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Gregory Cajete: Perspectives from Native Science, July 25

Hundreds of people listen to executive director Mary LaGarde welcome guests to the grand re-opening of the Minneapolis American Indian Center on Wednesday. (Ben Hovland, MPR News)
Gregory Cajete

Dear Reader:

 

Join Dr. Gregory Cajete, chair of Native American Studies at University of New Mexico, at the Johnny Arlee/Victor Charlo  Theater. Cajete is an educator and author whose work is dedicated to honoring the foundations of indigenous knowledge in education. He previously worked at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, and has served as a New Mexico Humanities Scholar in ethnobotany. In addition, he has lectured at colleges and universities in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, New Zealand, England, Italy, Japan and Russia. His books include Look to the Mountain: An Ecology of Indigenous Education, Igniting the Sparkle: An Indigenous Science Education Model and A People’s Ecology: Explorations in Sustainable Living.

Date: Monday, July 25th
Time: 6:30 pm
Description: Presenter: Associate Professor Gregory Cajete, Native American Studies chair, University of New Mexico. Free and open to the public. 

Additional Public Info: Sponsored by the Student to Academic Professoriate for American Indians program in UM’s Division of Biological Sciences.

Website: http://stepup.dbs.umt.edu/

Location:

Johnny Arlee/Vic Charlo Theater

Salish Kootenai College
Pablo MT
Contact:
Jodi Rave Spotted Bear

Jodi Rave Spotted Bear is the founder and director of the Indigenous Media Freedom Alliance, a 501-C-3 nonprofit organization with offices in Bismarck, N.D. and the Fort Berthold Reservation. Jodi spent 15 years reporting for the mainstream press. She's been awarded prestigious Nieman and John S. Knight journalism fellowships at Harvard and Stanford, respectively. She also an MIT Knight Science Journalism Project fellow. Her writing is featured in "The Authentic Voice: The Best Reporting on Race and Ethnicity," published by Columbia University Press. Jodi currently serves as a Society of Professional Journalists at-large board member, an SPJ Foundation board member, and she chairs the SPJ Freedom of Information Committee. Jodi has won top journalism awards from mainstream and Native press organizations. She earned her journalism degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder.