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February 28th at 7:00 in Celeste Theater:

The Race, Ethnicity and Migration Studies program at Colorado College
is hosting the 2nd Annual Laura Padilla Colloquium, a spring speaker’s
series titled “Race and Terror” that showcase issues around state
violence.This kick-off event is a joint presentation with Walter
Echo-Hawk and Bunky Echo-Hawk

Full Message :

February 28th at 7:00 in Celeste Theater:

The Race, Ethnicity and Migration Studies program at Colorado College is hosting
the 2nd Annual Laura Padilla Colloquium, a spring speaker’s series titled “Race
and Terror” that showcase issues around state violence.This kick-off event is a
joint presentation with Walter Echo-Hawk and Bunky Echo-Hawk at 7 p.m., Tuesday,
Feb. 28 in the Richard F. Celeste Theatre in the Cornerstone Arts Center, 825 N.
Cascade Ave., on the Colorado College campus. The event is free and open to the
public. 

Walter Echo-Hawk, a citizen of the Pawnee Nation, a Native American attorney,
tribal judge, award-winning author, activist, and law professor, will deliver
the keynote address: "The Legacy of Conquest: State Violence and the Native
American Experience." This talk will focus on the use of state violence to
colonize indigenous tribes and land over a hundred year period in U.S. history
and how that protracted use of force colors contemporary (1) federal Indian law,
(2) present-day life in tribal communities and (3) current indigenous issues at
the dawn of the Trump Era.

Walter Echo-Hawk is renowned within the field of Indian law as one of the
foremost litigators for Native American rights in the country. He served as a
staff attorney at the Native American Rights Fund for more than 35 years,
charting legal recognition for tribal rights to land, water and cultural
resources, as well as protecting the rights of individual Native Americans.
Echo-Hawk's steadfast advocacy has resulted in many victories for Native Nations
and for Native American prisoners and cultural practitioners, and was
instrumental in the passage of landmark laws such as the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (1990) and the American Indian Religious Freedom
Act (1994).

While Walter is speaking, Bunky Echo-Hawk, a fine artist, graphic designer,
photographer and writer, will paint on-site. In addition to being a
multi-talented artist, Bunky is a traditional singer and dancer of the Pawnee
Nation and an enrolled member of the Yakama Nation. Throughout his career, he
has merged traditional values with his lifestyle and art. He has exhibited in
major exhibitions throughout the United States and internationally, including in
NYC, Chicago, Denver, Santa Fe, and Frankfurt, Germany, to name a few. His
poetry has been published in magazines and anthologies, and his plays have been
performed and produced across the nation.