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SUMMARY:Water Rights: Local Justice\, Advocacy\, Art and Native Perspect
 ive 
DESCRIPTION:Join AMRA and NACDI as we welcome a panel discussion on wate
 r rights\, activism and advocacy through Native perspectives. Hear what 
 local Native organizers and organizations are doing to forge the movemen
 t on water rights and rethink our relationship to water. There will also
  be opportunities for questions and ways to get involved locally and nat
 ionally.\n\nWater Rights: Local Justice\, Advocacy\, Art and Native Pers
 pective\nThursday\, December 7th\, 5:30-7pm / Free &amp\; open to the pu
 blic   \n\nThis event is part of programming for Aabijijiwan / Ukeyat 
 yanalleh\, a collaborative exhibition reflecting on the Misi-ziibi (Big 
 River\, Ojibwe) by artists Karen Goulet (White Earth Ojibwe) and Monique
  Verdin (Houma)\, currently on view through January 13\, 2024.\n\nJoin u
 s for an evening of education\, engagement and art moderated by water pr
 otector Tara Widner\, with panelists Shelley Buck\, Gabby Menomin\, and 
 Maggie Lorenz. There will be light snacks at 5:30pm with the discussion 
 starting at 6pm.\n\n    \n\nAbout the Presenters: \n\nShelley Buck be
 came President of Owámniyomni Okhódayapi in January 2023. Buck is an e
 nrolled member of the Prairie Island Indian Community and served 12 year
 s on the Prairie Island Tribal Council\, including six years as presiden
 t. Prior to being elected to Tribal Council\, Buck held other positions 
 serving the Tribe\, including enrollment clerk and government relations 
 specialist. \n\nBuck has a Bachelor of Science in business accounting f
 rom Indiana University and a Masters of Arts in sports management from C
 oncordia University. She recently finished a second Masters of Jurisprud
 ence in Tribal Indian law from the University of Tulsa. Buck currently s
 erves on the boards of the Minnesota Wild Foundations\, Great River Pass
 age Conservancy\, and Wakan Tipi Awanyankapi in St. Paul. She also held 
 the position of Alternate Regional VP for the National Congress of Ameri
 can Indians.\nMaggie Lorenz (Pabaksawiŋ) is Dakota and Anishinaabe. She
  is an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe and descend
 s from Spirit Lake Dakota Nation. She has spent her career in the fields
  of education\, cultural resiliency and healing\, and environmental just
 ice. Maggie is the Executive Director of Wakan Tipi Awanyankapi &amp\; t
 he Wakan Tipi Center Director.\nGabby Menomin is an enrolled member of t
 he Forest County Potawatomi Community (bullhead clan) of northern Wiscon
 sin. With a master’s degree in Tribal Natural Resource Management\, Ga
 bby is focused on plant relatives and how climate change is impacting th
 em. She is passionate about the environment and looking at how to center
  Indigenous voices\, values\, and knowledge in the stewardship of the la
 nd.\n\nTara Widner is an Anishinaabekwe Water Protector and ricer\, Pemb
 ina Band Ojibwe (White Earth). A traveler from the Midwest\, currently r
 esiding a mile from the banks of the Misi-ziibi in the Dakota homelands 
 on what is now called Minneapolis. Widner is a current cohort member of 
 All My Relations Arts' Native Authors Program. 
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