WaterTalk: On the swamp: Indigenous environmental justice across North C

Davis Centre (DC) - DC 1302

Thursday, Feb 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM  - 12:00 PM EST 

{ "name":"WaterTalk: On the swamp: Indigenous environmental justice across North C", "description": "https:\/\/ticketfi.com\/event\/6137\/watertalk-on-the-swamp-indigenous-environmental-justice-across-north-c\n\nAs part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Dr. Ryan Emmanuel, Associate Professor of Hydrology, Duke University, North Carolina, US, will present: On the swamp: Indigenous environmental justice across North Carolina’s coastal plain.\n\nThis event is in person in DC 1302 with a networking lunch reception to follow in DC 1301 (The Fishbowl).\n\nMore Info\n\nDespite centuries of settler colonialism, Lumbee people and their Indigenous neighbors still occupy parts of their ancestral homelands among forested swamps, sandy plains, and blackwater streams of present-day North Carolina. Amid these backwaters, Indigenous communities have adapted to a radically transformed world while preserving cultures and connections to place.  In recent decades, pollution, unsustainable development, and climate change have quickened the transformation of their homelands and threatened the future of their communities. In this talk, I share stories from about Indigenous survival, adaptation, and resurgence across North Carolina’s Coastal Plain in a time of rapid environmental change. These stories convey broader lessons about environmental justice and Indigenous rights, including lessons for environmental scientists whose work may benefit from deeper consideration of these concepts.\n\nSpeaker Bio\n\nDespite centuries of settler colonialism, Lumbee people and their Indigenous neighbors still occupy parts of their ancestral homelands among forested swamps, sandy plains, and blackwater streams of present-day North Carolina. Amid these backwaters, Indigenous communities have adapted to a radically transformed world while preserving cultures and connections to place.  In recent decades, pollution, unsustainable development, and climate change have quickened the transformation of their homelands and threatened the future of their communities. In this talk, I share stories from about Indigenous survival, adaptation, and resurgence across North Carolina’s Coastal Plain in a time of rapid environmental change. These stories convey broader lessons about environmental justice and Indigenous rights, including lessons for environmental scientists whose work may benefit from deeper consideration of these concepts.\n", "startDate":"2025-02-20", "endDate":"2025-02-20", "startTime":"11:00", "endTime":"12:00", "location":"Davis Centre (DC) DC 1302 - 200 University Ave W Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada", "label":"Add to Calendar", "options":[ "Apple", "Google", "iCal", "Microsoft365", "Outlook.com", "Yahoo" ], "timeZone":"US/Eastern", "trigger":"click", "inline":true, "listStyle":"modal", "iCalFileName":"invite.ics" }