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Cancelled - Social Justice Week 2020: Plenary

Mascots, Statues, and Pipelines

Mascots, Statues, and Pipelines: An Exploration of the Doctrine of Discovery as it relates to modern Understandings of Indigeneity

Ariel Beaujot (History), Dan Green (Educational Studies), and Ben Morris (Pastor, Lutheran Campus Ministry)

The Doctrine of Discovery allowed European explorers to claim any territories inhabited by non-Christians for their kings and queens, this despite the fact that most were previously inhabited by Indigenous peoples. The Doctrine of Discovery underlies North American property laws and has colored the experience of Native Americans under colonial expansion resulting in wars, displacement, reservations, and boarding schools. These ill-advised measures have begotten stereotypes, cultural appropriations, and disputes over land rights that we struggle with today. In this panel, Dan Green, Ariel Beaujot, and Benjamin Morris will discuss three ways in which the Doctrine of Discovery continues to affect the way Native Americans are perceived by non-Indigenous people by focusing on examples of Mascots, Statuary, and Pipelines. The work of all three scholar/practitioners has moved beyond theory leading each to activism, advocacy, and community engagement, experiences that will also be shared as part of the panel discussion. Dr. Beaujot’s brief film, “My Wisconsin,” will also be shown as a part of this panel.

When

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5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, April 9, 2020

Where

Cameron Hall of Nations, 1300 Centennial Hall

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If you go

Free, no registration needed

Contact

For questions about this event or to request disability accommodations , contact Kate Parker at 608.785.8304 or kparker@uwlax.edu.

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