Native View of Thanksgiving

A different view of Thanksgiving - OrlandoSentinel.com: Lake County News:
"To celebrate Native American Heritage History Month, Lake-Sumter Community College will present a free program from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. today, taking a look at a popular holiday. Guest lecturer Rod 'White Eagle' Wilson will discuss historical facts about Thanksgiving from a Native American perspective.

The program will be at the Leesburg campus Fine Arts Center Auditorium. LSCC's Equity and Diversity Committee and Student Activities sponsor the event. Wilson, a member of the Wolf Clan of the Cherokee Nation, was born in California and attended the University of Hawaii where he studied philosophy and theater arts. Ordained by the Episcopal Church, he served as a minister to the street people of Honolulu. Wilson and his wife, Alexis, have served for 29 years with Youth With a Mission, an international missions organization. Both have pioneered projects in Kenya that involved setting up schools, an outpatient clinic, a livestock and agricultural program, and the development of East African Relief Services. He has served as dean of the College of Performing Arts at the University for the Nations in Kona, Hawaii, and has taught and traveled to more than 70 nations in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Scandinavia, Asia and the islands of the Pacific. Now residents of Spearfish, S.D., the Wilsons say their vision is to see Native Americans raised to freely express themselves."

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