Keynote speaker: Melissa Nelson (Anishinaabe/Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians) Associate Professor of American Indian Studies at San Francisco State University Nelson holds a PhD from the University of California, Davis in the field of ecology, and is president of The Cultural Conservancy, an Indigenous rights organization, and a board member of the Collective Heritage Institute/Bioneers Her work is dedicated to Indigenous revitalization, environmental restoration, intercultural understanding, and the renewal and celebration of community health and cultural arts April 11 & 12, 2013 a.m – 5:00 p.m Broad Performance Space, Pitzer College Event free & open to the public Four Thematic Sessions: Decolonizing Settler Education (April 11, a.m.) Native Science Paradigms (April 11, p.m.) Health and Healing (April 12, a.m.) Land and Ecology (April 12, p.m.) For further information and to register, go to www.pitzer.edu/native-science Also, please register/RSVP in advance on the website if you will be attending the dinner we are hosting on Thursday, April 11 Additional presenters include: Cindi Alvitre, PhD (Tongva), co-founder of the Ti’at Society Laura Williams (Juaneno-Acjachemen), member, Association of American Indian Physicians Lorene Sisquoc (Fort Sill Apache Tribe & Cahuilla), curator, Sherman Indian School museum Robertjohn Knapp (Seneca/ Tubatulabal), spiritual leader David Adams, USC School of Pharmacology Richard Bugbee (Payoomkawichum aka Luiseno), Ethnobotanist, Director of the Kumeyaay Culture Center Angela Mooney D’Arcy (Acjachemen), Sacred Places Institute Rose Henry (Coast Salish/Snuneymuxw First Nation), Indigenous Tar Sands Campaign/Indigenous Environmental Network Anthony Madrigal, PhD (Cahuilla), board member, Native American Land Conservancy Academic scholars, traditional knowledge holders, students, tribal leaders, staff and community members are all invited to attend and participate The event is supported by the Forum Fund of the Campus Life Committee of Pitzer College Image from the NASA-funded CYCLES project at the University of Minnesota