Ute Mountain Tribe member and recognized policymaker Ernest House Jr. will offer perspectives on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, in a virtual presentation scheduled for 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 17.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Jan.17, is a time to honor the achievements of King and his nonviolent resistance to racial inequality. To commemorate the day, Colorado Mountain College (CMC) will host a community conversation to enhance understandings of indigenous tribal histories predating the formation of CMC. The virtual event, “Beyond Acknowledgements: Understanding CMC’s Land Heritage and Seeding the Future,” is free and open to the public.
Keynote speaker House is a senior policy director of the Keystone Policy Center and former executive director for of the Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs. House will be joined during the key presentation and discussion by facilitator Patrick Staib, CMC Steamboat Springs social science professor. Additional CMC presenters, including President Dr. Carrie Besnette Hauser, will participate as well.
Ernest House Jr., Ute Mountain Tribe member and a director at the Keystone Policy Center, will be featured at a virtual event presented by Colorado Mountain College on Jan. 17 to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Photo courtesy of Keystone Policy Center
House is a confirmed member of the Ute Mountain Tribe in Towaoc, Colorado, and the son of the late Ernest House Sr., a longtime tribal leader of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe. He is the great-grandson of the last hereditary chief of the tribe, Chief Jack House.
Throughout his career, House has worked to maintain government-to-government relationships between the state of Colorado and tribal governments and organizations. Currently, at the Keystone Policy Center, House is working with various stakeholders in the areas of tribal consultation, energy, healthcare, and education.
This virtual presentation is available here: Zoom: https://colomtn.me/MLK2022. In addition to the live Zoom presentation, the event will also be recorded.
Attendees will be welcomed by CMC President Carrie Besnette Hauser, who will acknowledge historical perspectives on indigenous homelands and the future of land management education at CMC.
CMC General Counsel and Senior Inclusivity Officer Richard Gonzales will present the overview of MLK Week, and the CMC Chief Operating Officer and Chief of Staff Matt Gianneschi will introduce House and Patrick Staib .
Contact Heather Weems at hweems@coloradomtn.edu, 970-947-8365 for questions regarding accessing Zoom, and visit https://coloradomtn.edu for information about the college.
Pre-event videos
“The Utes: Colorado’s Forgotten People”
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“Land Acknowledgements Are not Enough”
colomtn.me/3zCotBT
“We Need to Reframe: Why We Do Land Acknowledgements”
colomtn.me/3qUvlqw
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