Dr. Christine (Tina) Taitano DeLisle
Image courtesy Shekon Neechie

Join us for an engaging lecture titled "Placental Politics: Rewriting Oceanic Histories of Embodied Land Work, Radical Relationalities, and Indigenous Feminisms" by Dr. Tina Taitano DeLisle, in partnership with Paul McKenzie-Jones, Ph.D., Associate Professor & Chair of the Department of Indigenous Studies at the University of Lethbridge. In this thought-provoking talk, Dr. DeLisle delves into the histories of Indigenous Chamoru women laborers in Guåhan during the early twentieth century, examining the complex intersections of their work with the colonial philanthropy of white American women. Tina Taitano DeLisle is an associate professor in the Department of American Indian Studies at the University of Minnesota where she teaches courses in critical Indigenous studies, Indigenous feminisms, Pacific history, heritage studies, and public history.

6:00 pm–8 pm | all ages welcome | free | registration not required