Katsi鈥檛sakwas Ellen Gabriel Book Launch: When the Pine Needles Fall - Indigenous Acts of Resistance
2:30 PM 鈥� 4:00 PM
We are pleased to invite you to the launch of the book When the Pine Needles Fall - Indigenous Acts of Resistance, the first book from the perspective of Katsi鈥檛sakwas Ellen Gabriel, who was the Kanien鈥檏eh谩:ka (Mohawk) spokesperson during the violent siege of Kanehsat脿:ke and Kahnaw脿:ke in the summer of 1990.
A conversation with Katsi鈥檛sakwas Ellen Gabriel will be held on Thursday, October 24, 2024, from 2:30pm-4:00pm (Mac-Corry B201, Queen鈥檚 University) as a feature of the book launch. It will be moderated by Isabelle St-Amand. All are welcome!
Katsi鈥檛sakwas Ellen Gabriel is a Kanien鈥檏eh谩:ka, Wakeni谩hton (Turtle Clan), artist, documentarian, and Indigenous human rights and environmental rights activist living in Kanehsat脿:ke Kanien鈥檏eh谩:ka Homelands. She is a 2024-2025 Visiting Scholar at the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures of Queen鈥檚 University.
This visit takes place as part of the course LLCU 270: Contemporary Event and Indigenous Cultural Politics.
It gracefully receives the support of the Principal鈥檚 Development Fund, Visiting Scholars 2024-2025; the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures; the Four Directions Indigenous Student Center; and the Department of French Studies.
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