Her appearance is part of SCC’s Native American Month observance.

The program is free.

Brown Hawk is a graduate of Spokane Falls Community College’s chemical dependency studies program and has a bachelor’s degree in social services from Whitworth University. She also has a master’s degree in psychology from the University of Phoenix.

At Highland Sanctuary Retreat, Brown Hawk facilitates sweat and smudge ceremonies and teaches Native American culture and sensitivity to non-indigenous people.

For details, call SCC multicultural counselor Ruth Silverthorne, 533-7032.

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Jack Nisbet, author of “The Collector: David Douglas and the Natural History of the Northwest,” uses 19th century art and map work to illustrate the tribal trails used by early fur traders during the free lecture, “In the Wake of the Flood,” 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 16, in the SCC Lair-Student Center auditorium, Bldg. 6, 1810 N. Greene St.

Sponsored by the Ice Age Flood Institute, Cheney-Spokane chapter, Nisbet’s presentation is open to the public.
The first fur traders in the Northwest used trails that naturally followed landforms created by the Ice Age Floods. Nisbet uses art, illustrations and comments by explorer David Thompson (1807-12) and artists Henry James Warre (1845-45), Paul Kane (1846-47) and Gustavus Sohon (1853-58) to highlight landscape clues to past geologic events.
Jack Nisbet is a Spokane teacher and naturalist whose works include “Purple Flat Top;” “Singing Grass, Burning Sage;” and “Visible Bones.” The Pacific Northwest Booksellers named “The Collector” as one of its 2010 Books of the Year.
For details, contact SCC geology instructor Andy Buddington, 533-8017.

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From our sustainability desk comes this event announcement from Spokane Community College:

The Hagan Foundation Center for the Humanities is hosting a special event on Wednesday that is FREE and open to the public:

Oct. 22 – Wednesday
two sessions: 9:30-10:20 a.m. & 10:30-11:20 a.m.
The Hagan Foundation Center for the Humanities
2nd floor, Library (LRC building), Spokane Community College

Sustainability & Public Policy: Can Government Make You Go Green?
a panel discussion featuring:
· Mary Verner, Spokane Mayor
· Paul Tesch, SCC Political Science Instructor
· Kat Hall, Environmental Health Program Director for The Lands Council

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