The Cultural Geography of Medicine Wheel Country
Dates: | October 19, 2020 |
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Meets: | Mon. from 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM |
Location: | Online Presentation |
Cost: | $0.00 |
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Shane Doyle, an educational consultant and environmental activist and member of the Apsaalooké Nation,will describe the hunting-gathering-trading culture that defined native tribes of the Northern Plains—the heartland of Montana. Unlike many native tribes, the people of the Northern Plains never successfully adopted an agricultural economy. They led a temporal and ephemeral existence, moving their houses seasonally and maintaining few personal possessions. Yet these people possessed immense spiritual capital from their remarkably cosmopolitan intertribal culture, which emphasized insight, balance and the continued broadening of one’s circle of family. Doyle will also discuss how their cultural values helped create Plains Sign Language,the only non-colonial universal language in world history. This language is directionally based and uses concepts instead of words.
Fee: | $0.00 |
Online Presentation
This is a real-time (live) online class that meets at the specified day(s)/time(s) listed.We will send you a reminder email with login instructions one business day before the program start date. If there are additional sessions, we will send reminders the morning of those sessions.
Shane Doyle
Shane Doyle, an enrolled member of the Apsaalooké Nation from Crow Agency, Mont., earned his doctorate in education from Montana State University. He is an educational consultant and environmental advocate, working for groups like the Montana Office of Public Instruction, the University of Copenhagen, the Montana Wilderness Association, the Greater Yellowstone Coalition and the National Park Service. Doyle is also a research scientist, film producer and performing artist. His latest film, “Awaxawapiia,” provides a unique perspective on Apsaalooké Nation’s ceremonial use of the Crazy Mountains.