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X-WR-CALNAME:Environmental Justice and Indigenous Peoples' Event
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DESCRIPTION:Seth Thomas Sutton\, professor and chair of the Arts & Humaniti
 es Department at Montcalm Community College\, will present the address “
 Racial Reckoning: Activism and Justice in Academia\, the Environment & the
  Politics of Knowledge” as this year’s Indigenous Peoples’ and Envir
 onmental Justice Lecture at Hope College on Wednesday\, Oct. 26\, at 4 p.m
 . in the Fried-Hemenway Auditorium of the Martha Miller Center for Global 
 Communication. A book signing in the lobby will immediately follow the lec
 ture.\n\nThe public is invited. Admission is free. A recording will be mad
 e available after the event on the Hope College YouTube Channel and on soc
 ial media.\n\nThe keynote address will introduce a decolonizing view of ra
 ce within academic and park settings\, focusing on derogatory stereotypes 
 of Indigenous people.\n\nSeth Thomas Sutton is an Emmy-nominated Métis ar
 tist\, scholar\, author and social activist. He is currently lecturing on 
 cultural criticism\, postcolonialism\, critical race theory\, Tribal sover
 eignty\, Indigenous art & activism\, visual arts\, art history\, anthropol
 ogy\, sociology\, visual rhetoric and more at Montcalm Community College.\
 n\nHis publications include the book “The Deconstruction of Chief Blackh
 awk: A Critical Analysis of Mascots & The Visual Rhetoric of the Indian”
  published by Big Thicket Publishing in 2021. The book is a qualitative cr
 itical analysis of the National Hockey League’s Chicago Blackhawks’ ma
 scot\, Chief Blackhawk. It also serves as a resource for researchers\, sch
 olars and educators interested in visual\, critical and cultural studies.\
 n\nSutton is a council member on the Native American Advisory Council at G
 rand Valley State University as well as a member of several other Indigeno
 us centered educational groups throughout the United States and Canada. He
  was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2017 for his involvement in the docume
 ntary series\, “wiinwaa niizhaasing” (“We the 7th) and again in 2021
  for the four-part documentary series\, “Shaping Narratives.”\n\nHe is
  a descendant and non-enrolled member of the North Shore Band of Waganakis
 ing Odawa // Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians.\n\nThe event is b
 eing co-sponsored by the college’s Center for Diversity and Inclusion\, 
 Office of Sustainability\, the Green Team and the campus-wide GROW (Growin
 g Relationships through diverse Opportunities to strengthen involvement in
  an ever-changing World) initiative.\n\nAudience members who need assistan
 ce to fully enjoy any event at Hope are encouraged to contact the college
 ’s Events and Conferences Office by emailing events@hope.edu or calling 
 616-395-7222 on weekdays between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Updates related to even
 ts are posted when available in the individual listings athope.edu/calenda
 r\n\nDue to the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic\, the Center for Diversit
 y and Inclusion requests and encourages wearing masks indoors.
GEO:42.788088;-86.099523
LOCATION:Martha Miller Center for Global Communication\, Fried Hemenway Aud
 itorium
SUMMARY:Environmental Justice and Indigenous Peoples' Event
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 igenous_peoples_event
CATEGORIES:Campus-Life
CATEGORIES:Center for Diversity and Inclusion
CATEGORIES:Sustainability
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