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11th Annual Repatriation Conference - Presentation Deadline

Tuesday, November 11, 2025

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Call for Sessions, Workshops, Training and other Educational Panels 

The Association on American Indian Affairs is seeking proposals for panels, workshops, training and other educational sessions that will support the 11th Annual Repatriation Conference theme “Feeding the Fire: Advancing the Movement.” This theme builds on the momentum of past Repatriation Conferences and will provide a virtual space to exchange strategies, sharpen skills, share tools, build community, and chart clear pathways forward. In a time of shrinking budgets, limited staff, and compounding responsibilities, this work often falls on the shoulders of a few who do more with less. From strategizing for legal reforms to trainings, we are not just reacting—we are advancing.

To build this diverse virtual community training event, we are asking for your support to submit presentations, panels, trainings, and other opportunities. The Conference will take place live on the Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays during the month of February 2026. We are asking for your training and panel submissions that will offer practical support to strengthen the capacity of Native Nations, allies, and institutions to move the work forward with clarity, conviction, and collaboration. If your panel submission is accepted, each presenter will receive free registration to attend the full Conference event! 
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SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE
Monday, November 10, 2025 at 5 p.m. ET

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Application Requirements

Panel presentations must meet the following criteria:
  1. The presentation must be relevant to the Conference theme: Feeding the Fire: Advancing the Movement – building practical support to strengthen the capacity of Native Nations, allies, and institutions to move the work forward with clarity, conviction, and collaboration.  
  2. The presentation adds value to repatriation practice by providing new and interesting information about repatriation efforts – whether those efforts are pursuant to NAGPRA, international repatriation, trafficking, sacred places, Section 106, return of tangible or intangible cultural heritage, which could include language, items, knowledge, seeds, or efforts taking place to protect Native cultural heritage domestically or abroad. 
  3. The presentation is interactive and involves the audience to develop skills, strategies, networks and collaborative efforts. 
  4. The presentation provides respectful dialogue, even where there may be controversy or disagreement. 
  5. The tone of the presentation will be in alignment with anti-racism, social justice, human rights, decolonization, de-systemizing, and truth-telling. 
  6. The presentation must involve collaborative efforts among diverse parties. 
  7. The presentation shall provide take-away tools to achieve successful repatriation. 

Example sessions may include:
  • Repatriation Success Stories that Inspire and Guide Future Efforts 
  • Decolonizing Repatriation Practices within Institutions 
  • Building and Maintaining Capacity with Limited Resources 
  • Changing Research Practices, Western Ideology and Science 
  • Consultation and Diplomacy Strategies 
  • Coalition Building  
  • International Repatriation 
  • Utilizing Legal Strategies in areas of Repatriation 
  • Effective tactics in the return of private collections 
  • Repatriation of Intangible Cultural Heritage
Tuesday, November 11, 2025
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