A talk about water resources and three Diversity Cinema screenings are planned in April as part of the Laboratory’s American Indian Heritage Month celebration.
The Lab’s American Indian Diversity Working Group, the Diversity (DVO) Office, the Tribal Relations team in the Government Relations (CRO) Office and the Diversity Affirmative Action Board cosponsor American Indian Heritage Month at the Laboratory. The theme for this year’s observance is “Water Flowing through all our Lives.”
The talk on April 12 is by former Laboratory employee and now Taos Pueblo Tribal Council member Gilbert Suazo. His talk will give a tribal perspective on prehistoric and historic uses and efforts to preserve and protect aboriginal rights. Suazo is a co-spokesman for the Taos Pueblo water task force and a member of the State Drought Monitoring Working Group. The talk is at 11:30 a.m., in the Materials Science Laboratory Auditorium at Technical Area 3 and is open to the work force.
DVO’s Diversity Cinema series continues with a screening of “Part 1 - Surviving Columbus: The Story of the Pueblo People,” at 11:30 a.m., April 11 in the Physics Building Auditorium at TA-3. This Peabody Award-winning documentary, co-produced by KNME-TV and the Institute of American Indian Arts for PBS, explores the 450-year history of the pueblo peoples' contact with Europeans in the American
Southwest.
Part II of the documentary will be shown at 11:30 a.m., April 20, also in the Physics Building Auditorium.
The last Diversity Cinema screening is at 11:30 a.m., April 25 with a screening of Agua Es Vida: Groundwater and Sustainability, Vol. 1. This video examines groundwater hydrology and sustainability, using the Espanola Basin in Northern New Mexico to illustrate water resource issues typical of arid and semi-arid regions of the world. It explains the scientific principles of hydrology that are applicable to the determination of water availability and the management of groundwater resources.
The video was funded by the Environmental Stewardship (ENV) Division.
Free popcorn and soda are provided at Diversity Cinema screenings by DVO.
Diversity Cinema provides an occasional lunchtime opportunity to learn about heroes and historical figures from all cultures and backgrounds, as well as other diversity-related topics. This diversity education and awareness effort supports the Laboratory's Strategic Goal H, Agile Work force.
For more information about Native American Heritage Month activities at the Lab go to http://www.lanl.gov/orgs/dvo/ online.
