“Look Behind the Buckskin Curtain: The Other America”

Mitch Walking Elk will talk about his experiences, which include running away from BIA school, singing around the world with an Indian voice, preserving traditional ways and customs and continuing the long struggle for justice in indigenous communities.He is an enrolled member of the Southern Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma and is also part Hopi. He is the winner of the 2013 Best Blues Recording, UP FROM THE ASHES, Native American Music Award. He worked in Minneapolis teaching traditional ceremonial life ways to indigenous youth. He has been a sundancer and conducts sweat lodge ceremonies and healing ceremonies. Mitch has also been a member of the American Indian Movement (AIM) since 1974.

Facilitator: Wade Marbaugh
Musician: CJ Jones Spirit Bones Band