With Clint Carrol, CU Boulder’s Department of Ethnic Studies; Raven Payment, MMIR Task Force; and artist Danielle SeeWalker. Moderated by Justin Veach, Longmont Museum.

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Indigenous people are at a disproportionate risk of experiencing violence, murder, or going missing and represent a significant portion of the missing and murdered cases in our country. Join us for a discussion with activists working on the front lines to put this to an end. Co-presented with the Longmont Multicultural Action Committee.

With Clint Carrol, CU Boulder’s Department of Ethnic Studies; Raven Payment, MMIR Task Force; and artist Danielle SeeWalker. Moderated by Justin Veach, Longmont Museum.

Clint Carroll is Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder. He received his doctorate from the University of California Berkeley in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, and his bachelor’s degree from the University of Arizona in Anthropology, with a minor in American Indian Studies. A citizen of the Cherokee Nation, he works closely with Cherokee people in Oklahoma on issues of land conservation and the perpetuation of land-based knowledge and ways of life. His book, Roots of Our Renewal: Ethnobotany and Cherokee Environmental Governance (2015, University of Minnesota Press), explores how tribal natural resource managers navigate the material and structural conditions of settler colonialism, as well as how recent efforts in cultural revitalization are informing such practices through traditional forms of decision-making and local environmental knowledge.

A storyteller at heart, Raven Payment is Anishinaabe and Kanien’kehá:ka. Raven is a mother and partner, a veteran of the US Navy, and a long-time professional in the engineering and construction industry for transportation infrastructure across the nation. Raven is also a writer and outspoken advocate of Indigenous-specific issues. As a descendant of four-generations of survivors of the government and religious sponsored Indian Boarding Schools, she focuses on connecting authentic and compelling narratives to non-Indigenous audiences. Raven currently serves on the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives Taskforce of Colorado, Denver American Indian Commission, legislative policy committee for the Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault, and advisory board for Haseya Advocates, the only program for Indigenous survivors of domestic and sexual assault in the state of Colorado.

Danielle SeeWalker is Húŋkpapȟa Lakȟóta and citizen of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North Dakota. She is an artist, writer, activist, and boymom of two, based in Denver, Colorado. Her visual artwork often incorporates the use of mixed media and experimentation while incorporating traditional Native American materials, scenes, and messaging. Her artwork pays homage to her identity as a Lakȟóta wíŋyaŋ (woman) and her passion to redirect the narrative to an accurate and insightful representation of contemporary Native America while still acknowledging historical events. Alongside her passion for creating visual art, Danielle is a freelance writer and recently published her first book, titled Still Here: A Past to Present Insight of Native American People & Culture. She is also very dedicated to staying connected and involved in her Native community and currently serves as co-chair for the Denver American Indian Commission. Danielle has also been working on a personal, passion project since 2013 with her long-time friend called The Red Road Project. The focus of the work is to document, through words and photographs, what it means to be Native American in the 21st century by capturing inspiring and positive stories of people and communities within Indian Country.

FREE / Reservations Recommended

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Other Museum Events and Performances

The Longmont Museum offers variety for all audiences, including exhibits, concerts, performances, films, talks and classes.

• See other Longmont Museum Presents performances, and Climate Action Sundays.
• View our current exhibit,  Duality: Contemporary Works by Indigenous Artists
• Come to Thursday Nights at the Museum – we’re open until 9pm, with a 7 PM talk, film or performance
• Take an Art & Sip class for adults, on Thursday Night at 6:30 PM, 
• or attend a Friday Afternoon Concert at 2:30 PM on the second Friday of each month.