Winona LaDuke, the 1996 Green Party vice presidential candidate, will be speaking at Iowa State this Tuesday.

LaDuke, a Minnesota native, is a member of the Mississippi Band of the Chippewa of the White Earth Reservation.

After receiving her degree from Harvard University, she has devoted herself to social and environmental advocacy. She speaks throughout the world on the environment, sustainability, women and feminism, Native Americans, and the history of the Americas.

In 1994, Time magazine named her one of the country’s most promising leaders under the age of 40.

LaDuke is the campaign director of the White Earth Land Recovery Project, co-chair of the Indigenous Women’s Network, a Green Peace USA board member, and the program director of the Seventh Generation Fund’s Environmental Program.

LaDuke was recently in the national political spotlight after being chosen by one of America’s most well-known consumer advocates, Ralph Nader, to be his running mate on the Green Party ticket.

The Green Party platform focused on social justice, respect for diversity, sustainability, ecology and grassroots democracy. The Nader/LaDuke ticket came in fourth in the presidential race after running a campaign free of contributions.

LaDuke will give a lecture titled “A Native Perspective” on Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the Sun Room of the Memorial Union.

The event is one of several Civil Discourse in a Democracy presentations sponsored by the Institute on National Affairs.