Landback Marla Billey Panel

Diné Landback Symposium Unifies Voices
Friday, April 26, 2024, 8:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
Ned Hathathli Cultural Center (NHCC) 1st Floor
Diné College, Tsaile, Arizona
8:15 to 8:30 a.m. Opening Session
Welcome by President Diné College, Dr. Monty Roessel
8:30 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. A History of the Navajo Land Back Movement
“The Future of Indigenous Governance: The Moral Economy of the Navajo Land Back Movement” by Dr. Wendy S. Greyeyes (Nits’áá dóó ídahwiil’aah Fellow)
9:15 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. Diné College Graduate Capstones and Perspectives
Homeland Capstone Projects presented by Diné Studies Graduating Seniors Marla Billey, Lyle Logg, and Leatricia Bennett (Seniors, Diné Studies, Class of 2024)
10:15 a.m. to 11 a.m. Navajo Fundamental Law and Nihikeyah
Integrating Fundamental Law into Diné Land Governance presented by Triston Black (Diné College Alumni), Office of Navajo Government Development
11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Defending and Understanding Nihikeyah from a Legal Perspective
Paul Spruhan (Attorney, Navajo Nation Department of Justice)
11:30 a.m. - 12:40 p.m. - Brown Bag Lunch Book Talk - Future of Our Homeland Land: Nihikeyah Book Authors
Invited: Mario Atencio, Shawn Attakai, Moderator: Lloyd L. Lee
The upcoming Diné Landback Symposium brings together scholars, students, and community members to discuss land issues impacting the Navajo Nation. This conversation is part of national discourse that has excluded the Navajo Nation. Presentations will be provided by Diné College students completing their B.A. in Diné Studies, the current Nits’áá dóó ídahwiil’aah “We are Learning From You” Fellow, Navajo Nation’s Office of Government Development, Department of Justice, and authors of the book, Nihíkeyah. The event is scheduled on Friday, April 26 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Diné College, Tsaile, Arizona in the Ned Hathathli Cultural Center first floor.