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Time: Thursday, April 27, 2006 7:30 PM
Location: Tattered Cover, Cherry Creek, Denver
Title of Event: Vine Deloria, Jr. Memorial Reading
Acclaimed author Vine Deloria, Jr., one of the most outspoken figures in Indian affairs, whose works promoted Native American cultural nationalism and a greater understanding of Native American history and philosophy, passed away in November 2005. Our special guest readers will offer a memorial reading from Deloria’s last book The World We Used to Live In ($16.95 Fulcrum). Our guests include Patty Limerick, professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder, who currently serves as chair of the board of the Center for the American West; George "Tink" Tinker, Professor at Iliff School of Theology, past president of the Native American Theological Association, member of the Osage Nation; Walter Echo-Hawk, Jr., lawyer, tribal judge, scholar and activist, senior Staff Attorney Native American Rights Fund, member of the Pawnee Nation; Norbert S. Hill Jr., of the Oneida Tribe, past executive director of the American Indian Science and Engineering Society; and moderator Daniel Wildcat, Professor at Haskell Indian Nations University and a Euchee member of the Muskogee Nation. |
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