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College of Liberal Arts speaker series presents:

Seven Generations: An Indigenous Perspective on Environmental Stewardship

Featuring Anton Treuer, professor of Ojibwe, Bemidji State University

    • Wednesday, November 9, 2022
      6 pm – 7:30 pm
  • Online event
a man stands for a portrait in a white shirt with an intricately-beaded vest before a blue-gray backdrop

Anton Treuer; Photo from https://antontreuer.com/press-kit

Passport-qualified event

The Ojibwe and other Indigenous communities have a frame for social and environmental stewardship that revolves around "seven generations" as a marker not just for time, but for sustainable action and impact. Come learn from esteemed author and Ojibwe culture keeper Anton Treuer about how we can work together to make the world a better place.

Speaker Bio: Dr. Anton Treuer (pronounced troy-er) is Professor of Ojibwe at Bemidji State University and author of many books, including Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask, and The Cultural Toolbox: Traditional Ojibwe Living in the Modern World. Treuer is a member of the United Nations Technical Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals through Inclusive, Just Energy Solutions and the governing board for the Minnesota State Historical Society. In 2018, he was named Guardian of Culture and Lifeways and recipient of the Pathfinder Award by the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums. 

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