Day One - May 30, 2024 _ Recorded

Day Two - Part 1 of 2 _ May 31, 2024 _ Recorded

Day Two - Part 2 of 2 _ May 31, 2024 _ Recorded

Pre Registration for this C.O.A. event is CLOSED. Same day walk-in registration will be on first-come first-serve basis for Friday, May 31st.

Event location:

College of the Albemarle, Dare Campus, 205 US 64, Manteo, NC. (Veterans Hall, Main building)

The event is a two day lecture/panel discussion with audience Q&A.

Day 1 will explore the consequential (yet often marginalized) life of Chief Wingina/Pemisapan and his Secotan Alliance during early contact with English expeditioners, the English military and the effects of his death on the failed colonization attempt…and beyond.

Day 2 will transition from history to Wingina's and TSA's longstanding earth ethic and thus offer our audience a Traditional Indigenous approach to modern day environmentalism with the support of several local & regional environmental organizations and indigenous people from Eastern NC listed below.

Day 2 Late afternoon: Indigenous Flute, Indigenous Dance Demo and Storytelling by IOSND

Keynote Speaker:

Michael Leroy Oberg, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of History, State University of New York, Geneseo.. Author of "The Head in Edward Nugent's Hand, Roanoke's Forgotten Indians"

Additional Primary Speakers:

Arwin Smallwood, Ph.D., Dean of Arts, Social Sciences, Humanities. NC Central University. Author of “Bertie County: An Eastern North Carolina History”

Charles Ewen, Ph.D., Harriot College Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, East Carolina University, Author of “Becoming the Lost Colony, The History, Lore and Popular Culture of the Roanoke Mystery”

Gabrielle Tayac, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of History and Art History, George Mason University. Consulting curator, the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Advisor to the Native American Student Association at George Mason.. Contributing author, “Native Prospects, Indigeneity and Landscapes”. “Speaking Sovereignty, Powhatan’s Mantle”

David Rahahe:tih Webb, Tuscarora Nation of North Carolina, Environmental activist and award winning author of “The Spanish Seminole”

Representatives of several indigenous communities and descendant associations from Eastern North Carolina and Southern Virginia will be present and involved in symbolic commemorative ceremonies of land acknowledgement and alliance formation. This includes the Roanoke/Hatterask Tribe; the Machapunga Tribe; the Chowanoke Tribe; Two Rivers Saponi-Occoneechee Association, Inc.; BOD members of The Secotan Alliance and individuals of the Native American diaspora in general.

Representatives of a variety of environmental, coastal study and maritime groups including: Peace Garden Project; Frisco Native American Museum and Natural History Center; Sound Rivers; NC Coastal Federation, Coastal Carolina Riverwatch, Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Partnership, Hatteras Island Wildlife Rehab, Ban Balloon Releases NC, Jockey’s Ridge and others.

Moderators:

Gray Michael Parsons, President, The Secotan Alliance, Frisco, NC

Tammy Woodward, Director, Outer Banks History Center, Manteo, NC.

Schedule

Thursday May 30 8:30 AM Pre-registration check in, same day registration, Sandra Healey & Susan Aliff

9:00 Welcome, Introductions, Overview Gray Michael Parsons

9:15 Land Acknowledgement Marilyn Morrison

9:20 Secotan Alliance-Chowanoke alliance ceremony: Thomas Lewis/Duvonya Chavis, Brian Chance, Marilyn Morrison, Gray Parsons

9:30 Introduction & keynote speech: Michael Leroy Oberg, Ph.D., Professor, Author

11:00 Introduction & speech: Charles Ewen, Ph.D., Professor, Author

12:15 PM Flute performance sample IOSND

12:20 Lunch break/book signings optional

1:30 Introduction & speech: Arwin Smallwood, Ph.D., Dean, Professor, Author

2:30 Introduction & speech: Gabrielle Tayac, Ph.D., Professor, Curator, Author

3:30 Panel Discussion

5:00 Conclusion/Book signings optional.

Optional event: “Lost Colony Theater” admission discount for our event audience. $10 off ticket price

Friday May 31 8:30 AM Pre-registration check in, same day registration, Sandra & Susan

9:00 AM Welcome & Overview

9:15 Introduction & speech, Keynote Speaker: Michael Leroy Oberg, Ph. D., Professor, Author

10:30 Introduction & speech: Arwin Smallwood, Ph.D., Dean, Professor, Author

11:30 Introduction & speech: David Webb, Tuscarora descendant, Environmentalist, Author

12:30 PM Lunch break/Book signings optional

1:30 Introductions of Environmental group representatives: Brief description of each group’s mission, goals, methods, accomplishments and what the future looks like by that group representative.

2:30 Defining the “Traditional Indigenous Earth Ethic” through indigenous eyes, hearts & souls. Joey Crutchfield, Barbara Miller, Marilyn Morrison, David Webb, Gray Michael Parsons

3:30 Panel Discussion: Merging the Traditional Indigenous Earth Ethic into Modern Day Environmentalism for the Average Citizen

5-6:30 Flute/Storytelling/Eastern Blanket Dance Demo by IOSDN: Event conclusion

We just added a new event kick off for Wednesday May 29 from 4-5:30 PM at the Frisco Native American Museum, Rt. 12 S. in Frisco, NC. Our keynote speaker, Michael Leroy Oberg, Ph.D. along with Gabrielle Tayac, Ph.D. will speak. There is limited seating in the museum pavilion so good idea to bring your own chair. For the Frisco event only there is no Pre-Registration. For Frisco only it is “first come, first serve”.

We acknowledge with great appreciation our event co-sponsors and partners:

Outer Banks Community Foundation

Dare Arts

Frisco Native American Museum