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Glenabah Martinez or Delia Halona (505) 277-3917 Laurie Mellas-Ramirez, 277-5915

January 11, 2002

LADUKE AND SAGE COUNCIL PRESENT UNM NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES LECTURE FEB. 5

The University of New Mexico Native American Studies Program will present a panel, "Indigenous Peoples and Sacred Sites" Tuesday, Feb. 5 at 9:30 a.m. in Anderson School of Management, Room 1016, as part of the 2001-'02 UNM Native American Studies Lecture Series.

Panelists, including Winona LaDuke and SAGE Council members (Sacred Alliances for Grassroots Equality), will share their perspectives on the relationship between indigenous peoples and sacred sites.

LaDuke lives on the White Earth Reservation in Minnesota and is an enrolled member of the Mississippi Band of Anishinaabeg. In the 1996 and 2000 United States presidential campaigns, she served as Ralph Nader's running mate for the Green Party.

She is program director of the Honor the Earth Fund and founding director of the White Earth Land Recovery Project. In 1994, Time Magazine named her one of America's 50 most promising leaders under 40. She is the author of two books, Last Standing Woman, Voyageur Press, and All Our Relations, South End Press.

The SAGE Council is a people of color-led community organization building self-determination and relationships through organizing, education and leadership development. The Council is committed to impacting the social, economic and political decisions affecting indigenous communities, and using the teachings of indigenous ancestors to prepare for future generations.
For more information, call Native American Studies, 277-3917.

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