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Indigenous Knowledge Forum

Indigenous Knowledge, Spirituality and the Future of Humans in Nature

Experiences from North and South America

October 13, 2014
3:00-6:40pm in Keene-Flint Hall, Room 105

The American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program is pleased to announce this forum, featuring:

  • Marcus Briggs-Cloud (Maskoke Nation, UFL) on “Indigenous Ceremonialism”
  • James Treat (Illinois) on “Peyote women”
  • William Lyon (Missouri) on “The Interface of Quantum Mechanics and Magic”
  • Ana Mariella Bacigalupo (SUNY Buffalo) on “Shamanic Rebirth Through Mapuche Indigenous ‘Bibles’”
  • R. M. Wright (UFL, on “’The Falling Sky and ‘The Warnings of Mandu:’ Prophetic Visions of Amazonian Shamans”

The event is co-sponsored by the International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture; the American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program; the Department of Religion; and UF Cultural Engagement. The public is welcome; refreshments will be served. For further information, contact Prof. Robin M. Wright at baniwa05[at]ufl[dot]edu.