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Rosalyn LaPier is an award winning Indigenous writer, ethnobotanist and environmental historian. LaPier studies the intersection of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) learned from elders and the academic study of environmental and religious history. As an activist, her longtime passions include environmental justice on Indigenous lands and the revitalization of Indigenous languages. This year, as a National Steering Committee member, she was one of the organizers of the March for Science held on April 22, the largest day of science advocacy in history, with over one million participants in 600 cities worldwide. Her latest book, Invisible Reality: Storytellers, Storytakers and the Supernatural World of the Blackfeet, was published earlier this year. LaPier, who is an enrolled member of the Blackfeet Tribe of Montana and Métis, holds a bachelor’s degree in physics and a Ph.D. in environmental history.
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