The
Indigenous
Speakers
Series proudly
presents
professor
of
history Susan
M.
Hill,
author
of
The
Clay
We
Are
Made
Of. If
we
want
to
understand
Haudenosaunee
(Six
Nations)
history,
we
need
to
consider
the
history
of
Haudenosaunee
land.
For
countless
generations
prior
to
European
contact,
land
and
territory
informed
Haudenosaunee
thought
and
philosophy,
and
was
a
primary
determinant
of
Haudenosaunee
identity.
Professor
Susan
Hill is
particularly
interested
in
Haudenosaunee
knowledge
and
thought,
seeking
to
make
sense
of
contemporary
lives
through
an
examination
of
how
people
got
to
where
they
are
now,
both
literally
and
figuratively.
Her
2017
book,
The
Clay
We
Are
Made
Of:
Haudenosaunee
land
tenure
on
the
Grand
River,
published
by
the
University
of
Manitoba
Press,
takes
up
these
themes
in
a
provocative
way.
She
is
Associate
Professor
of
History,
and Director
of
the
First
Nations
Studies
Program
at
Western
University.
She
holds
a PhD
in
Native
Studies
from
Trent
University, MA
in
American
Studies
from
SUNY-Buffalo,
BA
in
history
from
the
University
of
Michigan,
and
completed
language
immersion programs
through
Onkwawanna
Kentyohkwa
(Kanyen’keha/Mohawk)
and
Grand
River
Employment
&
Training (Gayagohono/Cayuga).
The
Indigenous
Speakers
Series is
co-sponsored
by
the
Waterloo
Aboriginal
Education
Centre
and
the
Faculty
of
Arts.
The
series
highlights
the
voices
of
Indigenous
artists,
writers,
activists,
and
leaders
from
across
Turtle
Island,
offering
UWaterloo
students,
faculty
and
staff
opportunities
to
learn
from,
understand,
and
engage
with
Indigenous
issues.
