Join the University of Hartford (UIS Program and the Office of Diversity & Community Engagement) and the Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society for a conversation with Sage Phillips and Lee Mixashawn Rozie on what it means to be Indigenous in Connecticut today.
Sage Phillips, a young panawáhpskewi (Penobscot) woman of the Wabanaki people, has made it her mission to make land-grant institutions like UConn a better place for Native and Indigenous students. Already the recipient of many national awards and co-founder of several Native American and Indigenous Student organizations on UConn campus, Phillips plans to pursue a J.D. and M.A. in American Indian Studies to work towards equitable solutions for Native and Indigenous youth to access higher education.
Lee Mixashawn Rozie, a local Indigenous artist who has been practicing multi-disciplinary and internationally acclaimed Jazz for the past three decades, uses ancient cultural principles, maritime arts, and historical data, both written and oral, to inform and guide his art. He is the author of “Indigenous Roots of Social Evolution…,” a compact guide to Connecticut’s Indigenous People, history, relationship to regional Natives, and their impact on the modern world. Rozie holds a degree in History and Ethnomusicology from Trinity College.
Join us for a free virtual conversation on Tuesday, November 9, 2021 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. This event is free and open to the public. Use this link to join (no registration): https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83099824758
