Cultural issues are very much a part of personal identity and far broader issues regarding power.
Sponsored by the Colorado Excellence Grant the Anthropology Department's goal to better educate the community about issues of cultural identity. It also will be used by the General Education program to address one of the topic areas about culture and identity. It also will include a presentation by FLC Anthropology faculty about a proposed new minor and certification program in Heritage Preservation and lectures with two noted anthropologists. All presentations are free and open to the public, thanks to co-sponsorship of the series by the FLC General Education Program, the Women's Studies Program, the FLC Environmental Center and the Office of Academic Affairs. A 1997 film that won the 1998 Margaret Mead Film Festival, the documentary follows Ephraim Bani, a Torres Strait Islander and an expert on his people's myths and legends, as he sets out on a voyage to the great museums of Europe where his cultural heritage now lies.