On April 1, Emory will be screening the short film “Lumbeeland,” with special guest Film Director Montana Cypress (Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida). Dr. Malinda Maynor Lowery (Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina) wrote and executive produced Lumbeeland, which is inspired by her research into the drug economy for her second book and her lifetime living and working in her community. Director Montana Cypress and Dr. Lowery will also screen two of Montana’s award-winning short films, The Red Orchid (the first film produced in the Miccosukee language) and An Ode to Leviticus (starting legendary actors Gary Farmer and Tantoo Cardinal), and have a discussion about community-driven filmmaking and authentic portrayals of Native people in the southeast. This event is held in collaboration with Agnes Scott College.

Time: Tuesday, April 1 at 6:00 pm

Place: Oxford Road Building Presentation Room

On April 18, join us for a screening of the film La rebelión de las flores (The Rebellion of Flowers, 2022, directed by María Vásquez, script by Moira Millán), with English subtitles. After the film screening, we will have a round talbe discussion with award-winning Mapuche author, Moira Millan—the film’s main protagonist—about the struggle of the Mapuche people in Argentina to defend their ancestral homelands. In the Mapuche tradition, Millan is a weychafe (guardian, defender, warrior) and the founder of the Movement of Indigenous Women for Buen Vivir or Living Well, which advocates a way of life in harmony with nature. Millan is the author of: The Train to Oblivion. A Novel (2023) and Terricidio (2024, the murder of Mother Earth). This event is sponsored by NAISI, The Department of English, Creative Writing Program, The Department of Film and Media, the Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Department, and the Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry,

Time: 4-6pm

Place: White Hall, 102

Songwriter Quinn Christopherson will be coming to Emory to perform at the Performing Arts Studio and Ackerman Hall.

Dr. Senungetuk and Suhr-Sytsma’s courses are Indigenous Musics of the Arctic (MUS376W/ANT 376W) and Indigenous Literature Since 1850 (ENG 271W). The courses are part of the Learning through Inclusive Collaboration (LINC) program at Emory. This event is presented by the Center for Native American and Indigenous Studies in collaboration with the LINC program.

Learn more about Quinn here.

Time & Place:

11:30 am – Performing Arts Studio

2:30 pm – Ackerman Hall

On March 25, the Center for Healthcare History and Policy and the Center NAIS will be hosting Ryan Emanuel (Lumbee) as he presents on Indigenous Environmental Justice.

Register Here

Time: 4:00 pm

Place: Margaret Anne Rollins Room & Plaza, R. Randall Rollins Bldg.

Time: 4:30pm

Place: Tull Auditorium, Emory Law School