Have you ever thought about how games can be a tool to learn about culture, history and tradition? In December's Cultural Conversations, Washington State native and UW professor Dr. Jeanette Bushnell will share, as educator and citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians in North Dakota, why and how she and her partners developed an educational game, Potlatch: a Game about Economics. Sharing her insights, Jeanette will provide an overview of Potlatch, and what we can learn about local native people, history, language, and cultural values.

Dr. Jeanette Bushnell is a mostly-retired professor at the University of Washington, Seattle. Born and raised in Olympia, she is Anishinaabe and Irish. Her academic interests include indigenous philosophies and pedagogies, social equity, systemic oppressions, feminisms, gaming, and storytelling. She also started The N.D.N. Players Research Group that critiques, writes about, discusses, and develops games as they relate to indigenous peoples.

For complete information and a map to parking, visit this page: http://www.belpresjustice.org/events/17-community-events/28-potlatch-game-economics