A day-long symposium on Sovereignty and Automony in the Americas will be held March 8, 2008, at the University of Minnesota Coffman Memorial Union, Campus Club, West Wing, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The symposium will feature John Borrows, professor of law at the University of Victoria, as keynote speaker; and:

• Panel on Indigenous Self-Determination in the Americas (Ana Rosa Duarte Duarte, Lourdes Gutierrez-Najera, and David Wilkins)
• Panel on Legal Pluralism in the Americas (Victoria Bomberry, Natividad Gutierrez Chong, and Anna Hunter)
• Discussions on Indigenous Self-Determination and on Rethinking Sovereignty and Autonomy Among Native and Chicano Communities
• TURIX: Digital Media and Mayan Automony (Byrt Wmmack and Ana Rosa Duarte Duarte).

The symposium is free and open to the general public, but reservations are suggested by February 29th. Lunch will be provided and the evening will conclude with a light receiption at 6 p.m. Contact Karen Carmody-McIntosh at carm0047@umn.edu or Bianet Castellanos at 612-626-7266.