3:00 – 4:30 PM
Dawn Russell Student Lounge, Sir James Dunn Hall

Join Indigenous Student Services for Midwinter Presentations from February 10–13 to learn about different elements of Midwinter. This event is open to all, and food will be provided. 

Sherri Mitchell - Weh’na Ha’mu Kwasset will be presenting on Indigenous Oral Tradition and the Sacred Element of Story.

Sherri Mitchell, a Penobscot Nation member, is an Indigenous attorney, activist, and author specializing in Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy. She earned her Juris Doctorate from the University of Arizona’s Rogers College of Law. She is the award-winning author of Sacred Instructions: Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change, and the founding Director of the Land Peace Foundation, which focuses on Indigenous leadership, environmental justice, land rematriation, and kinship building.

Sherri serves as a Trustee for the American Indian Institute, sits on Nia Tero’s Global and North American Indigenous Advisory Councils, and is a board member of the Post Carbon Institute. She has received multiple human rights awards for her advocacy.