Winona LaDuke (Anishinaabe) is an internationally acclaimed author, orator, and activist. YOU DO NOT NEED A LIBRARY CARD TO ATTEND!
LaDuke will speak by livestream at the library on her work and current projects. You may register to receive a zoom link or attend the livestream in-person in the 1833 Room.
This amazing opportunity is presented in partnership with the Mariposa Museum. Free admission is made possible by NH Humanities’ support of the Mariposa’s series on Americans Who Tell The Truth.
Winona LaDuke is a graduate of Harvard and Antioch Universities, with advanced degrees in rural economic development, LaDuke has devoted her life to protecting the lands and life ways of Native communities. In her own community in northern Minnesota, she is the founder of the White Earth Land Recovery Project, one of the largest reservation based non-profit organizations in the country, and a leader on the issues of culturally-based sustainable development strategies, renewable energy and food systems. She is founder and Co-Director of Honor the Earth, a national advocacy group encouraging public support and funding for native environmental groups. With Honor the Earth, she works nationally and internationally on issues of climate change, renewable energy, sustainable development, food systems and environmental justice. Author of both fiction and nonfiction, latest book is To Be A Water Protector: The Rise of the Wiindigoo Slayers.
Check out Winona LaDuke's website here: https://www.winonaladuke.com/
Order her new book here: https://www.winonaladuke.com/newbook2020
Check out her coffee brand here: https://www.winonaladuke.com/spottedhorsecoffees
About Mariposa Museum:
The Mariposa Museum and World Culture Center fosters peace, equity, and human understanding through exhibits and programs that engage the senses, mind, and heart.
In our flagship space in Peterborough, NH, the Mariposa has for 20 years explored the rich diversity of the world's cultures as well as dynamics of cultures in motion and multiculturalism in the U.S.
Peterborough Town Library, located downtown at the corner of Main and Concord/Rt 202, has a large meeting room, study rooms, classroom, and a board room available to the public.
