The Ewald Scholars Program is an honor program in memory of John A.
Ewald, Sr.. It has brought internationally recognized scholars
from diverse fields to Sweet Briar College. The following is an
explanation and list of participants who will be attending on the date
above at Sweet Briar College.
The American Indian voice, in literature and the arts, in
political life and contemporary society, will play an important and
vital role in shaping American society in the next century.
American Indian Visions will explore the means by which American
Indian leaders and their people can preserve, foster, and promote
their cultural heritage in the next century, while addressing the
social and political realities of contemporary American Indian
life.
Through panel discussions, lectures, art, and dance and musical
performances - vital components of contemporary American culture --
speakers will address critical issues facing American Indians
today, including environmental destruction, land returns, and
treaty rights, cultural property, and tribal sovereignty.
1993, designated as the United Nations Year of the Indigenous
People, is intended to encourage the world-wide recognition of
native peoples, who have been subjected to war, famine,
environmental destruction, and genocide. In the Americas, the
American Indians have survived 500 years of European domination,
which has drastically affected their way of life.
Participants will be:
Wilma Mankiller, Chief, Cherokee Nation
Raymond Adams, Chief Emeritus of the Upper Mattaponi
Roger Anyon, Director of the Zuni Archeology Program in New Mexico
Martin Brokenleg, Rosebud Sioux, Chair of the Sociology Dept. of
Augustana College.
Charlotte Black Elk, Oglala Lakota, Sec. of the Black Hills
Steering Committee
Phyllis Hicks, Tribal Representative for the Monacan Tribe of Va.
Kevin Locke, Lakota of the Standing Rock Reservation. One of 13
Americans awarded a National Heritage Fellowship.
Oren Lyons, faithkeeper of the Turtle Clan of the Onondaga Nation
and spokesman for the Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy.
N. Scott Momaday, nationally recognized poet, prose writer, and
painter whose works reflect his Kiowa heritage.
Leslie Marmon Silko, Laguna Pueblo tribe of New Mexico, author.
Jaune Quick-To-See Smith, member of the Flathead tribe, Montana,
activist and environmentalist.
The Great American Indian Dancers, American Indian traditions from
the southwest to the Great Lakes woodlands, from the Rocky
Mountains to southeast Alaska.
For more info. contact the following:
Office of Public Relations
Sweet Briar, Va 24595
(804) 381-6262
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