BLUFFTON, Ohio – Erica Littlewolf, coordinator of the Indigenous Visioning Center for Mennonite Central Committee (Central States), will bring two programs to Bluffton University on Nov. 28.

Littlewolf will present “Doctrine of Discovery: A Living History” during Forum at 11 a.m. in Yoder Recital Hall. During the presentation, Littlewolf, who is Northern Cheyenne, will explain how the 15^th century Christian doctrine continues to shape United States policies toward Native Americans.

At 7 p.m. in Marbeck Center’s Kreider Room, Littlewolf and Karin Kaufman Wall, peace and justice education coordinator for Mennonite Central Committee (Central States), will present “The Loss of Turtle Island,” a participatory learning experience. This exercise depicts the historic relationship between European settlers – including Mennonites – and the Indigenous nations, the original inhabitants of the land we now call the United States of America.