PMA Associate Professor Jeffrey Palmer will be giving a talk titled Earth Keepers: The Land Ethics in Kiowa Storytelling at the New York Society for Ethical Culture in NYC on Sunday October 13, from 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM. The talk will also be live streamed on the Society website. Following the talk, the society will be screening his film N. Scott Momaday: Words from a Bear.
As our society deals with the existential threat of climate change, it is important to look to the “Earth Keepers”, the Indigenous peoples around the world. The Earth Keepers are not in search of the fastest way to Mars, but rather carry with them generations of stories that could hold the key to a land ethic we desperately seek in the protection of our planet.
Sunday Platform is the New York Society for Ethical Culture's most important and long-standing community event. These gatherings educate, stimulate personal growth, inspire reflection and action, and strengthen our community. Sunday meetings begin with music, followed by greetings and a talk given by a Society Leader, member, or guest. Platforms cover a variety of topics that reflect current events, pressing social issues, and Humanist philosophy. Each Sunday meeting is followed by a luncheon and social hour.
Jeffrey Palmer, a member of the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma, is an award-winning filmmaker and media artist. He describes his work as a multimedia exploration of Indigenous people’s lives in twenty-first century America. He recently completed his first feature film, N. Scott Momaday: Words from a Bear, examining the life and mind of the first Native American writer to win the Pulitzer Prize for literature. The film premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and aired nationally on the PBS series, American Masters. In 2020, the film was nominated for an Emmy in support of American Masters’ 33rd season, for Outstanding Documentary or Non-Fiction Series. The film also won the 2019 Ted Turner Award for the film that most encourages environmental stewardship. He is currently working on his second feature film Ghosts and completing a project for the Barack Obama Foundation and the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, Illinois.
