TONIGHT: Community Forum on Overcoming Effects of Colonialism

Tonight, Feb. 4, 7-9 p.m.
UAA Consortium Library, Room 307

UAA/APU Books of the Year hosts a community forum on Overcoming the Effects of Colonialism tonight, Feb. 4, from 7-9 p.m. in the UAA Consortium Library, Room 307.

Panelists will include Dallee Sambo Dorough, UAA Political Science Department and member of the Inuit Circumpolar Conference Advisory Committee on Indigenous Peoples Rights; James Labelle, UAA Alaska Native Studies Department and research associate, National Resource Center for American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Elders; and Dr. Jeane Breinig, UAA English Department.

The following topics will be addressed:

• What are the most significant effects of colonialism that contemporary Alaska Natives are working to overcome? What are the most promising responses/solutions to those challenges?
• What legal framework(s) are evolving to overcome the effects of colonialism?
• Is there a resurgence in traditional Alaska Native cultures? How are Native peoples balancing modernization with efforts to retain their cultural heritage?

For further information, contact (907) 786-6374 or see the Books of the Year Web site.