Robert Soto and Eagle Feathers
- Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
- When: March 13, 2020, 19:00 – 21:00
On the human and religious rights of America’s original inhabitants
Robert Soto is a chief and pastor of the Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas. Among political representatives of contemporary Native American groups and tribes he has a reputation for the determination with which he fights for the rights of, and recognition for, his people and for the tenacity with which he enters legal disputes with, among others, US political representatives.
He will speak in particular about victorious cases involving religious rights, specifically possession of eagles by an “unregistered Indian” (however absurd this sounds from our Central European perspective), which has become a closely observed precedent case for the Native American community.
Robert Soto is, however, also a traditionalist in the Native American sense of the word, speaking the language of his ancestors and playing the flute and drums. This meeting with him will also serve as a testimony to the original culture that has survived.
The evening will be hosted by Petr Majer and Karolina Majerová, who are experts on Native American culture and friends of Soto.
Interpretation into Czech provided.