Indigenous Environmental Justice - Winona LaDuke, Nov. 18
Wednesday, Nov 18, at 6:00 p.m. in The Clarke, Room 113. Genre - Lecture
CSUSM welcomes keynote speaker, Winona LaDuke, (Anishinaabekwe Ojibwe enrolled member of the Mississippi Band Anishinaabeg) an internationally renowned activist and author working on issues of sustainable development, renewable energy and food systems.
LaDuke lives and works on the White Earth reservation in northern Minnesota, and is a two time vice presidential candidate with Ralph Nader for the Green Party. A graduate of Harvard and Antioch Universities, LaDuke has written extensively on Native American and environmental issues. She is the author of five books, including Recovering the Sacred, All our Relations and a novel, Last Standing Woman.
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