WVWC Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion to Celebrate Native American History Month

November 28, 2022

Mountaineer News

WVWC News Release

BUCKHANNON - West Virginia Wesleyan College’s Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion is hosting a Culture To-Go talk for Native American History Month on Tuesday, November 29th from 11:00am to noon on the second floor of the Benedum Campus Center.

The guest speaker will be Ivan B. Watkins, an internationally recognized artist, filmmaker and ethno-historian. Watkins will focus on the local historical processes of socialization, colonialization, miscegenation, resistance and a common effort to survive and dwell in sustainable communities.

Watkins is a Ph.D. candidate in ethno-history/urban studies at the University of New Orleans and is a graduate of the University of Chicago (Master of Arts in Social Science), the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (Bachelor of Fine Arts) and the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts.