Northwestern Events Calendar

Nov
9
2023

Screening and Panel: Imagining the Indian: The Fight Against Native American Mascoting

When: Thursday, November 9, 2023
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM CT

Where: McCormick Foundation Center, McCormick Foundation Center Forum, 1870 Campus Drive , Evanston, IL 60208 map it

Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students

Cost: Free

Contact: Stacy Simpson   (847) 467-2961

Group: Medill Events - All

Co-Sponsor: Center for Native American and Indigenous Research (CNAIR)

Category: Other, Lectures & Meetings

Description:

Imagining the Indian is a comprehensive examination of the movement to eradicate the words, images, and gestures that many Native Americans and their allies find demeaning and offensive. The film takes a deep dive into the issues through archival footage and interviews with those involved in the fight. The psychological research is clear, the use of Native American mascots is detrimental, not only to Native people, but to marginalized groups everywhere.

Post-Screening Panelists

Medill Alumnus Kevin Blackistone (Co-Producer)

Aviva Kempner (Co-Director, Co-Producer)

Refreshments will be served. Screening begins promptly at 5:30 p.m. please arrive early

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