Tour the Haskell Medicine Wheel
with the folks who created it nearly 20 years ago!
Internationally known “crop artist” Stan Herd, retired Haskell art instructor Les Evans, and Dr. Dan Wildcat, author of the acclaimed Red Alert! will discuss the history behind Haskell’s unique Medicine Wheel and lead students and the public to the site.
WHAT: MEDICINE WHEEL TOUR
WHO: Haskell Wetlands Preservation Organization (WPO)
WHEN: 4:00 pm Thursday February 18th, 2010
WHERE: Stidham Student Union, then walk to Haskell Medicine Wheel (located at the southern end of the HINU campus)
WHY: To educate students and the community about this very special monument to more than five centuries of indigenous survival in the face of invasion, genocide and cultural extermination.
The tour will be followed by a dinner and book signing back at the Stidham student union. Book profits will aid WPO in their efforts to construct a “green” eco-walk from the medicine wheel across the wetlands on the north side of 31st Street. This project, undertaken jointly with KU EcoJustice students, will give Haskell dry access to the rest of their historic lands down to the Wakarusa River, while also enabling Baker Wetlands visitors to see Haskell’s Medicine Wheel and become better acquainted with the HINU campus.
For further information contact WPO President Millicent “Mille” Pepion at minipah@msn.com 480-258-2930 or
Mike Caron Executive Director, Save the Wakarusa Wetlands, Inc. at mcaron@sunflower.com 785-393-4543.
© Chris Taylor