Quiet Voices, Important Truths: Life Lessons From the Native Way
The Science of Us • 12-Aug-2020
Originally broadcast at 2 p.m. EDT Wednesday, August 12, 2020.
Dr. Kent Nerburn looks to bridge the gap between Native and non-Native cultures.
Nerburn is the author and editor of sixteen books on spiritual values and Native American themes, including the ground breaking creative non-fiction trilogy, Neither Wolf nor Dog: On Forgotten Roads with an Indian Elder; The Wolf at Twilight: An Indian Elder’s Journey through a Land of Ghosts and Shadows, and The Girl who Sang to the Buffalo: A Child, an Elder, and the Light from an Ancient Sky.
This program is made possible by The Robert S. and Sara M. Lucas Religious Lectureship.
About Chautauqua Institution: Chautauqua Institution is a community on the shores of Chautauqua Lake in southwestern New York state that comes alive each summer with a unique mix of fine and performing arts, lectures, interfaith worship and programs, and recreational activities. As a community, we celebrate, encourage and study the arts and treat them as integral to all of learning, and we convene the critical conversations of the day to advance understanding through civil dialogue. CHQ Assembly is the online expression of Chautauqua Institution's mission.
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