About This Speaker
Dr. Leroy Little Bear is a Blackfoot researcher who was born and raised on the Kainai First Nation in Alberta, Canada. Little Bear’s lifetime of accomplishment includes some of the most important political achievements for Indigenous peoples in Canada and around the world.
His dedication to education, leadership, community-building, and advocacy has led to a United Nations declaration, changed the Constitution of Canada, and influenced the lives of thousands of students. He holds several advanced degrees, and he founded the Native American department for the University of Lethbridge, Canada and was the founding Director of Harvard University’s Native American Program, US.
In the spring of 2003, Little Bear was awarded the prestigious National Aboriginal Achievement Award for Education, the highest honor bestowed by Canada's First Nations community. Along with his wife, Amethyst First Rider, Little Bear brought about the historic Buffalo Treaty between First Nations on both sides of the USA-Canada border in 2014. Little Bear was inducted into the Alberta Order Excellence and the Order of Canada in 2016 and 2019, respectively.
Sunday, August 14, 2022
5:25 PM – 6:00 PM EDT