Dan Wildcat
听If You Go
Date:听September 29, 2011
Time:听7:00 PM
Where:听Benson Earth Sciences, Room 180
Modern Indian Identity
鈥淚ndigenuity: Exercising Indigenous Ingenuity in the Age of Cybernations鈥
The Center is pleased to announce Dan Wildcat as the ninth guest in the Modern Indian Identity series. Dr. Daniel Wildcat, Ph.D., is a professor at Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas, and an accomplished scholar who writes on indigenous knowledge, technology, environment, and education. He is also co-director of the Haskell Environmental Research Studies Center, which he founded with colleagues from the Center for Hazardous Substance Research at Kansas State University. A Yuchi member of the Muscogee Nation of Oklahoma, Dr. Wildcat is the coauthor, with Vine Deloria, Jr., of听Power and Place: Indian Education in America听(Fulcrum, 2001), and coeditor, with Steve Pavlik, of听Destroying Dogma: Vine Deloria, Jr., and His Influence on American Society听(Fulcrum, 2006). His most recent book is听Red Alert! Saving the Planet with Indigenous Knowledge听(Fulcrum, 2009). Known for his commitment to environmental defense and cultural diversity, Dr. Wildcat has been honored by the Kansas City organization The Future Is Now with the Heart Peace Award.
The Center of the American West鈥檚 Modern Indian Identity series features contemporary Indian speakers telling their stories in ways that confirm the compatibility of tradition with innovation. The speakers have profound ties to their peoples鈥 pasts, and they have also adapted with agility and enterprise to the conditions of our times.
Books will be available for purchase at the event and a signing opportunity will follow.