Hesston College will offer an opportunity to learn about the history of Native American tribes from the surrounding area and across the country through a simulation exercise called “The Loss of Turtle Island” at 7 p.m., Monday, Nov. 10 in the Hesston Mennonite Church Community Center on the Hesston College campus.

Erica Littlewolf, coordinator of Mennonite Central Committee’s Central States Indigenous Vision Center, will lead the exercise. The event is free and open to the public.

The exercise interactively explores the historic relationship between Europeans – specifically Mennonites in the Central States region – and the indigenous nations who inhabit what is now the United States of America.

“The Loss of Turtle Island exercise is designed to educate people about their connection with the history of Native Americans,” said Littlewolf.

Since its formation two years ago, the Indigenous Vision Center has been focusing on building relationships with and among indigenous people for the purpose of addressing systematic injustices.

Littlewolf is from the Northern Cheyenne tribe of southeastern Montana and lives in Albuquerque, N.M. She has bachelor’s degrees in psychology and American Indian studies and applies her schooling to social justice issues and how they affect indigenous people. Littlewolf is a member of White River Cheyenne Mennonite Church (Busby, Mont.). She serves on Mennonite Church USA’s Women in Leadership Steering Committee, Peace and Justice Support Network and Roots of Justice Accountability Circle.