Endangered Native Languages, Lands, and Natural Resources

Winona LaDuke
Conference Keynote Address for "Translating Across Time and Space"

Renowned for her work on tribal land claims and preservation as well as sustainable development, Winona LaDuke will discuss the White Earth Land Recovery Project on the White Earth (Anishinaabe) Reservation in Minnesota. She will also discuss Honor the Earth, a Native-led organization that works to raise public awareness and support for Native environmental issues. Inspired by Anishinaabe prophecies about the time of the Seventh Fire, LaDuke surveys the two paths—or miikanan—that lie ahead: one that is well-worn but scorched, and the other that is green. Bethany Wiggin, topic director for this year’s Translation program, joins LaDuke onstage following her remarks for a conversation on how Native leadership today is creating integrated ways of knowing and being, from traditional environmental knowledge to the environmental humanities.

NOTE: Attendance is free, but you must pre-register at: Penn Humanities Forum Registration page.

For more information on this event, see: Winona LaDuke Keynote Address.

For more information on other Penn Humanities events, see: Penn Humanities Forum.

Translating Across Time and Space: Endangered Languages, Cultural Revitalization, and the Work of History
This Keynote opens the conference presented by Center for Native American and Indigenous Research, Library of the American Philosophical Society, October 13-15, 2016 at Franklin Hall, American Philosophical Society, 427 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

“Translating Across Time and Space” is an international interdisciplinary conference that brings together a range of scholars, practitioners, and community leaders to discuss the ways archival collections and scholarly fieldwork can help preserve and revitalize endangered languages and cultural practices in indigenous communities throughout North America. Conference panels pay particular attention to the legal and ethical issues archives and scholars face when working with indigenous materials, the ways technologies have forged new forms of cross-cultural collaborations, the influence of past policies on the present, and best practices for pedagogy. Brief papers will be precirculated in order to encourage conversation and dialogue during the conference.

For full conference details, including schedule and registration, see: American Philosophical Society Conference.