REGISTRATION NOW OPEN! bpt.me… UW students are Free)

The University of Washington invites you to a one-day Summit to be held May 30, 2015 in the new wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ (Intellectual House) on the UW’s Seattle campus. Confirmed roundtable panelists include Valerie Segrest, Micah McCarty, Nitanis Desjarlais, Glen Pinkham, Dawn Morrison, Eric Quaempts, Lawrence Curley and Hokulani Aikau.

For the last two years the UW’s American Indian Studies Department has held “The Living Breath of wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ: Indigenous Ways of Knowing Cultural Food Practices and Ecological Knowledge” symposium which brought together individuals who shared their knowledge and expertise on topics such as tribal food sovereignty initiatives, food justice and security, traditional foods and health, and indigenous foods systems and global climate change.

We are holding this Summit to discuss how we can continue to utilize this symposium to better serve our indigenous communities as we continue to foster dialogue and build collaborative networks to sustain our cultural food practices and preserve our healthy relationships to the land, water, and all living things.

Registration is $20, includes lunch and beverages. Register at bpt.me… UW students free with current ID- must show ID at the door). For registration questions, please contact Dr. Dian Million at dianm@uw.edu.

For more information contact Dr. Charlotte Coté at clotise@uw.edu or (206) 221-6549.

Planning Committee:
Dr. Charlotte Coté, Dr. Dian Million, Dr. Clarita Lefthand Begay, Dr. Michelle Montgomery, Susan Balbas, Michelle Daigle, and Melissa Woodrow.