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behalf of <i>Our Unlearning Hour, </i>I am delighted to share an informal welcome & drop-in on<span class="ContentPasted0 ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px"> </span><b class="ContentPasted0 ContentPasted1">Friday Feb. 10</b></span><span class="ContentPasted0 ContentPasted1" style="font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;margin:0px;text-align:justify"><b class="ContentPasted0 ContentPasted1"> at
9:30-10:30am in the Heirloom Cafe at the Wex</b><span class="ContentPasted0 ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px"> </span>with guests Navajo, Creek & Greek artist & professor, </span><span style="font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;margin:0px;text-align:justify"><em class="x_ContentPasted4" style="font-style:normal;color:rgb(95, 99, 104);text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><b><a href="https://www.naveeks.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="https://www.naveeks.com/" data-loopstyle="link" data-safelink="true" data-linkindex="5" class="ContentPasted0 ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px">Anna
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A</span><span class="x_ContentPasted5 ContentPasted0 ContentPasted1" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important">frican-American and Haudenosaunee
(Mohawk/Tuscarora) artist, & writer</span><span class="x_ContentPasted5" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(77, 81, 86);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important"><span class="x_ContentPasted5 ContentPasted0 ContentPasted1" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;margin:0px"> </span><span class="x_ContentPasted5" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;margin:0px"><b class="ContentPasted0 ContentPasted1"><a href="https://mcarmenlane.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="https://mcarmenlane.com/" data-loopstyle="link" data-safelink="true" data-linkindex="6" class="ContentPasted0 ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px">M.
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<span class="ContentPasted0 ContentPasted1" style="font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;margin:0px">The occasion is the opening of Anna </span><span class="x_ContentPasted4" style="font-size:14px;font-family:Roboto, arial, sans-serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(95, 99, 104)"><span class="x_ContentPasted6" style="margin:0px"><span class="ContentPasted0 ContentPasted1" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Tsouhlarakis'
exhibition at the Wex called<span class="ContentPasted0 ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px"> </span></span><span class="ContentPasted0 ContentPasted1" style="font-style:italic;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">The
Native Guide Project: Columbus<span class="ContentPasted0 ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px"> </span></span></span><span class="x_ContentPasted6 ContentPasted0 ContentPasted1" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">later
that day - more info here:</span><span class="x_ContentPasted6 ContentPasted0 ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px"> </span></span><em class="x_ContentPasted4" style="color:rgb(95, 99, 104);font-family:Roboto, arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px"><b class="x_ContentPasted6 x_ContentPasted7"><a href="https://wexarts.org/exhibitions/anna-tsouhlarakis-native-guide-project-columbus" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-safelink="true" data-linkindex="7" class="ContentPasted0 ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px">https://wexarts.org/exhibitions/anna-tsouhlarakis-native-guide-project-columbus</a></b></em></div>
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<span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted0 x_ContentPasted1 ContentPasted0" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">As many of you know, </span><span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted0 x_ContentPasted1 ContentPasted0" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: italic; text-align: justify;">Our
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Willaykuna: Andean & Amazonian Indigenous Arts & Humanities Collaboration</a><span class="ContentPasted0"> </span>Discovery Theme project & has met every week since (including online through the heights of the pandemic). I created this space along with<span class="ContentPasted0"> </span><a href="https://sppo.osu.edu/people/wibbelsman.1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="https://sppo.osu.edu/people/wibbelsman.1" data-loopstyle="link" data-safelink="true" data-linkindex="1" class="ContentPasted0">Michelle
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<span style="margin:0px;text-align:justify" class="ContentPasted0">Starting this semester, we are continuing this shared work, while also working in close collaboration with local Two Spirit (Southern Ute, Non-Enrolled) Afro-Indigenous artist and educator<span class="ContentPasted0"> </span></span><a href="https://igonzalesarts.com/about-me" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="https://igonzalesarts.com/about-me" data-loopstyle="link" data-safelink="true" data-linkindex="2" style="margin:0px;text-align:justify" class="ContentPasted0">Indigo
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and celebrate visiting Indigenous artists to OSU and Columbus, in coordination with the<span class="ContentPasted0"> </span><a href="https://americanindianstudies.osu.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="https://americanindianstudies.osu.edu/" data-loopstyle="link" data-safelink="true" data-linkindex="3" style="margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0">American
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black; font-size: 10pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">“I’d like to begin by acknowledging that we are on the traditional lands of many Indigenous cultures. Most recently, home of the People
of the Eastern Woodlands, who migrated into the Ohio Valley after European Contact: The Shawnee Wyandotte, Delaware, Miami, Ottawa, Peoria, Potawatomi, Seneca-Cayuga, Chippewa, among others; And the Ancients, known by their monuments: the people of the Adena,
Hopewell, and Fort Ancient cultures.” - Marti Chaatsmith (Comanche Nation citizen, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma descendant and
</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black; font-size:10pt"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: start; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;">Associate
Director of the Newark Earthworks Center</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black; font-size: 10pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">), acknowledgment. November 1, 2018. For more information on OSU & Land Acknowledments,
visit: </span><span style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black"><a href="https://earthworks.osu.edu/land"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">https://earthworks.osu.edu/land</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></span></span></p>
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