Building Bridges:

Beyond Land Acknowledgments

Autumn Brunelle will discuss Native American representation in the outdoors, re-framing the narratives surrounding Native peoples, and discuss why “Land Acknowledgments” may fail Indigenous audiences.

About the speaker:
Autumn Brunelle is Anishinaabe, a citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, and grew up on the Leech Lake Indian Reservation in Cass Lake, Minnesota. Autumn graduated in 2015 from Dartmouth College with a B.A. in Environmental Studies and Native American Studies with a desire for integrating indigenous knowledge into environmental education and outreach. She has continued to develop this passion through her diverse work experiences with international and local non-profits, the National Park Service, local governments, and in creating community-based environmental programming. She currently works as a fulltime Naturalist for the Monroe County Parks and Recreation Department.

This program is part of the Unearthed Speakers Bureau program with funding provided by a grant from Indiana Humanities.