Tag: Native American
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American Indian Activist to Speak at Gustavus
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Clyde Bellecourt, Native American civil rights leader and co-founder of the American Indian Movement (AIM), will speak at Gustavus Adolphus College at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 11 in Alumni Hall. Bellecourt’s lecture is titled “The American Indian Movement: Past, Present, and Future,” and is free and open to the public. Bellecourt was born on the…
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Upcoming Talk: Nature as Understood through Indigenous Wisdom and Scientific Knowledge
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Robin Wall Kimmerer presents Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants Tuesday, November 12, 2013, 7:00 pm, Interpretive Center, Linnaeus Arboretum, Gustavus Adolphus College As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation,…