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Highlights: International Librarianship

Selected Publications

(with Deborah Smith) "A Gathering of Readers: Schools Serving Indigenous Children Collaborate on a Virtual Celebration of Reading and Culture," 2005 School Library Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (SLANZA) Conference Proceedings, Auckland, Aotearoa/New Zealand, July 2005. [CD ROM]

(with Sandra Littletree and Robert L. Yazzie, Jr.) "The Keepers of Knowledge: Fourth International Indigenous Librarians' Forum," American Indian Libraries Newsletter 28 (1) (Fall 2005): 1-2.

"Winds of Change, Libraries in the 21 st Century: The 2002 Annual Conference of LIANZA (Library & Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa)," American Indian Libraries Newsletter 25 (2) (Winter 2002): 1-2.

"Second International Indigenous Librarians' Forum," International Leads 15 (4) (December 2001): 6.

"The International Indigenous Librarians' Forum: A Professional Life-Affirming Event," World Libraries 10 (1/2) (Spring/Fall 2000): 19-30.

Selected Fellowships, Grants, Special Honors

The Embassy of the United States of America, Wellington, New Zealand, Public Affairs Section. Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act Grant, July 2002.

Selected International Presentation Venues

• ALA/Canadian Library Association Annual Conference (Toronto: 2003)
• Barents Libraries Conference (Jokkmokk, Sweden: 2001)
• Goteborg (Sweden) International Book Fair (2001)
• IFLA (Berlin: 2003; Buenos Aires: 2004)
• International Indigenous Librarians Forum (Auckland, 1999; Jokkmokk, Sweden: 2001; Santa Fe, New Mexico: 2003; Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada: 2005)
• Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (Wellington: 2002)
• School Library Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (SLANZA) (Auckland, Aotearoa-New Zealand 2005)
• Transborder Library Forum (Albuquerque, New Mexico: 2000; College Station, Texas: 2003)
• World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education (Hilo, HI: 1999; Stoney Reserve, Canada: 2002; Hamilton, Aotearoa-New Zealand, 2005)
• Guest lectures: University of Auckland (Aotearoa-New Zealand); Victoria University (Wellington, Aotearoa-New Zealand), Wananga O Raukawa (Otaki, Aotearoa-New Zealand; South Wales School of Information, Technology and Management, (Sydney, Australia)

Selected Membership

Te Ropu Whakahau (Maori in Libraries and International Relations Committee, East Asia and the Pacific Subcommittee, Member, 2000-2004.

Selected Service

International Relations Committee, East Asia and the Pacific Subcommittee,
Chair, 2001-2004.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Access to Learning Award 2003,
2004, Selection Committee, Member.