Join Methodist Federation for Social Action (MFSA), United Methodists for Kairos Response (UMKR), and the Native American International Caucus (NAIC) for part 4 in the five-part "Doctrine of Discovery" webinar series- "Centering and Othering: Elevating white normativity, suppressing racial and indigenous identities."
Speaker:
Kimberlee Medicine Horn Jackson, Ihanktonwan (e-hank-tow-wan) Nation (Yankton Sioux), MFA, MA in Intercultural Studies with a focus on Native Americans. Jackson is currently a full-time contract researcher with the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition. She teaches an Indigenous Research and Writing Course she created for NAIITS: An Indigenous Learning Community. Jackson is Co-Editor for the Journal of NAIITS: An Indigenous Learning Community. She is writing a dissertation for her Ph.D. Study with NAIITS and Whitley College at University of Divinity Australia.
Rev. Alvin Deer, a clergy member of the Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference, and a former Executive Director of NAIC. He wrote the 1996 Methodist Apology for the Sand Creek Massacre and has advocated for healing and reconciliation throughout his ministry.