Tillie Black Bear addresses the Northern Michigan University 2008 UNITED ConferenceTillie Black Bear is the executive director and one of the founders (31 years ago) of the White Buffalo Calf Woman Society, Inc. (WBCWS) that serves the Lakota Sioux Rosebud Reservation in Mission, S.D.She spoke to the Northern Michigan University 2008 Uniting Neighbors in the Experience of Diversity (UNITED) Conference on September 23, 2008. This is the first of several videos about her talk in the Great Lakes Room of the NMU University center and a roundtable discussion that followed down the hall.In this video, Black Bear is introduced to the northern Michigan audience and sings the “Direction Song.”With traditional sage burning, Black Bear sings as she and the crowd face the four directions - West, North, East, South - and honor the Sky and Earth.Her visit was coordinated by the NMU Center for Native American Studies and the non-profit Turtle Island Project in Munising, Michigan.The Turtle Island Project (TIP) has held several concerts and other events to raises funds for the WBCWS. TIP Director Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard travels several times a year to the Rosebud Reservation.Black Bear was greeted by Dr. Judith Puncochar, an NMU Professor and an organizer of the annual UNITED ConferenceTillie Black Bear was introduced by Grace Chaillier, an NMU Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Center for Native American Studies and a registered member of the Sicangu Lakota band of the Rosebud Sioux - the same tribe as Black Bear.Please watch the other Turtle Island Project videos on Tillie Black Bear's talk in northern Michigan.Black Bear addresses the Lakota teen suicide crisis, domestic violence, people respecting people and many other important issues.The Turtle Island Project thanks Tillie Black Bear, NMU Center for Native American Studies, Uniting Neighbors in the Experience of Diversity (UNITED) and White Buffalo Calf Woman Society, Inc.-------Tillie Black Bear. Executive Direc...
Tillie Black Bear addresses the Northern Michigan University 2008 UNITED ConferenceTillie Black Bear...
