Mililani Trask - Presentations, Conferences and Guest Lectures

Presentations, Conferences and Guest Lectures

• 1987 – First Hawaiian Sovereignty Conference, Kamehameha Schools, Panelist
• 1988 – Hawaiian Sovereignty Conference, State Capitol, Honolulu, Panelist
• 1990 – Peoples Legislative conference on Hawaiian Rights, State Capitol, Honolulu – Speaker
• 1991 – University of Wisconsin, Lecturer - Native Rights
• 1991 – Aboriginal Public Policy Institute (APPI), International Indigenous Sovereignty Conference, Marin County, CA, Keynote Address
• 1991 – Civil Rights Presentation, Honolulu, HI, Speaker
• 1991 – United Church of Christ, Commission for Racial Justice at the People of Color First National Environmental Leadership Summit, Washington, D.C., Plenary Presenter
• 1992 – Keepers of Treasure, Cultural and Historic Preservation Conference, Billings, Montana, Keynote Address
• 1992 – World Council of Churches, Program to Combat Racism, Women Under Racism Global Gathering, Port of Spain, Trinidad, Keynote Address
• 1992 – United Church of Christ, National Roundtable Discussion, National Priority Working Group, Perspectives on Columbus from diverse cultural, racial and ethnic backgrounds, Participant
• 1992 – University of Hawaii at Manoa, Lecturer/panelist – Civil Rights Panel Discussion
• 1993 (Jan. 17th), 100th Year Observance of the Illegal Overthrow of the Hawaiian Nation, Iolani Palace, Honolulu, HI, Keynote Address
• 1993 – Peoples Water Conference, Kawaihao Church, Honolulu, HI, Panelist
• 1993 – Los Angeles Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs “Hawaiian Sovereignty”, LA, CA, Speaker
• 1993 – Cherokee Nation, Indian International Council, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Keynote Address and Moderator
• 1993 – University of Oregon, Lecturer, Indigenous Economics and Indigenous Human Rights
• 1994 – International Transpersonal Association (ITA) “Toward Earth Community: Ecology, Native Wisdom and Spirituality”, Killarny, Co., Kerry, Ireland, Keynote Address
• 1994 – United Nations International Conference on Populations and Development, International Women’s Health Coalition, Cairo, Egypt, Participant
• 1995 – Public Forum, Featured Speaker, Feminist Family Values, the Foundation for A Compassionate Society, Featuring Angela Davis, Gloria Steinem, Maria Jimenez & Mililani Trask
• 1995 – San Francisco State University, Lecturer – United Nations’ 50th Anniversary Speech and Indigenous Rights
• 1995 – Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, China, Participant, Plenary Speaker
• 1996 – Government of the Republic of Fiji’s Indigenous Peoples of the Pacific Workshop on the United Nations Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Suva, Fiji, Participant/Delegate
• 1997 – Federal Bar Association Indian Law Conference “Self Determination and Indigenous People: Native Hawaiians and the UN Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples”, Speaker
• 1997 – Australian Reconciliation Convention, Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation, Melbourne, Australia, Plenary Speaker
• 1998 – Native Hawaiian Rights Clinic, University of Hawaii School of Law, Speaker
• 1998 – Trust & Fiduciary Obligations of Native Trustees; First Foundation, New Zealand, Plenary
• 1999 – Pacific Court of Women, Auckland, New Zealand, Plenary
• 1999 – University of Colorado at Boulder, Lecturer, Sovereignty Symposium
• 2001 – WCAR Keynote, Colonialism, Reparations and Racism: Indigenous Perspectives
• 2001 – Indigenous Rights, Contemporary Issues, UC Santa Cruz, Lecturer
• 2001 – Sovereignty, Racism and Indigenous Peoples, Sydney, Australia
• 2001 – World Court of Women Against Violence, Capetown, South Africa, Jurist
• 2001 – World Court of Women, Durban, South Africa, Witness
• 2001 – Assembly of First Nations, Quebec, Canada, Plenary
• 2001 – Indigenous Peoples & International Law, Indigenous Women’s Network, Mohawk Valley, New York, Keynote
• 2001 – Globalization – Contemporary Issues, Jubilee South USTAWI, Seattle, Washington, Keynote
• 2002 – World Conference on Sustainable Development, Plenary, Participant, South Africa
• 2002 – University of Hawaii, School of Law – Symposium on Rice v. Cayetano, Keynote
• 2002 – University of Hawaii, Panel – Mauna Kea & Hawaiian Cultural Issues
• 2002 – Hamilton University, Guest Lecturer, Wellington School of Law
• 2002 - Bates College, Maine – Guest Lecturer – Independence Movements of Indigenous Peoples
• 2003 – RMIT/East West Center, Keynote – Diversity Conference
• 2003 – University of Michigan, Keynote – Student Training
• 2003 – Minnesota, Amnesty International Youth Training, Workshop
• 2003 – The Ford Foundation, U.S. Environmental Justice Strategic Planning Conference, Washington D.C., Participant
• 2003 – UNITAR – Diplomacy Training, Conflict Resolution and Prevention, Instructor and Participant
• 2003 – University of California, Boalt Hall School of Law, Keynote – Coalition Building in Community Work
• 2003 – Seattle, Washington, Environmental Justice Conference, Keynote
• 2003 – Cook Islands, Consultation with Traditional Elders (Koutu Nui) and Government on Traditional Knowledge and Intellectual Property
• 2003 – Teton Sioux Treaty Conference, South Dakota, Workshop and Keynote
• 2003 – World Trade Organization, Cancun Mexico, Forum Representative
• 2003 – CINE Conference, Montreal Canada, Indigenous Peoples, Nutrition and Environment, Keynote
• 2003 – Ke Aha Pono – Hawaii Conference on Indigenous Knowledge, Keynote
• 2003 – Hawaii Hawaiian Civic Clubs, Kauai Island, Workshop, Biodiversity and Hawaii Legislation
• 2004 – World Court of Women, Crimes of War, Mombai, India; Witness
• 2004 – World Social Forum, Participant, Mombai, India
• 2005 – Color of Violence, Keynote, New Orleans
• 2005 – Indigenous Caucus Consultation on CBD, Canada
• 2005 - Maori Women’s Welfare League, Keynote, New Zealand
• 2005 – Indigenous Caucus Consultation on Declaration, Mexico
• 2006 – Arizona State University Law School, Keynote
• 2006 – Hawaii State Bar Association, International Law and Akaka Bill Seminar/Trainings
• 2006 – International Forum on Globalization, Keynote, NY