Panelists will discuss the American Indian Movement (AIM) in two separate forums at Zimmerman Library on February 19, 2004.
Discussion will focus on the panelists experience at AIM campaigns in the early 1970's such as the Trail of Broken Treaties, BIA building takeover, Wounded Knee Standoff in 1973, the Navajo Fairchild plant incident in 1975, and the Longest Walk demonstration in 1978. Panel members will also discuss their current projects.
The first event is a brown bag lunch from noon to 1pm in Room 102 at Zimmerman Library. The second program is a formal panel discussion from 4 pm to 6 pm in the Willard Reading Room of Zimmerman.
The panelists bring a wide variety of experience to the discussion.
Larry Foster is Dine, a life long member of the Native American Church of Navajoland, an Indian Civil Rights campaign supporter, Native American Religious Freedom Act advocate, and a participant in AIM campaigns from 1972 through 1978.
Lenny Foster is Dine, and the program supervisor for the Corrections project within the Navajo Nation Department of Behavioral Health Services in Window Rock, Arizona. He is a spiritual advisor for approximately two thousand Navajo and Native American inmates in 96 state prisons and federal penitentiaries across the United States. He participated in campaigns with AIM from 1969-1980.
Susan Shown Harjo, from the Cheyenne Nation and Muscogee Creek Tribe, is head of the Morning Star Institute in Washington D.C, and is a longtime participant with AIM.
Frances Wise has worked on various Native American causes and issues throughout her lifetime, and participated in several AIM campaigns.
The program is funded by the Center for Regional Studies, Native American Studies, American Studies, the History Department and the Office of the Provost. It is sponsored by the UNM General Library, Center for Southwest Research/Special Collections.
Contact: Karen Wentworth (505) 277-5627
Posted by kwentworth at February 11, 2004 04:54 PM