A variety of NDSU events are scheduled for Native American Heritage Month. Sponsors include the NDSU Office of Multicultural Programs, NDSU Division of Student Affairs, NDSU INBRE, All Nations AMP of Salish Kootenai College and the Red River Valley Writing Project.
Events and activities include:
Opening Ceremony
Thursday, Nov. 3, 10 a.m.
Grandmother Earth’s Gifts of Life Garden
Rain Site: Hidatsa Room, Memorial Union
Alex DeCoteau, Turtle Mountain, will begin the event with Ojibwe knowledge and songs, followed by flute songs played by Chad Harmon, Three Affiliated Tribes. Earl Bull Head, Lakota, will close the event with Lakota knowledge and songs, accompanied by students from the Circle of Nations School of Wahpeton, North Dakota
Traditional Food and Food Sovereignty
Monday, Nov. 7, 10 a.m.
Prairie Rose room, Memorial Union
Speaker Bethny Moody will give a presentation about food sovereignty and how breastfeeding empowers women, infants and children
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
Monday, Nov. 7, 1 p.m.
Plains room, Memorial Union
Chairman Dave Archambault II will present information about the people, land, government and current affairs of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.
Diversity Tipi: A Model for Inclusivity
Tuesday, Nov. 15, 11 a.m.
Meadow Lark room, Memorial Union
Ronya Hoblit blends research with the value of the 12 Lakota values using the tipi as a traditional and cultural structure.
Tribal Sovereignty Panel
Wednesday, Nov. 16, 1 p.m.
Mandan room, Memorial Union
Speakers will address tribal governance structures and the importance of sovereignty from 1934 to present day.
Handgames: Demonstration of a Native Guessing Game
Thursday, Nov. 17, 1 p.m.
Room of Nations, Memorial Union
Cera Swiftwater will demonstrate the Native American guessing game referred to as “handgames” or “stickgames.”
Off-campus events:
Native hip-hop artist Mic Jordan
Friday, Oct. 28, 7 p.m.
Place to be determined.
Discussion of “The Round House”
Wednesday, Oct. 26, 6 p.m.
Plains Art Museum, downtown Fargo
NDSU Department of English graduate students will discuss the 2012 novel and its themes of family, justice and vengeance.
Inipi (Sweat lodge) Ceremony
Saturday, Nov. 5, 10 a.m.
Walcott, North Dakota
Email christy.goulet@ndsu.edu for more information.
Teaching the Works of Louise Erdrich: Culturally Relevant, Responsive and Sustaining Pedagogies
Monday, Nov. 7, 6 p.m.
Plains Art Museum, downtown Fargo
Kelly Sassi, director of the Red River Valley Writing Project, will incorporate artful writing in response to the exhibit “Arriving at Fresh Water,” reflection on pedagogical approaches to Native American literatures and an exchange of teaching ideas.
Refreshments provided. Free and open to the public; pre-registration required at plainsart.org.
No Baby: Questions of Sovereignty in “The Round House”
A panel discussion moderated by Alison Graham-Bertolini
Thursday, Dec. 1, 6 p.m.
Plains Art Museum, downtown Fargo
Specialists and activists will explore questions of sovereignty, legal jurisdiction and justice on Native American reservations.
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