WMSJLS EVENT
March 29, 2016
7:00 pm @
Fleming Museum, Room 101, UVM Campus
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz: Indigenous Peoples’ History and the Roots of America’s Endless Wars
Join us for a history of the United States from the perspective of Indigenous peoples centuries of aggressive settler-colonialism and Native Americans’ resistance–and its importance for understanding past and present U.S. foreign wars.
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz is a longtime feminist, native rights, antiwar and antiracist activist. She is a teacher and the author of five books, including An Indigenous People’s History of the United States.
About the Speaker(s)
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz grew up in rural Oklahoma in a tenant farming family. She has been active in the international Indigenous movement for more than 4 decades and is known for her lifelong commitment to national and international social justice issues. Dunbar-Ortiz is the winner of the 2017 Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize, and is the author or editor of many books, including An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States, a recipient of the 2015 American Book Award. She lives in San Francisco. Connect with her at reddirtsite.com or on Twitter @rdunbaro.
Sponsors:
The International Socialist Organization Burlington Chapter, United Academics, Toward Freedom, Global Justice Ecology Project, Will Miller Green Mountain Vets for Peace and the UVM Sociology Department.
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Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz: Indigenous Peoples’ History and the Roots of America’s Endless Wars