Panelists include:
- Jaskiran Dhillon—Assistant Professor of Global Studies and Anthropology, The New School; co-editor of Cultural Anthropology hotspots issue on Standing Rock/NoDAPL/Mni Wiconi, author of Prairie Rising: Indigenous Youth, Decolonization, and the Politics of Intervention
- Sandy Grande (Quechua)—Professor of Education and Director of the Center for the Comparative Study of Race and Ethnicity (CCSRE), Connecticut College; author of Red Pedagogy: Native American Social and Political Thought
- Emily Johnson (Yup'ik)— Bessie Award-winning choreographer and Guggenheim Fellow, lead collaborator in Indigenous artist-led Healing Place Collaborative (Minneapolis), and Artisitc Director of performance company Emily Johnson/Catalyst (NYC)
- Mark Tilsen—Poet and educator; non-violent Direct Action Trainer and Police Liaison at Standing Rock
Organized by anthropology faculty member Deanna Barenboim, Maeve Campman '20, and Sarah Lawrence College Indigenous Studies students. Sponsored by the Anthropology faculty, DAPS, the Faith Whitney Ziesing Fund in the Social Sciences, the Politics faculty, and the Joanne Woodward Chair in Public Policy.