Dr. Melissa Nelson
Professor of Indigenous Sustainability
School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
Arizona State University
Proud member of Turtle Mountain Band Chippewa Indians

Hosted by Dr. Jennifer Liang
University of Minnesota Duluth

In this presentation, Dr. Melissa K. Nelson will outline the link between Indigenous peoples and planetary health through the lens of environmental justice. She will outline current Native American efforts to restore lands and waters from toxic containment in the U.S.

Presented as part of the UMD Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry and Department of Biology Spring 2022 Seminar Series, and by the IAS Research and Creative Collaborative Transdisciplinary Engagements with Contemporary Indigenous Thinkers. Co-sponsored by the Institute for Advanced Study and the Institute on the Environment.

FREE and open to the public
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