Monday, November 2nd
Room 310 A/B, Student Center
6:00pm
Please join the Native American Student Organization, The Center for Multicultural Affairs and Diversity and Community Involvement as we usher in this time of harvest and celebration during our annual Native American Fall Feast, which will be held on Monday, November 2nd at 6:00pm in room 310 A/B of the Student Center. Blue Lake will be the featured drumming circle. There will be FREE food sponsored by Student Government. Canned goods will be collected during the event to be donated to local food banks in the area. For more information, contact the CMA at (734) 487-2377 or by email at cma.dci@emich.edu.
Facilitated by Professor Lori Burlingame
Wednesday, November 3rd
Room 300, Student Center
***LBC CREDIT AVAILABLE***
Originally aired on thePBS series P.O.V., this award-winning and critically acclaimed documentary examines the racism, paternalism, and stereotyping -- inadvertent or not -- in making sports mascots out of Native Americans. Director Jay Rosenstein profiles Native American Charlene Teters and her fight to remove such mascots. Rosenstein tackles the issue of where free speech ends, featuring corporate sports flacks figuratively wrapping themselves in the American flag in defense of their mascots, and insisting that such mascots honor Native Americans. The antics of mascots on the sidelines and caricatured logos argue otherwise. Hailed as "powerful" by the Chicago Tribune. The documentary won a CINE Golden Eagle. ~ Steve Blackburn, All Movie Guide
Tuesday, November 10th
KIVA Room, Student Center
7:00pm
***LBC CREDIT AVAILABLE***
Pun begins his story as an adopted "no-brand kid." He grows up to find himself deeply involved in the anti-war '60's counterculture, which lands him a spot on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list. Later--after shamefully exploring the depths of despair and alcholosim--through a chance meeting with a larger-than-life American Indian, Pun becomes a respected Odawa tribal elder. His story will show how easy it is to become lost in this spiritless culture --and how difficult it is to find your way back
Wednesday, November 11th
Room 352, Student Center
6:30pm
***LBC CREDIT AVAILABLE***
David Penney is the Chief curator and curator of Native American Art at the Detroit Institute of Arts in Detroit, Michigan.
Tuesday, November 17th
Room 300, Student Center
6:00pm
***LBC CREDIT AVAILABLE***
Join the Native American Student Association, The Center for Multicultural Affairs and Diversity and Community Involvement for an interative panel of members from various Native tribes as they discuss issues pertaining to education, health and a variety of other topics. For more information, contact Jasmine Culp, President of NASO at Jculp1@emich.edu or the CMA at
LBC is available for students who complete 6 of the 12 courses!!!!
Howard Kimewon, certificate Nishnaabemwin (Ojibwe) Immersion Instruction and professor from the University of Michigan, will be conducting a 12-week beginners Ojibwe language class. Classes start on Monday, September 14th and will be held on every Monday until November 30th. Classes are held in room 304 of the Student Center
