Native Studies Symposium and Powwow set for April 19-20
The sixth annual Native Studies Symposium and Powwow is being held on campus April 19-20.The symposium, “Water and Social and Economic Justice,” takes place Friday, April 19 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the 10th floor of the Campus Center. The program highlights graduate and undergraduate research with indigenous communities, especially as relates to indigenous water rights, industrialization and economic politics. The keynote speaker is Ramona Peters of the Mashpee Wampanoags.
Also on Friday, Martha Redbone performs in concert at 8 p.m. in the Campus Center Reading Room.
The UMass Powwow is on Saturday, April 20 from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Curry Hicks Cage.
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
