Cook County Higher Education
CCHE) is starting a guest lecture series this year, a program at the North Shore Campus facility that provides an opportunity for retired professionals to share their expertise with the community at large. Each month a featured speaker will give a half-hour presentation in his or her area of expertise, followed by discussion with refreshments provided.
The first event is American Indians
and the Cinema: Stereotypes, Avatars…and
Beyond
on May 11, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Dr. Carol Miller will present the topic and lead the discussion. The presentation will focus on how images of Indians in the movies have evolved from the stereotypes with which we are all familiar, to more sympathetic “avatars” of recent years. She will also focus on the less familiar story of how American Indian filmmakers and performers have, from the earliest days of silent movies to today, confronted those stereotypes and worked to undermine them.
Miller is an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, a Grand Marais resident, and a retired Morsealumni distinguished teaching professor of American Indian Studies and American Studies at the University of Minnesota-Minneapolis.
The guest lecture events will be free and open to the public, although donations are welcome. Plans call for one event per month from May through December, and there is a possibility of collaborating with the University of Minnesota’s University for Seniors program.
The May 11 event is sponsored by the Grand Marais State Bank, the Lake Superior Trading Post, Birchbark Gifts, and Johnson’s Foods.
Call 218-387-3411 to register, and watch www.boreal.org for updates.
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