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Tailored for undergraduate researchers, this calendar is a curated list of research seminars at the University of Illinois. Explore the diverse world of research and expand your knowledge through engaging sessions designed to inspire and enlighten.

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Dinner on Us: Indigenous Earthkeeping: The Role of Indigenous Knowledge in Conservation

Event Type
Conference/Workshop
Sponsor
Native American House
Location
IGB Conference Room 612 (1206 W. Gregory Dr., Urbana)
Date
Nov 4, 2025   5:30 - 6:30 pm  
Speaker
Dr. Jessica Hernandez (Binnizá/Zapotec & Maya Ch'orti’), Founder of Earth Daughters
Contact
Charlotte Davidson
E-Mail
drchar@illinois.edu
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Originating Calendar
Native American House

Drawing from her book Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes through Indigenous Science, Dr. Jessica Hernandez offers a compelling critique of Western environmental models, highlighting their exclusion of Indigenous voices and the tendency to view the environment as a resource rather than a relative. This presentation will explore how meaningful environmental progress necessitates the dismantling of extractive conservation paradigms and the integration of Indigenous knowledge systems grounded in land-based relationality and kinship.

This program is open to all eligible persons regardless of race, color or national origin. Reasonable accommodations are available upon request, please contact the Native American House at nah@illinois.edu.

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