Speaker Series
The Futures of American Democracy
"Unraveling the Big Lie: Participatory Disinformation and Its Threat to Democracy"
Kate Starbird, University of Washington
Wed., March 15 at 5 pm
"Redrawing the Empire State: Politics and Institutional Competition in the 2020 Redistricting Process"
Thurs., Oct. 27th at 6:30 p.m. in LN 1106 (IASH Conference Room)
Peter Miller, Brennan Center for Justice
Co-sponsored by HRI and the CRCB TAE
OTHER RECENT EVENTS
Harvest Celebration of the Three Sisters Garden
Friday, Oct. 14th
11:30am in the Science 1 Courtyard
Event Overview: Partners from across Binghamton University will be holding a harvest ceremony for the Indigenous “Three Sisters Garden” in collaboration with the Onondaga Nation, the central fire keepers of the Haudenosaunee, and in the spirit of the Two Row Wampum—Gä•sweñta’ or The Silver Covenant Chain of Friendship. A traditional Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving blessing will be followed by a lecture on Three Sisters cuisine and a corn braiding demonstration. This event will feature Angela Ferguson from the Onondaga Nation Farm and other Haudenosaunee representatives.
Schedule of Events:
11:30am: Thanksgiving Blessing of the land
12:00pm: Lecture on Three Sisters cuisine and corn braiding demonstration
All are welcome. We ask that you RSVP by October 3, 2022 at Noon:
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If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to either BrieAnna Langlie (Dept of Anthropology), langlie@binghamton.edu or Barrett Brenton (Center for Civic Engagement), bbrenton@binghamton.edu.
Thank you (nya:weh)!
Indigenous Peoples’ Day Events
Monday, Oct. 10th
Related to the opening of the LOCO Human Rights Festival, join us for an afternoon and evening of events to celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2022 - A Healing Journey. You can attend the events in person in UU102 or register for the events to join virtually at the links below.
2:45-3:00 pm (EDT) UU102 - A Healing Journey. LOCO Human Rights Festival opening presentation by Charlotte Kennedy (Quuiich -Confederated
Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Suislaw, Oregon, U.S.)
3:00 - 4:00 pm (EDT) UU102 - Honouring Our Grandmothers Healing Journey. Presentation led by Nadine Spence (Nlaka’pamux, Secwepemc, Coastal Salish, British Columbia, Canada).
Honouring Our Grandmothers Healing Journey is a movement of humanity with the natural world. It honours the grandmother’s lived experiences, story, and legacy left for those of us to discover, and to share through storytelling, teachings, ceremony, and art. The heart of this journey are the stories told by different Indigenous artists of the pacific northwest. Through the visual artwork they place on their cedar bentwood travelling message chest and the experience they share.
Register HERE for the 2:45-4:00 pm events
4:30 - 6:45 pm (EDT) UU102 - Film screening of “Home from School: The Children of Carlisle” (2021). A conversation will follow facilitated by Charlotte Kennedy.
In the late 19th century, tens of thousands of Native American children were removed from their families and tribal homelands to boarding schools where they were stripped of their languages, traditions, and culture, in the name of assimilation. It is a painful era for Indigenous peoples across the country not often covered in U.S. history books. The documentary “Home From School: The Children of Carlisle” dives into the history of Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, the first off-reservation government-funded boarding school for Native American children. The film chronicles the modern-day journey of Northern Arapaho tribal members seeking to recover the remains of Arapaho children more than 100 years after they fell mortally ill and were buried on the school grounds.
Register HERE for the 4:30-6:45 pm event
