Good Monday morning, all!

This week, graduate student Melissa Church will be presenting her thesis research at the West Lakes American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting. The title of her talk is, “A case study of art and historic tourism in Bisbee, Arizona.” Let’s all send Melissa good vibes as she prepares for this presentation!

Also this week, the University of Missouri Native American Indian Heritage Month celebrations feature some great speakers. Check ‘em out!

This Tuesday @6pm, renowned Indigenous scholar Dr. Laura Harjo (Mvskoke (Creek) Nation) will be speaking about the community generated practice of Indigenous futurity (Click on the Zoom Link to join at time of event).

On Wednesday at 6:30pm, Yatika Starr Fields (Osage/Creek/Cherokee), the artist who painted the Indigenous Missouri mural in the Student Center, and Four Directions, the organization of and for Native American Mizzou students, will be speaking about the journey they undertook to bring that beautiful mural to life on campus (Click on the Zoom Link to join at time of event).

On Thursday at 3pm, The Bridge will host a discussion about the film “A Good Day to Die,” which recounts the life of Dennis Banks, who co-founded the American Indian Movement (AIM) to advocate and protect Native American rights (Click on the Zoom Link to join at time of event).

Finally, this Friday at 1pm, Tristan Ahtone (Kiowa Nation) and Robert Lee will host a discussion about the University of Missouri as a land-grant institution, pertaining to the 1862 Morrill Act and the lands that the federal government took from Indigenous Nations and granted to institutions such as the University of Missouri (Click on the Zoom Link to join at time of event).

M-I-Z!

G-E-O!

Soren