The Invisible Genocide of Native Americans in the 21st Century
Tara Houska is Ojibwe from Couchiching First Nation. She is a tribal rights attorney in Washington, D.C., the National Campaigns Director for Honor the Earth, and an advisor to the Bernie Sanders Campaign.
Her work has incorporated traditional knowledge and values, as Tara is a long-time student of Midewiwin, the Ojibwe Medicine Society. Her work has ranged from clerking for the White House Council on Environmental Quality to practicing federal Indian law.
Tara works with and alongside grassroots organizations dedicated to protection of natural resources, treaty rights, cultures, and sacred lands. Last year, she co-founded Not Your Mascots, a non-profit dedicated to elimination of stereotypes, caricatures, and mascots that continue to obfuscate the past treatment and ongoing plight of indigenous peoples.
She has used media appearances on Comedy Central, RT America, local affiliates and contributions to the Guardian, Huffington Post, and Indian Country Today to bring attention to extractive industries, destruction of indigenous lands, religious rights, cultural appropriation, and police brutality.
This event is co-presented by The Humanities Institute and IndigeNATION.