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Media Contacts: Karen Wentworth, 277-5627, kwent2@unm.edu Sept. 17, 2008 UNM Indigenous Nations Library Program Offers Native Pathways Lecture Series The University Libraries’ Indigenous Nations Library Program will present the first lecture of the Native Pathways Lecture Series on Wednesday, Sept. 24 at 3 p.m. in the Willard Reading Room in Zimmerman Library. The lecture features Alvin H. Warren, New Mexico Cabinet Secretary for the Indian Affairs Department. He will discuss the IAD, which serves as a vehicle between the state’s government and the 22 tribal governments of New Mexico, and the IAD’s partnership with UNM. Warren has served as lieutenant governor as well as tribal interpreter, tribal treasurer and tribal councilmember for Santa Clara Pueblo. He is also the founding chairperson of the Santa Clara Pueblo Governor’s Task Force on Youth and Families and a former vice chairman and member of the Santa Clara Day School Board of Education. The day’s events include a brown bag lunch from noon to 1 p.m. in the Herzstein Room, followed by the lecture at 3 p.m. in the Willard Reading Room. The Native Pathways Lecture Series provides an informal learning experience on various topics related to current American Indian/indigenous issues. All lectures are free and open to the public. Established in July 2004, INLP provides library outreach and information services to the UNM community and New Mexico Native American/indigenous communities. For more information, contact Savannah Gene, Indigenous Nations Library Program, sgene@unm.edu or 277-7433. ### |
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