly Cannon, Director, Mountain West Center, Utah State University
Daniel Davis, Photograph Archivist,
Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University
Victoria Sanders, Founder,
Elephanta Education
James R. Swensen, Associate Professor, Brigham Young University