Cheryl Crazy Bull, CEO of American Indian College Fund, to give Daryl G. Smith Diversity Lecture on Jan. 21

Cheryl Crazy Bull, president and CEO of American Indian College Fund, will visit Claremont Graduate University on Thursday, Jan. 21, for a talk on social justice and inclusion for indigenous people.

The talk, part of the School of Educational Studies’ annual Daryl G. Smith Diversity Lecture Series, will take place at 5 pm in Albrecht Auditorium, 925 N. Dartmouth Avenue. It is free and open to the public.

Crazy Bull’s talk is titled “Taku Skan Skan: Something Sacred is Moving — Indigenous Ways of Knowing and an Inclusive World View.”

Indigenous people see the world through the lens of sacred knowledge, through the trauma of genocide and colonization, and through their vision of prosperity and wealth for all of humanity.

This profound knowledge is often seen as peripheral to the critical issues that face humankind. If the voices of indigenous people are heard, our social and economic well-being, our education, health, and political systems, and the ways that we care for our families and our environments will be profoundly changed for the better.

Inclusion of indigenous people of all experiences and dialogues related to racial, social, and economic equity is critical; without inclusion, there is no justice; without justice, sacred knowledge cannot be known.

Crazy Bull has more than 30 years of experience working in education for adults, higher education, and K-12 education with Native American institutions. She has served as president and CEO of the American Indian College Fund since September 2012.