November: MSUM Celebrates American Indian Heritage Month
Join us as we celebrate the rich histories, heritage, and contributions of our nation’s first people. All events are free and open to the public.
October 27
7:00 PM The Night Watchman Presentation Featuring Author Lousie Erdich (The Centrum, Concordia College). Streamed live at 1book1community.org. Presented by One Book, One Community.
November 1
12:00 PM Opening Pipe Ceremony (Library Porch)
Delvin Rogers, member of the Three Affiliated Tribes, will conduct a traditional pipe ceremony to welcome in November American Indian Heritage Month on the MSUM campus.
6:30 PM Social with Indigenous Inspired Refreshments (Langseth Atrium)
7:00 PM Film Screening: “Gather” (Langseth 104)
This feature documentary is an intimate portrait of the growing movement amongst Native Americans to reclaim their spiritual, political and cultural identities through food sovereignty, while battling the trauma of centuries of genocide.
Panel Discussion after the film featuring Mary Green of the Spirit Lake Food Distribution Program and James Uran, Jr. of the White Earth Tribal and Community College Extension Service.
November 1-15
All Day Tribal Nation Flag Display (CMU Sungarden & ODI)
This tribal nation flag display recognizes the heritage and cultures representative of MSUM’s American Indian students.
November 9
12:00 PM John Walters: Honoring His Native American Heritage and Service to His Country (CMU 203)
John Walters is a Native American Veteran who served during the Vietnam War. John will be talking about his connection to the military and his Native American heritage.
3:00 PM Powwow Dance Class (Ballroom 200A)
Would you like to learn to dance at the spring Woodlands and High Plains Powwow? Alexa will give an overview of powwow etiquette, review different dance styles, and demonstrate basic dance steps.
Alexa Girard, “unci makan akan waci win,” (she dances on Mother Earth in Dakota), is an enrolled member of the northwest angle Ojibwe reservation in Ontario and Sioux Valley Dakota and Delaware from the Delaware tribe of Oklahoma.
November 13-19
Rock Your Mocs!
Rock Your Mocs is a worldwide American Indian & Indigenous Peoples social media event. Wear your moccasins, take a photo, video or story, add the hashtags #ROCKYOURMOCS and #RockYourMocs2022 and upload to social media. www.rockyourmocs.org.
November 15
3:00-5:00 Daisy Chain Beading with Glory (CMU 105)
Learn the daisy chain technique to bead earrings, bracelets, necklaces, and charms. The daisy chain is one of the many styles of American Indian beading techniques.
Glory Ames is from the White Earth Nation and a graduate student in the Educational Leadership Program.
ALL EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Sponsored by the American Indian Student Association, George Soule American Indian Center, Office of Diversity & Inclusion, Office of Student Activities, Livingston Lord Library, Veterans Resource Center, and One Book, One Community.
For more information or questions, contact the Office of Diversity & Inclusion at (218) 477-2652 or diversity@mnstate.edu.