Professor Landon Charlo and Colville Tribe member and Extension officer Linda McLean will discuss “Indigenous food sovereignty across international, national, and local settings” at a 3 p.m. Nov. 7 virtual event, moderated by Zoe Higheagle Strong, vice provost for Native American Relations and Programs.
Registration is required to receive the Zoom link to join the talk.
Offered as part of Native American Heritage Month programming, the event is co-hosted by the WSU Common Reading Program. The presentation has strong ties to this year’s common reading book for university students, How the Other Half Eats: The Untold Story of Food and Inequality in America.
Topics could cover Indigenous food sovereignty at several different strata of conceptualization and practice, from general meanings that have developed historically and internationally, to local contexts of the Colville Reservation.
Charlo is an assistant professor in the School of the Environment. His research focuses on such topics as Native American food systems, traditional ecological knowledge, and tribal environmental policy.
McLean leads education and outreach programs for WSU’s Colville Reservation Extension office in Nespelem, Wash. She is an advocate for youth, agriculture, and food sovereignty, and is a 4-H educator.
