On November 8 and 9, 2023, the John Hay Library, the Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women, and the Native American and Indigenous Studies Initiative present programming related to Native American and Indigenous activism and political engagement.

The events are free and open to the public.

Native American and Indigenous Special Collections

Wednesday, November 8 at 4 p.m.
Special Collections Reading Room, John Hay Library
20 Prospect St., Providence

View recently acquired special collections materials related to Native American and Indigenous activism and political engagement.

Screening of Mankiller: Activist. Feminist. Cherokee Chief.

Wednesday, November 8 at 6 p.m.
Willis Reading Room, John Hay Library

Attend a screening of Mankiller, a documentary film chronicling the life of Wilma Mankiller, the first woman elected Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. The film’s director, Valerie Red-Horse Mohl, will be in attendance.

Panel Discussion

Thursday, November 9 at 5:30 p.m.
Room 305, Pembroke Center
172 Meeting St., Providence

Attend a panel discussion with Valerie Red-Horse Mohl (Cherokee ancestry), director of the documentary film Mankiller, and Honor Keeler ’05 (Citizen of the Cherokee Nation), Visiting Assistant Professor of the Practice, Native American and Indigenous Studies Initiative. The panel will be moderated by Kimberly Toney, Coordinating Curator for Native American & Indigenous Collections, John Hay Library and John Carter Brown Library.