Sherri Mitchell on “How to be a Good Relative”

3:00 PM

Dawn Russell Student Lounge, JDH

Wolastoq Grand Council and St. Thomas University: Wabanaki Student Centre, Native Studies Department, CEDAR research project, Women’s Studies and Gender Studies, and Sustainability and Environmental Studies programs invite you to join us to hear from and engage with Sherri Mitchell. She will speak about "How to be a good relative • Lakutuwakoneyak Kilun – We are all Treaty People – We are all related."

Sherri Mitchell -Weh’na Ha’mu Kwasset, is an Indigenous attorney, activist, and author from the Penobscot Nation, and Director of the Land Peace Foundation. Sherri is a graduate of the University of Arizona’s Roger’s College of Law, specializing in Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy.

Sherri is the author of the award-winning book, Sacred Instructions; Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change. She is also a contributor to eleven anthologies, including the best seller, All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis, and Resetting Our Future: Empowering Climate Action in the United States.