Indigenous democracy

CANTON — Akwesasne Mohawk artist and author Alex Jacobs (Karoniaktahke) will discuss Indigenous democracy and Haudenosaunee leaders during a SUNY Canton Living Writers Series event at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10, in Payson Hall, Room 219. Jacobs will read from American Indigenous Democracy: A Call for Interdependence, a collection of 18 essays featuring Haudenosaunee elders, activists and scholars. The event is free and open to the public, with books available for purchase. Jacobs helped found the Akwesasne community newspaper Indian Time and has published two poetry collections.