On Wednesday, November 12, Clay Jenkinson, BSC Distinguished Scholar of the Humanities, and Dr. Larry Skogen, BSC President, will present the first installment of a Distinguished Scholar of the Humanities Lecture series.
The event will be held in the Sidney J. Lee Auditorium, Schafer Hall from 7 to 9 p.m.
Clay Jenkinson and Dr. Skogen will use the BSC Campus Read novel, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie, as a starting point for a wide-ranging discussion of white-Indian relations at the beginning of the 21st century, the role of the federal government in Indian country, Native American cultural resurgence, the future of the dual sovereignty concept in Indian America, and appropriation of Indian cultural motifs by non-Indians.
You are invited to attend! This lecture series is free and open to all.
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