Tohono O'odham History and Culture

Wednesday, December 2, 6:00 pm MSTThe current time in the MST timezone is 8:10 am
Duration: 30 minutes

Jacelle Ramon-Sauberan, a Tohono O'odham tribal member from San Xavier District and a PhD candidate at University Arizona in American Indian Studies, will be sharing her knowledge on Tohono O'odham history and culture. Saguaro National Park and the Desert Museum both reside on ancestral land from which her people have been harvesting Saguaro Fruit from time immemorial. Join us as Jacelle shares stories, pictures, lifeways and oral history passed down from her elders.

Jacelle Ramon-Sauberan is currently a Doctoral Candidate in American Indian Studies with a minor in Journalism. She is also a mentor for the Tohono O'odham Student Association at the University of Arizona and the advisor for the Native American Journalists Association-UA Chapter. Jacelle is also a Graduate Research Assistant in the UA's School of Journalism. Lastly, Jacelle is an Adjunct Instructor at Tohono O'odham Community College teaching Tohono O'odham History and Culture and an information specialist for AURA/NSF's NOIRLab.

In May 2016, Jacelle earned her MA in American Indian Studies and wrote a biographical life history on the late Southwest anthropologist Dr. Bernard "Bunny" Fontana for her thesis. For her dissertation, Jacelle plans to work with the San Xavier Allottees Association Inc. researching and writing about the history as well as water and land issues.

Jacelle is a two-time graduate of the American Indian Journalism Institute, Chips Quinn Scholars Program for Diversity in Journalism and the New York Times Student Journalism Institute. She has written for news publications in Arizona, New Mexico, Washington State, South Dakota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Florida and New York. She was a freelance journalist for Indian Country Today Media Network from 2009-2017.

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