Environmental Activist Winona LaDuke to Speak

Winona LaDuke, acclaimed environmental activist and vice presidential running mate of Ralph Nader, will speak on "Native American Environments: Struggles for Land and Life" on Wednesday, November 6. The talk, which is free and open to the public, will take place at 7:00 p.m. in the Emerson Suites, Phillips Hall. It will be the keynote address for a series of fall events being held at the College to celebrate the history, life, and culture of Native Americans.

Harvard-educated LaDuke is a member of the Mississippi Band of Anishinaabeg and resides on the White Earth Reservation in Minnesota. In her essays, books, and novels, LaDuke defends her native culture against racism and environmental degradation. Her most recent work, Last Standing Woman, is a poignant novel depicting the struggles of seven generations of Anishinaabeg from 1860 to the present.

Program director of the Honor the Earth Fund and founding director of the White Earth Land Recovery Project, LaDuke was selected in 1994 by Time magazine as one of America's 50 most promising leaders under the age of 40. In the 1996 and 2000 presidential elections, she ran as the Green Party's candidate for vice president. In 1997 she was named by Ms. magazine as a "woman of the year."

The events are sponsored by the Offices of Multicultural Affairs and the Provost; Diversity Awareness Committee; Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity; environmental studies, women's studies, and honors programs; Ithaca College Environmental Society; and Departments of Anthropology and Politics.

For more information contact Brooke Olson, assistant professor of anthropology, at 274-1735.