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10:00am CDT

Indigenous Grounded Solidarity, Then and Now

Friday July 4, 2025 10:00am - 11:30am CDT

This lecture explores a materialist ethic of solidarity between the Dene of the Northwest Territories (Canada) and the people of Palestine via a political economy of oil and extractivism. It looks at the origins of the 1973 Oil Crisis and e!ects, examining Indigenous resistance to extractivism spanning from Palestine and the Middle East to the proposed Mackenzie Valley Pipeline in the Canadian Northwest Territories.

Speakers

Glen Coulthard

Glen Coulthard is an associate professor in First Nations and Indigenous Studies and in the Department of Political Science. Glen has written and published numerous articles and chapters in the areas of contemporary political theory, indigenous thought and politics, and radical social... Read More →

Friday July 4, 2025 10:00am - 11:30am CDT
TBA

Indigenous Liberation

5:00pm CDT

Demon Mineral: Film Screening and Discussion

Friday July 4, 2025 5:00pm - 6:30pm CDT

TBA

Demon Mineral documents the Indigenous struggle for vital living space in the radioactive desert of the American Southwest. Join us for a screening of this important documentary, followed by a short discussion featuring filmmaker Hadley Austin and activists Janene Yazzie, Roger Peet, and Joshua Frank.

Moderators

Joshua Frank

Joshua Frank is an award-winning California-based journalist and co-editor of the political magazine CounterPunch. He is the author of Atomic Days: The Untold Story of the Most Toxic Place in America.

Speakers

Janene Yazzie

Janene Yazzie (She/Her), is an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation. She has over 12 years of experience as a community organizer and human rights advocate deeply rooted in local community issues. Beginning from her community Tsé si’ áni, in Diné Bikéyah, she has worked on the... Read More →

Hadley Austin

Hadley Austin is a filmmaker/director, producer, poet, photographer, and aerialist. She is, alongside Yoni Goldstein, one half of Formidable Entities.

Roger Peet

Roger Peet is an artist, printmaker, muralist and writer living in Portland, Oregon. He is a founding member of the Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative, and helps to run the cooperative Flight 64 print studio in Portland. His work includes investigating the history and impact of the Shinkolobwe... Read More →

Sponsors

CounterPunch

Science for the People

Friday July 4, 2025 5:00pm - 6:30pm CDT
TBA

Indigenous Liberation