Tolerance Resource Center Presents Keynote Speaker in Native American Series

SOUTH EUCLID, Ohio—30 October 2008—Notre Dame College’s Tolerance Resource Center presents the keynote speaker of its fall Focus on Native Americans series on Monday, November 17 at 7:00 p.m. in the College’s Performing Arts Center. This event is part of the College’s series highlighting Native American speakers, arts and spirituality that runs through December 3.

Guy W. Jones’ topic is “Race: the American Concept.”  Jones is the author of the acclaimed Lessons from Turtle Island: Native Curriculum in Early Childhood Classrooms. He is a founder of the Miami Valley Council for Native Americans in Dayton, Ohio, and has served as an advisor to the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History, the Minority Arts Task Force of the Ohio Arts Council, the Greater Dayton Christian Race Relations Task Force, and the Bias Review Council of the Ohio Department of Education.

Guy Jones (Wakuwa la), a Hunkpapa Lakota and full-blooded member of the Standing Rock Sioux Nation, is a leader and spokesperson for American Indian issues of spirituality, sacred and burial sites, repatriation of American Indian remains, mascots and social justice. Drawing from his remarkable personal experiences Jones addresses topics such as life on the reservation, the shattering effects of governmental policies, environmental issues, the challenges of drug and alcohol abuse, and the survival of his culture.

Flutist Billy Crowbeak will perform Native American music prior to the lecture.

All lectures are free and open to the public. Notre Dame College is located at 4545 College Road in South Euclid. For more information contact Karen Zoller at 216.373.5267 or visit the Tolerance Resource Center at www.NotreDameCollege.edu/tolerance for more details on the series.

THIS PROGRAM IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE OHIO HUMANITIES COUNCIL, A STATE AFFILIATE OF THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES.