During Native American Celebration Month there will be two featured presentations -- one on the importance of traditional ecological understandings to environmental sustainability (November 3), and one on the long-lasting and devastating effects of the 1779 Sullivan-Clinton Campaign, one of the darkest chapters in Ithaca's history (November 19).
"Restoration and Reciprocity: Finding Common Ground between Traditional and Scientific Ecological Knowledge"
November 3
4:00 p.m.
Klingenstein Lounge
Robin Kimmerer (Potawatomi) [pictured at right], director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment, is an associate professor of environmental and forest biology at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse. She is the author of numerous scientific articles, and the book Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses, for which she received the John Burroughs Medal Award. As a Native American scholar, she combines her heritage and passion for the environment with scientific perspectives to help lead the way with integrative solutions for the environmental challenges we are facing in the twenty-first century.
"New York's Missing Link: The Sullivan-Clinton Campaign, Then and Now"
November 19
7:00 p.m.
Williams 221
In a tour-de-force presentation combining fresh research, dramatic visuals, and unique animated maps, Robert Spiegelman explores the Sullivan-Clinton Campaign's dark origins, key players, main events, tragic and victorious aftermaths, and lasting results. Beyond the military operation, he shows its impact on native culture, the land and today's environment. A great opportunity for teachers who want to learn about the interactive website and bring this fateful historic event into the classroom. See also www.sullivanclinton.com.
Both events are free and open to the public.
For more information contact Brooke Hansen at 274-1735 or [mailto:kbhansen@ithaca.edu].
More Info on the Native American Studies Minor
[See related Intercom story: "Native American Celebration Month Field Trip to Cayuga Homeland"]
https://www.ithaca.edu/intercom/article.php/20081023142554995