{"id":31082,"date":"2019-12-18T05:00:32","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T05:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tashorg.wpengine.com\/?p=31082"},"modified":"2019-12-23T17:10:38","modified_gmt":"2019-12-23T17:10:38","slug":"2019-tash-conference-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tash.org\/2019-tash-conference-highlights\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 TASH Conference Highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The 2019 TASH Conference, held on December 5–7, 2019, was at a spectacular location — the Sheraton Grand at Wild Horse Pass<\/a> in Phoenix, Arizona. Located on Gila River Indian Community (Official Site<\/a> | Wikipedia article<\/a>) land, the shared home of the Akimel O’otham (Pima) and Pee Posh (Maricopa) tribes, the location was a perfect contribution to this year’s Conference theme of Building Diverse and Inclusive Communities<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Opening General Session<\/h4>\n

After the Thursday Workshops<\/a> and Thursday Employment Track<\/a>, the Conference proper got under way with Friday’s opening General Session. Rosie Rivera, the Cultural Manager with the Sheraton Grand at Wild Horse Pass, gave a short talk on the history of the Gila River Indian Community and their century-long struggle to recover their water rights. The two events that really left attendees talking for the rest of the Conference were Raymond Guron’s talk, “Finding Purpose Through Struggle: My Personal Experience as an At-Risk Student and How I Build Emotional Intelligence in the Classroom” and the performance of Native hoop dancer Brian Hammill of Native Spirit Productions<\/a>, with his brother, Palmer Lomakema, singing and playing the drum.<\/p>\n

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Raymond Guron delivers his opening keynote,”Finding Purpose Through Struggle: My Personal Experience as an At-Risk Student and How I Build Emotional Intelligence in the Classroom”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n