Solstice Speaker Series: 150 Years of Treaty 4

The evening features former First Nations University of Canada President Eber Hampton, who will share his thoughts on the Past, Present and Future of Treaty. A Chickasaw from Talihina, Oklahoma, Hampton is the Vice-President One Earth Family, a non-profit for people to learn more and honour Treaty relationships to walk together in a Culture of Kinship.

The program will shift to a discussion about the Paskwa Pictograph that is cared for and displayed at the Royal Saskatchewan Museum. Roman Pasqua, a Councilor for Pasqua First Nation and The Keeper of the Paskwa Pictograph , will be talking about the significance and history of the Paskwa Pictograph.

Roman Pasqua will be joined by Royal Saskatchewan Museum Curator of Indigenous Cultural Heritage Bailey Monsebroten to discuss how the Royal Saskatchewan Museum has become stewards of this artifact as well as go into detail about the First Nation Gallery.

Tea and bannock will be served.

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Born into the Chickasaw Tribe of Oklahoma, Eber Hampton grew up in California and obtained his B.A. with Honours in Psychology from Westmont College in Santa Barbara. He went on to graduate school at the University of California, where he studied the Psychology of Human Learning. Later, he enrolled at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and was awarded his Ph.D. in 1988. Dr. Hampton has since served as director of Harvard’s American Indian Program. After working at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks and the College of Rural Alaska, in 1991, Dr. Hampton became president of First Nations University of Canada (formerly Saskatchewan Indian Federated College), and spearheaded the fundraising campaign to build the university’s main campus in Regina.

Dr. Hampton has participated on many Boards and Commissions including the Canadian Commission for UNESCO, the Advisory Board for the Institute for Aboriginal People’s Health, and is presently a Member of the Saskatchewan Honours Advisory Council, and Board Member of the Health Quality Council of Saskatchewan and of the Canadian Executive Service Organization (CESO). Dr. Hampton was named as a Regents Fellow of the University of California in 1964, a Bush Leadership Development Fellow, Bush Foundation in 1978. He received the Merit Award for Service from the University of Alaska, Fairbanks in 1990, and he became an honourary member of University of Regina Chapter, Golden Key International Honour Society in 2001. His writings include the essays “Towards a Redefinition of Indian Education” and “Alaska Recovery and Spirit Camps”.

The Solstice Speaker Series is an opportunity to learn more about the rich and diverse voices, experiences and our shared history as the Friends of the Royal Saskatchewan Museum helps celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day.

Built around the natural calendar, the four-part Indigenous speaker series provides an opportunity to reflect on the emotion and changes that happen each season. Topics are current, thought provoking, and designed to create active participation towards Truth and Reconciliation.