VOYAGER LECTURE SERIES
The Southern Paiute Story
With Autumn Gillard
Tuesday, January 28, 7:30pm
Social Hour begins at 6:30pm
The Lorraine Boccardo Theater
The Southern Paiutes (Nung’wu) have traditionally lived here, in this region, since time immemorial. According to the tribe’s traditional creation stories, the Nung’wu were chosen to live in the most beautiful place at the center of the world to take care of Mother Earth (Too’veep).
The Southern Paiutes were the original stewards and possessors of what is now known as Southern Utah, Northern Nevada, Southwestern California, and Northern Arizona. The Nung’wu Ancestors were a peaceful community, culturally well adapted, and knowledgeable and resourceful. They worked with the earth, farmed on natural floodplains, and moved according to seasons, harvest times, and animal migrations.
This year’s Voyager Lecture Series follows “The History of This Land,” from the deep time studied in geology, through modern concerns related to our changing environment.
Autumn Gillard (she/her), (maternal descendant from the Cedar Band of Paiutes of the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah), is an expert in Southern Paiute astronomy, ethnobotany and culture, She was raised by her grandmother and mother in a traditional home. Autumn graduated from Southern Utah University magna cume Laude with a Bachelor of Science majoring in Anthropology minoring in Psychology. She has a master’s degree from New Mexico Highlands University in Cultural Resource Management. She currently resides on the Kaibab Paiute Reservation.
Voyage Lecture Series is sponsored by Voyager Wealth Advisors
Voyage Lecture Series is sponsored by Cache Valley Bank