***PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY*** Call for Papers: Native/Indigenous Studies Area 2007 Southwest/Texas Popular Culture/American Culture Association February 14-17, 2007 Southwest/Texas Popular & American Culture Association's 28th Annual Conference in Albuquerque, NM Proposals for both Panels and Individual Papers are now being accepted for the Native/Indigenous Studies Area. Listed below are some suggestions for possible presentations, but topics not included here are welcome and encouraged. FINAL DEADLINE DECEMBER 12, 2006. * Indigenous Methodologies * Indians in Higher Education * Teaching Popular Culture in Native American Studies * Biography, autobiography, and nonfiction works by and/or about Indigenous people * Native Literature * Public Health and Indigenous Peoples * Popular culture and religion (or, religious popular culture) * Native peoples in/and film * Native representations in popular culture (television, comic books, video/computer games, film, etc...) * Politics and Native peoples * Indigenous resistance, regional or global (whaling/fishing rights, incarceration issues, sports mascots, etc.) * More ideas encouraged! Inquiries regarding this area and/or abstracts of 250 words may be sent to Sara Sutler-Cohen or John Miles at the contacts below. Please forward this email to people who would be interested in participating. Dr. Sara C. Sutler-Cohen Area Chair, Native Studies PCA/ACA Annual Regional Conferences [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> Department of Sociology Bellevue Community College 3000 Landerholm Circle, SE Bellevue, WA 98007 The 2007 SW/TX PCA/ACA Conference will be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the Hyatt Regency Albuquerque. Join us this year, as a returning or first-time participant, as we celebrate the 28th year of this regional popular culture conference. Further details regarding the conference (listing of all areas, hotel, registration, tours, etc.) can be found at http://www.h-net.org/~swpca/ <http://www.swtexaspca.org/> . PLEASE NOTE: THE DEADLINE FOR CONFERENCE REGISTRATION IS DECEMBER 31, 2006. ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.ScreenSite.org