Join us for Elevating Indigenous Voices: Reflections from a Native Delegation to the UN with panelists:

• E. Skye Byrd, Director of Strategic Partnerships, The National Center for American Indian Enterprise

• Shelbie Larmour, Kentucky Indigenous Delegation

• Venus Evans, Kentucky Native American Heritage Commission, Kentuckians for the Commonwealth
• Anagali Shace Duncan, Native Youth Community Organizer | Founder of 7-Ravens | Keetoowah

• Edward Lo, Georgia Southern University
• ᎤᎶᎩᎳ / Schon Duncan | Member of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians | Instructor of Cherokee Language at University of Oklahoma

These panelists participated in the Seminar on Indigenous Issues, held April 24, 2024 in New York City, as part of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. The panelists will report back from their experiences with the forum and will discuss Indigenous issues in the Commonwealth and beyond. Learn more about the UN Forum here. 

Join us also for the film screening of ᏓᏗᏬᏂᏏ (Dadiwonisi) We Will Speak, a feature-length documentary collaboration chronicling the efforts of Cherokee activists, artists, & educators fighting to save the Cherokee language featuring filmmaker Schon Duncan.