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Cascade Volcanoes • Entered by Barb Fox-Kilgore on December 6, 2024

Penguin Talk Series/What you need to know about Tribes

October 31, 2024 – October 31, 2024

Participants and Hours

Pre Planning hours 0.5
Post Admin hours 0.5
Activity Hours 3
Participants 2
Total Hours 7

Key Issue: Doesn’t apply
Activity Type: Education & Outreach (tabling, films & lectures, regional B-walks/works)
Key Partners: Fort Vancouver Libraries Clark College

Short Description of Activity

Part of a lecture series put on by the Fort Vancouver Libraries and Clark College covering a variety of topics to bring awareness of multi cultural issues.
The theme of this talk: Native American? Indigenous? Indian? What do you know about Tribes?- Presented basic understanding of American Indian tribal histories, tribal sovereignty, federal trust responsibility, tribal rights, and historical trauma and the impact of tribal politics, culture, Indian law, tribal jurisdiction and values.

Speaker: Jhon Kuppens, Enrolled member San Gabriel Band of Mission Indians Gabrielino/Tongva, Graduate Law Degree Indigenous Peoples Law

Reflection/Evaluation

Interesting but I felt no new information that I wasn’t already aware of. I wish there was more of a question/discussion period.