For the sixth year, Native Voices will provide a forum for Native and non-Native people to exchange ideas, with emphasis on this year's theme of women's leadership in the new millennium. Internationally known speakers and artists will present their writings and research that looks at Native Americans through new eyes. We want to acknowledge the research and contributions of Native people in their fields. This year, Native Voices is hosted by the University of Rochester and co-sponsored by Nazareth College, Rochester Institute of Technology, St. John Fisher College and the State University College at Brockport.
All events are free.
Native Voices stretches beyond the academic to quality entertainment and toward mutual understanding of Native peoples. The program offers an array of nationally recognized speakers who will discuss such topics as barriers to educational success for Native students and nontraditional roles for Native women. Beyond the experts, graduate students who have researched their own cultures also will make presentations. A potluck dinner and traditional Iroquois social will end the symposia Saturday evening, April 1. The opening concert performance on Thursday, March 30, will present Sharon Burch, whose newest CD, Colors of My Heart , captures the beauty of Navajo living and traditions.