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CHAPEL HILL -- Dr. Jean Black, a research professor of anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will speak on "Contemporary Native People of North Carolina and Eastern North America" at 11 a.m. Feb. 22 in Hertford.

Black will give the free public talk in the Perquimans County Library, 110 W. Academy St. For information, call (252) 426-5319.

Black specializes in North American Indian studies, focusing on cultural ecology, cultural and political roles of women, kinship and other topics. She has conducted field research with the Algonquin Indians of western Quebec every summer since 1964.

At UNC, she has taught general anthropology and courses on North American Indians, culture change, kinship and social organization and folk cultures. She also has been a visiting professor at N.C. State University.

The talk was arranged by Carolina Speakers at UNC, a statewide outreach program. Since 1993, the program has brought more than 90 faculty members to business, civic and community groups. The

speakers share their expertise on more than 150 topics, including 46 on North Carolina and the South.

For more information or to schedule a Carolina Speaker, contact Sandy Roberts at (919) 962-1993 or sandy_roberts@unc.edu, or visit the Carolina Speakers web site at www.unc.edu/depts/uncspeak.

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Contact: Sandy Roberts, (919) 962-1993