Winona LaDuke on April 3rd

Winona LaDuke has written: “There is a direct relationship between the loss of cultural diversity and the loss of biodiversity. Wherever Indigenous peoples still remain, there is also a corresponding enclave of biodiversity.”

Please join us on Thursday, April 3rd for two programs with Winona LaDuke, internationally respected Native American Indian and environmental activist, author and Vice-presidential candidate on the Green Party ticket in the past two presidential elections.

From 2:30-4 in the Longs Peak Room, we will host an open discussion for the campus community based or her two recent books, “The Winona LaDuke Reader” and “All Our Relations: Native Struggles for Land and Life.” These books are available for loan from the CASAE office (491-2418).

At 7 PM in the Lory Student Center’s Main Ballroom, we will begin with drumming and the 2003 Campus Sustainability Awards before Winona LaDuke speaks on “Native Peoples, Biodiversity and our Collective Survival.” The program will conclude with a gifting ceremony and a drum song to be followed by a book signing. This
program is free and open to the public.

Sponsors for this program include the Center for Applied Studies of American Ethnicity, Native American Student Services, the Center for Teaching and Learning, the Provost’s Office, Bridges to the Future and the Vice President for Student Affairs.