Category: Native American

Laura Pulido finds that a racist past is often left off monuments

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From Around the O, Oct. 20, 2020 — As monuments across the country are torn down to protest their connection to white supremacy, UO professor Laura Pulido argues that dismantling such structures is an important, but insufficient, step toward achieving…

New book: “Salmon and Acorns Feed Our People” by Kari Norgaard

Salmon and Acorns Feed Our People: Colonialism, Nature, and Social Action, by Kari Marie Norgaard. (Rutgers University Press, 312 pages, September 13, 2019) Synopsis: “Since time before memory, large numbers of salmon have made their way up and down the Klamath…

Tiffany L. King, “The When and Where of Our Talk: The Shoals of Black and Native Feminisms”

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Knight Library, Browsing Room 1501 Kincaid St. UO campus Race, Ethnicities, and Inequalities Colloquium “The When and Where of Our Talk: The Shoals of Black and Native Feminisms” Tiffany Lethabo King, Georgia State University Tiffany Lethabo King is an assistant…

Native Play Reading Series: “Salmon is Everything: Community-Based Theater on the Klamath Watershed”

Many Nations Longhouse 1630 Columbia Street, Eugene, OR Editor’s Note: Author Theresa May is an associate professor in theatre arts and a CSWS faculty affiliate whose research has been supported by CSWS. Come out to the Many Nations Longhouse for…

Joy Harjo Interview: UO Today

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    Oregon Humanities Center Published on Feb 15, 2018 Joy Harjo, an enrolled member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, is a poet, musician, and author. She is the Professor and Chair of Excellence at the University of Tennessee at…

Joy Harjo: Poetry Reading

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University of Oregon Poetry reading by Joy Harjo Straub Hall, Room 156 1451 Onyx St. Free & open to the public Printable Poster PDF The UO campus will host renowned author Joy Harjo for a poetry reading and other activities…