This important event about environmental and cultural issues relevant to St. Louis and the Dakota Access Pipeline project in North Dakota took place on Monday, February 6, 2017 at the Brown School.
AGENDA
Registration and Refreshments
 
Opening Remarks and Blessing
 
Keynote
Harold Frazier, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Chairman
Who owns the land?
Amy Locklear Hertel (Lumbee/Coharie), University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Steven Gunn, Washington University in St. Louis
 
What pipeline leaks mean for our environment
Robert Criss, Washington University in St. Louis
 
How the Dakota Access Pipeline affects tribal communities
Monique Apple (Oglala Lakota), Oglala Lakota College
Environmental concerns in your community
Panel Discussion and Question & Answer
Lunch and American Indian Student Association Interactive Session
 
Environmental advocacy: from St. Louis to Standing Rock
Christine Ingrassia, St. Louis Alderwoman for Ward 6
Ancient Indigenous monuments of St. Louis
John Kelly, Washington University in St. Louis

Indigenous sovereignty and the environment in St. Louis
Bret Gustafson, Washington University in St. Louis
Lost Crops, Agricultural Diversity, and Native American Nutrition
Gayle Fritz, Washington University in St. Louis
Natalie Mueller, Washington University in St. Louis
Next Steps and Closing
 Resolution NO. 106
Expressing Solidarity With Indigenous Resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline

 

Thank You To Our Sponsors

 
Buder Center for American Indian Studies
 
Center for Social Development
 
University College 
 
Brown School Dean’s Office
 
Brown School Diversity Committee
 
Provost’s Office
 
Center for the Humanities