The University of Arizona Press
When: September 19-21, 2022
Where: Museum of Native American History, 202 southwest O Street, Bentonville, AR, 72712
University of Arizona Press author Laura Harjo will be presenting at the 6th annual Native American Culture Celebration at the Museum of Native American History in Bentonville, Arkansas. This event is a global three day Indigenous celebration with live music, crafts, story telling, food, guest speakers, science panels, a contest for a solution for the environment, and more! This year’s theme is Ingenuity 2.0: Honoring the Lessons of Mother Earth.
Laura Harjo is a Muscogee (Creek) scholar, Associate Professor and Interim Chair in Department of Native American Studies and affiliated faculty in the Regional and City Planning program at the University of Oklahoma. Her scholarly inquiry is at the intersection of geography and critical ethnic studies with “community” as an analytic focus. Harjo’s research and teaching centers on three areas: spatial storytelling, anti-violence informed Indigenous architecture and planning, and community-based knowledge production. She is the author of Spiral to the Stars: Mvskoke Tools of Futurity.
