Lakota Elder to Speak at School of Law on Bison Slaughter

Rosalie Little Thunder, an elder with the Lakota Nation and a professor at Black Hills State University, will speak on Native American activism and the slaughter of bison at the Yellowstone National Park when she visits the University of New Mexico School of Law on Thursday, March 12 at 6 p.m.

Prior to Ms. Little Thunder’s speech, the documentary movie “The Buffalo War” will be shown. “The Buffalo War” explains the annual bison slaughter at Yellowstone National Park from the perspective of environmentalists, ranchers, government employees and Native Americans.

Ms. Little Thunder will then speak about the annual event and the spiritual march she led across Montana to object to the slaughter. She will also talk about Lakota culture and Native American political activism.

This event is open to the public and is sponsored by the Tribal Law Journal, the Student Animal Legal Defense fund, the Native American Law Student Association, and the Environmental Law Society. For more information visit: The Buffalo War.

Media Contact: Benson Hendrix, (505) 277-1816; e-mail: bhendrix@unm.edu