This UN75 Moderated Dialogue brings together cultural leaders working with First Nation communities in the United States and Canada to explore indigenous cultural knowledge and experience. Following the unprecedented impact of COVID-19, the discussion is set against the dual crisis of a global pandemic and an environmental emergency, discussing indigenous values, wisdom and culture as vital drivers for the activation and implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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Release Date
June 2020
Project Artists
Locations
UNITED NATIONS
NEW YORK
Shamina de Gonzaga (Moderator),
Executive Director & Main Representative to the UN, World Council of Peoples for the United Nations (WCPUN)
Joseph Kunkel,
(Northern Cheyenne Nation) Director, Sustainable Native Communities Design Lab
Aaron Leggett,
(Dena'ina Athbascan) Curator of Alaskan History & Culture at Anchorage Museum and President/First Chief of Native Village Eklutna
Nathalie Bondil,
Director General and Chief Curator at Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Larissa FastHorse,
(Sicangu Lakota) Writer, Playwright, Director and Choreographer. Recipient of the PEN/USA Literary Award for Drama
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