March 13 @ 4 PM
Presenter: Nakai Clearwater Northrup
Nakai Clearwater Northrup, a member of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe, will conclude this series on March 13 with his presentation on indigenous and environmental activism and the preservation of Native American history. As an educator at the Mashantucket Pequot Museum, Northrup works to increase understanding of his People’s culture and promotes stewardship of land in line with their traditional lifeways. Northrup is an empowering voice for the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Council and Native Americans throughout the country. His talk will also focus on the importance of historic preservation in Indian Country, food sovereignty, and teaching traditional Eastern Woodland histories and lifeways.