UNCA to Host Talk on American Indian Aging Issues

UNC Asheville will host a talk by David Baldridge, former executive director of the National Indian Council on Aging, at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 27, at UNCA's Reuter Center. A reception will follow. His talk, "Gambling with Our Future," will explore the impact of Indian gaming on the health care of the aging American Indian population. The event is free and open to the public.

For more than 10 years, Baldridge served as executive director of the National Indian Council on Aging, the foremost national nonprofit advocacy group for older Indians and Alaska Natives. In 2003, he received the American Society on Aging's Leadership Award. A graduate of the University of New Mexico, Baldridge was formerly an instructor at the Roswell Employment Training Center, a school for adult Indians from throughout the United States. He is a member of the Cherokee Nation.

The talk is sponsored by UNCA's Humanities Student Association and the N.C. Center for Creative Retirement.

For more information, call Wayne Ewing, UNCA humanities lecturer, at 828/232-5038.

Media Contacts:

• Dr. Wayne Ewing, UNCA Humanities Lecturer, 828/232-5038
• Jill Yarnall, UNCA Public Information Assistant Director, 828/251-6526