Lecture and Q&A: 4:30-6:00 pm, Knight Library, Browsing Room

Reception: 6:00-7:30 pm, Knight Library, Special Collections and University Archives

Free and open to the community. The Knight Library is located at 1501 Kincaid Street, Eugene, Oregon 97403.

Joe Whittle (Caddo) is a photographer and creator of LANDBACK: RETURNING PUBLIC LANDS TO NATIVE AMERICANS, a four-part photojournalism project documenting the Landback Movement that explores compelling reasons why federal lands should be returned to Native Americans. Joe will give an artist's talk about the work, followed by a panel conversation with Kanim Moses-Conner (Nez Perce), great-great-great grandnephew of the legendary Chief Joseph and the subject of many of Whittle's photographs; Brian Bull (Nez Perce), School of Journalism and Communication, and Torsten Kjellstrand, School of Journalism and Communication.  The panel will be moderated by Marisol Peters (Karuk), co-director of UO’s Native American Student Union. 

Special Collections & University Archives is currently exhibiting several of Whittle’s photographs in an exhibition curated by student Marisol Peters, The Land We Have Always Known. 

This event is co-sponsored by The Oregon Humanities Center; the Division of Equity and Inclusion; Native American and Indigenous Studies; the School of Journalism and Communication; Special Collections and University Archives and UO Libraries.