Roundtable: Haudenosaunee Perspectives on Environmental Responsibility
Roundtable: Haudenosaunee Perspectives on Environmental Responsibility
Session Type:
Oral
Session Date and Time:
Thursday, 11 May, 2017 - 10:30 to 12:00
Location:
Amphithéâter Henry-Teuscher
Session Organizer(s):
Jessica Dolan - McGill University
Peggy Pyke-Thompson - Mohawk Council of Akwesasne Department of the Environment
On this panel, environmental caretakers from Akwesasne, Kahnawa:ke, and Kanesatake will speak about environmental responsibility. [Each person will speak for 15 minutes, and then we will allow 1/2 hour for questions or discussion.]
- Peggy Pyke-Thompson, Director, Mohawk Council of Akwesasne Department of the Environment
- Lynn Jacobs, Environmental Advisor/Project Coordinator, Kahnawà:ke Environmental Protection Office
- Alicia Cook, Ase Tsi Tewaton aka Akwesasne Cultural Restoration Program, Master in Medicine
- Iekennorehstha: Amberdawn LaFrance – Ase Tsi Tewaton aka Akwesasne Cultural Restoration Program, Database Administrator
- Eugene Nicholas, Director, Mohawk Council of Kanesatake Department of the Environment
- Jessica Dolan, McGill University (Moderator)
Apprentices from the Ase Tsi Tewaton aka Akwesasne Cultural Restoration Program will serve teas that participants can try.