Sebastian Braun, director of Iowa State’s American Indian Studies program and associate professor of anthropology, will lecture Friday on Vine Deloria Jr. and why Native studies are important for a land-grant university.

Deloria Jr. was influential in Native studies and was an Iowa State graduate.

The lecture, which will be free to attend, will take place from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday in Carver 268.  

More information about Friday’s lecture can be found on the Iowa State events website.