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VANCOUVER, Wash. - Washington State University Vancouver will present internationally renowned activist Winona LaDuke on March 2 at 6 p.m. in the Administration building, room 110. LaDuke will discuss "Indigenous Strategies for a Sustainable Future."
LaDuke's lecture is free and open to the public. Parking is available at parking meters or in the Blue Daily Pay lot for $3. Seats are first-come-first served, and space is limited to 200. Doors to the venue open at 5:30 p.m.
LaDuke is an internationally renowned activist working on issues of sustainable development, renewable energy and food systems. She lives and works on the White Earth Reservation in northern Minnesota, and is an Anishinaabe (Ojibwe)-enrolled member of the Mississippi Band of the Anishinaabe. She devotes herself to Native and environmental concerns, as well as political and women's issues.
LaDuke is founder of the White Earth Land Recovery Project, one of the largest reservation-based, non-profit organizations in the country. The organization works to facilitate recovery of the community's original land base, while preserving and restoring traditional practices of sound land stewardship, language fluency, community development, and spiritual and cultural heritage.
As program Director for Honor the Earth, LaDuke works nationally and internationally on the issues of climate change, renewable energy and environmental justice with indigenous communities.
In 2007, LaDuke was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame for her leadership and community commitment. In 1994, she was nominated by Time magazine as one of America's 50 most promising leaders under 40 years of age. LaDuke is a two-time vice-presidential candidate with Ralph Nader for the Green Party.
A graduate of Harvard and Antioch universities, LaDuke has written extensively on Native American and environmental issues. She is author of five books including, "Recovering the Sacred," "All Our Relations" and a novel, "Last Standing Woman."
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