Published February 22, 2010
Contact: Mount Sinai Newsroom, 212-241-9200, NewsMedia@mssm.edu

(New York – February 22, 2010) Leading global health experts will gather at the 8th Annual Global Health Conference on February 26th and 27th to tackle a critical yet neglected topic in healthcare – the unique concerns of indigenous populations. The symposium, hosted by The Mount Sinai School of Medicine’s Global Health Center, will provide a forum for physicians, students, academics, activists, and community members to discuss health issues facing this underserved population both in the United States and across the globe. (more…)

8th Annual Mount Sinai Global Health Conference
Indigenous Health
February 26 – 27, 2010
New York, New York
Register NOW for this FREE Conference!

There are an estimated 370 million indigenous peoples living in more than 70 countries worldwide. They represent a rich diversity of cultures, religions, traditions, languages and histories; yet continue to be among the world’s most marginalized population groups.

The next annual Mount Sinai Global Health Conference will showcase a range of indigenous health issues… register today and join other students, physicians, academics, activitists, and community members to learn more about the critical health issues facing indigenous groups both here in the United States and across the globe. (more…)

The Battle for Whiteclay: A Screening and Discussion with the Director and the Film’s Lead Activist.  November 4, 2009 at The New School. Tishman Auditorium, Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street, New York City.  6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

New School President Bob Kerrey welcomes filmmaker Mark Vasina and Native American activist Frank LaMere, who invite you to a screening and discussion of their documentary, The Battle for Whiteclay. (more…)

Get your tickets now for the Third Annual South Dakota Film Festival at Aberdeen on September 18-20! Reserve your spot to see and hear Kevin Costner talk about Dances With Wolves, Native American culture, South Dakota Tourism, the arts and commerce. He will appear at several events throughout the festival. Students are encouraged to attend the “Discussion in the Round” with Kevin Saturday morning. The Battle for Whiteclay will screen at approx. 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 19.

Join Project Extra Mile for the March 11th coalition meeting, beginning at 10:00 a.m.  A number of Creighton Prep students have been working in recent months to bring increased attention and change to the travesty in Whiteclay, Nebraska.  Creighton Prep students Cameron Popp, Andrew Schropp and Ian Langin will share a short video they’ve produced and talk about their continued plans to make a difference in Whiteclay.  (See also: Students target Whiteclay liquor sales.) (more…)

Published November 6, 2008

LINCOLN, Neb. — In recognition of Native American History Month and the approaching 10-year anniversary of a monumental march on Whiteclay, three experts on the controversial town will share their stories and discuss solutions to the place dubbed by some as “Skid Row on the Prairie” at an upcoming Nebraska Wesleyan University panel discussion.

Mark Vasina, director of the documentary The Battle for Whiteclay; journalist Stew Magnuson, author of The Death of Raymond Yellow Thunder: And Other True Stories From the Nebraska-Pine Ridge Border Towns; and Indian activist Frank LaMere, who worked to stop illegal flow of alcohol on the Pine Ridge Reservation, will provide a panel discussion on Saturday, November 15 at Olin B Lecture Hall on the Nebraska Wesleyan campus.

The panel discussion will follow a screening of The Battle for Whiteclay, which begins at 11:30 a.m. The panel will begin at approximately 1:30 p.m.

Whiteclay has been thrust into the national spotlight for its role in supplying the nearby Pine Ridge Indian Reservation with alcohol. Four stores in Whiteclay sell nearly four million cans of beer each year to the reservation where alcohol sales and possession are illegal. Despite attempts to fix the area’s struggle with alcohol, the issues have yet to be resolved.

Olin B Lecture Hall is located inside the Olin Hall of Science, near 50th Street and St. Paul Ave. The screening and panel discussion are free and open to the public.

For more information, contact Crystal Edwards at 465.2305.