A Conversation with Tink Tinker, Marcy Norton and Roger Green
Wednesday, October 27th from 12-1:30 pm PST
In this discussion, we will hear from Professor Tink Tinker (wazhazhe / Osage Nation) concerning the difficulty of the very notion of “property” (intellectual or otherwise) and the impact of extractive thinking on Indigenous worldview. We will also hear from Professor Marcy Norton, author of Sacred Gifts, Profane Pleasures: A History of Tobacco and Chocolate in the Atlantic World. Norton’s work addresses the European reception of substances / persons that have become commoditized and made rather mundane but that maintain traditional ceremonial uses for Indigenous people. Roger Green of Metropolitan State University of Denver will moderate the discussion.
