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	'Whose land is it?' symposium draws large crowds to Oneida, UW-Green Bay "Whose land is it? The many faces of indigenous rights and land claims" brought together scholars, activists and community organizers from around the globe to discuss indigenous rights and claims to territory and natural resources. More than 150 people attended each day of the symposium, the third in the International Social Justice Symposium series. The symposium was held Monday (Nov. 14) at the Norbert Hill Center in Oneida and Tuesday (Nov. 15) at the UW-Green Bay University Union. UW-Green Bay and St. Norbert College collaborated with the Oneida Nation to present the symposium. Speakers were from the United States, South Africa, Chile, Nicaragua and Guatemala. Representing the Oneida Nation and UW-Green Bay at the "Whose land is it?" symposium are, from left, Oneida Tribal Historian Loretta Metoxen; Sue K. Hammersmith, UW-Green Bay provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs; Carol Cornelius, area manager of the Oneida Cultural Heritage Department; and Mark Everingham, UW-Green Bay associate professor of Social Change and Development. Fritz Erickson, right, UW-Green Bay dean of Professional and Graduate Studies, meets with visitors from South Africa during a session break. They are Kuzile Juza, right, of the Dwesa-Cwebe Land Trust and Community Property Association and Robin Palmer of the Rhodes University Anthropology Department. Palmer is in the Green Bay area as part of the St. Norbert College/UW-Green Bay International Visiting Scholars Program. The Oneida Business Committee conference room provided an impressive backdrop for Day One of the Symposium. From left, Dr. Carol Cornelius, Bill Gollnick and Loretta Metoxen of the Oneida Nation discuss Oneida tribal sovereignty and land claims. An attentive audience filled the Phoenix Rooms in UW-Green Bay's University Union for the Tuesday afternoon session. UW-Green Bay student Roy Faust has follow-up questions for visiting scholar Robin Palmer. Gratzia Villarroel of the St. Norbert College political science department and Alejandro Herrera, director of the Institute for Indigenous Studies, University of the Frontier, focused on indigenous struggles for land and autonomy in Chile. Presenters at the symposium posed for a group photo at the conclusion of the two-day event.

[University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Photo the Week]

'Whose land is it?' symposium draws large crowds to Oneida, UW-Green Bay

"Whose land is it? The many faces of indigenous rights and land claims" brought together scholars, activists and community organizers from around the globe to discuss indigenous rights and claims to territory and natural resources. More than 150 people attended each day of the symposium, the third in the International Social Justice Symposium series. The symposium was held Monday (Nov. 14) at the Norbert Hill Center in Oneida and Tuesday (Nov. 15) at the UW-Green Bay University Union. UW-Green Bay and St. Norbert College collaborated with the Oneida Nation to present the symposium. Speakers were from the United States, South Africa, Chile, Nicaragua and Guatemala.

Photo: From left, Oneida Tribal Historian Loretta Metoxen; Sue K. Hammersmith, UW-Green Bay provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs; Carol Cornelius, area manager of the Oneida Cultural Heritage Department; and Mark Everingham, UW-Green Bay associate professor of Social Change and Development.

Representing the Oneida Nation and UW-Green Bay at the "Whose land is it?" symposium are, from left, Oneida Tribal Historian Loretta Metoxen; Sue K. Hammersmith, UW-Green Bay provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs; Carol Cornelius, area manager of the Oneida Cultural Heritage Department; and Mark Everingham, UW-Green Bay associate professor of Social Change and Development.

Photo: Fritz Erickson, right, UW-Green Bay dean of Professional and Graduate Studies, meets with visitors from South Africa during a session break.

Fritz Erickson, right, UW-Green Bay dean of Professional and Graduate Studies, meets with visitors from South Africa during a session break. They are Kuzile Juza, right, of the Dwesa-Cwebe Land Trust and Community Property Association and Robin Palmer of the Rhodes University Anthropology Department. Palmer is in the Green Bay area as part of the St. Norbert College/UW-Green Bay International Visiting Scholars Program.

Photo: The Oneida Business Committee conference room provided an impressive backdrop for Day One of the Symposium.

The Oneida Business Committee conference room provided an impressive backdrop for Day One of the Symposium. From left, Dr. Carol Cornelius, Bill Gollnick and Loretta Metoxen of the Oneida Nation discuss Oneida tribal sovereignty and land claims.

Photo: An attentive audience filled the Phoenix Rooms in UW-Green Bay's University Union for the Tuesday afternoon session.

An attentive audience filled the Phoenix Rooms in UW-Green Bay's University Union for the Tuesday afternoon session.

Photo: UW-Green Bay student Roy Faust has follow-up questions for visiting scholar Robin Palmer.

UW-Green Bay student Roy Faust has follow-up questions for visiting scholar Robin Palmer.

Photo: Gratzia Villarroel of the St Norbert College political science department and Alejandro Herrera, director of the Institute for Indigenous Studies, University of the Frontier, focused on indigenous struggles for land and autonomy in Chile.

Gratzia Villarroel of the St. Norbert College political science department and Alejandro Herrera, director of the Institute for Indigenous Studies, University of the Frontier, focused on indigenous struggles for land and autonomy in Chile.

Photo: Presenters at the symposium posed for a group photo.

Presenters at the symposium posed for a group photo at the conclusion of the two-day event.