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.