March 20 the Symposium Against Global Indifference welcomed Tom Hall and his research on the history on survival of Native Americans and of indigenous people.

Hall intrigued the audience with his revolutionary research. Hall started the symposium with telling the audience how he got interested on the subject; his love of his research began when he had worked at a Navajo community college. Hall then proceeded to explain that indigenous people are Native Americans and, contrary to popular belief, indigenous people are not disappearing.

There are over 350 million indigenous people today, in 50,000 different groups, and they are always changing and adapting. Hall had a unique perspective regarding how indigenous people have evolved over the years.

Hall also talked about how race and violence has played a significant part of indigenous people’s history. There has been genocide, ethnocide and “culturcide.” These tragedies have plagued the indigenous people for generations. But through such hardships, the indigenous people have continued to survive and thrive in a world that is forever changing and advancing.

Hall’s presentation was enlightening and kept the attention of everyone in the auditorium.

“It was a nice perspective to have. He made me more curious on how indigenous people are going to survive,” Professor John Straton, an attendee, said.

Hall’s research has certainly made the audience more curious about the world around them and eager to learn more.