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Natalie Mayer Endowed Lecture Series

Ninis'a:n-na:ng'a'/ The World Came to Be Lying There Again, the World Assumed Its Present Position: California Indian History, Genocide and Native Women

April 16, 2025 | 7:00 p.m.
Presented by Holocaust and Genocide Studies
Regency Room – Anderson University Center or via livestream
Free and open to the public

Please join us for the Annual Natalie Mayer Lecture in Holocaust & Genocide Studies on April 16th with speaker Cutcha Risling Baldy, whose research focuses on Indigenous feminisms, Californian Indians, Environmental Justice, Traditional ecological knowledge, and decolonization.

Her book, “We Are Dancing For You: Native Feminisms and the Revitalization of Women’s Coming of Age Ceremonies” won “Best First Book in Native and American Indigenous Studies” at the 2019 Native American Indigenous Studies Association Conference.

This event will also honor the legacy of our donor, Natalie Mayer, who was dedicated to teaching others about the Native American experience.

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2023

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Adrift Between Two Americas

Thursday, April 13 – David Treuer, Ph.D. will will present “Adrift Between Two Americas.” David Treuer’s father, an Austrian immigrant and Holocaust survivor, loved this country. His Native mother, born on the Leech Lake reservation, could never forgive it. Where does that leave him?

2019

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What Makes a Man Start Fire

Thursday, April 11 – Alexander Hinton, Ph.D. at Rutgers University, spoke on what makes a person “start fires” of genocide and hate in the U.S. today.

2018

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The Language of Hate

Wednesday, May 2,2018 – Language expert, Lid King, Ph.D., shared how hate speech spreads across the internet and what can be done to develop a counter narrative.