IOP Pritzker Fellow Mary Peltola on "Blood Lines: What Does Being Native Even Mean?"

THIS SEMINAR IS OPEN TO CURRENT UCHICAGO STUDENTS ONLY

Monday, October 20

12:30-1:45pm

For Native people in the United States, identity is formed through lineage and cultural practices, but to the United States government, it has always been defined by percentages of blood. The Bureau of Indian Affairs began as a unit of the United States War Department, charged with disenfranchising and erasing Native people. Let’s talk about how I, as a Yup’ik – one of the indigenous groups of Alaska – interacted with my own community, non-Native lawmakers in my state and those on the left who at times also labored to own how we define ourselves, my most local role I have held!

Pritzker Fellows seminars are off the record and open to current UChicago students only. Seating in the IOP Living Room is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. 

If you have any questions about accessibility, please contact Ella Kumano-Maloney (ikmaloney@uchicago.edu).