The American Buffalo | RSVP here
Thu., Oct. 12, 2023, at 7:00 p.m. | Join the conversation at a preview screening of the new Ken Burns film, The American Buffalo, a story that takes viewers on a journey through more than 10,000 years of North American history and across some of the continent’s most iconic landscapes.
The screening will feature an exclusive preview of the new film, with the full film set to premiere on WKAR-HD on Oct. 16 and 17 at 8:00 p.m.
Join the conversation after the film. Scheduled panel includes:
- Ashlee Smith, senior director of content and education at WKAR Public Media
- Dr. Rosalyn LaPier, professor in the Department of History at the University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign and research associate at the National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution
- Dr. Kevin P. Leonard, interim director of the Native American Institute
- Dr. Nichole Keway Biber, tribal citizen of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odaw and volunteer for the Anishinaabek Caucus as the Wolf and Wildlife Preservation team lead
The event is free, but RSVP here is appreciated.
WHERE
CAS 145 WKAR Media Auditorium
Communication Arts & Sciences Building
Michigan State University
PARKING is available in the adjacent TROWBRIDGE RAMP #5. FREE after 6 p.m. on weekdays.
1149 Red Cedar Road, East Lansing, MI 48824
Google maps link: goo.gl/maps/upLFokCJxKK2
More About the Film
The American Buffalo tells the dramatic story of how America’s national mammal, once numbering in the tens of millions and sustaining the Native people of the Great Plains for untold generations, was driven to the brink of extinction. But then an unlikely collection of people rescues it from disappearing forever. Ken Burns recounts the tragic collision of two opposing views of the natural world – and the unforgettable characters who pointed the nation in a different direction.
To learn more about the importance of the American Buffalo, read panelist Rosalyn LaPier's article here: https://theconversation.com/bison-are-sacred-to-native-americans-but-each-tribe-has-its-own-special-relationship-to-them-211252
Presented in partnership with
Native American Institute (NAI)
Native American Indigenous Student Organization (NAISO)
Office of Cultural & Academic Transitions (OCAT)
