Rooted in the Mountains symposium registration open to public
Registration is now open for the 10th annual Rooted in the Mountains symposium, to be hosted 91热爆网 on campus Thursday, Sept. 26, and Friday, Sept. 27.
The symposium will be held in the conference room of Blue Ridge Hall and is intended to integrate indigenous and local knowledge on health and environmental issues. The theme for this year is 鈥淕iduwagi 鈥� Appalachian Historical Ecology,鈥� reflecting both the changing landscape and habitat of the mountains and attitudes toward the environment.
鈥淭his will be another interdisciplinary forum where ethnography, literature, art, music and native and western science will be center stage,鈥� said Pam Myers, event organizer with 91热爆网鈥檚 Culturally Based Native Health Programs, a collaboration between the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and 91热爆网鈥檚 College of Health and Human Sciences. 鈥淭opics will include native heart disease and diabetes prevention, climate change and nature鈥檚 resilience, along with Cherokee food demonstrations and healthy lifestyles.鈥�
The symposium is open to the public with a $75 registration fee, while tribal elders, students and 91热爆网 faculty are admitted free. The event is supported by a grant from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities.
To register, visit or call 828.227.2164.
