Please join us! Monday, Nov. 18 4 p.m. Traditional Native Handgames (CMU 101) Members of the American Indian Student Association will provide instruction on rules and strategies as well as play games with participants. Handgames require observation, strategy, intuitive skills, team effort, and fun. Tuesday, Nov. 19 1 p.m. Dakota POW Letters (CMU 101)
Monday, Nov. 11 2 p.m. Revitalizing Native American Languages One at a Time (CMU 208) Presented by Jim Green, Pine Ridge Oglala When the Maoris of New Zealand revitalized their language, it wasn’t the elders and fluent speakers who led the way. It was people – like you – who learned to speak the language through the Silent Way and […]
Minnesota State University Moorhead’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion is a hosting an Indigenous Peoples’ Symposium on Nov. 8. The Truth and Reconciliation themed event features Dr. Erma Vizenor, White Earth Chairwoman, who will describe the importance of constitutional reform for White Earth and other tribal nations. Professor Tadd Johnson, director of American Indian Studies at University of Minnesota Duluth, […]
Thursday, Nov. 7 Noon Opening Pipe Ceremony (Library Front) Laidman (JR) Fox, Jr., spiritual advisor from Spirit Lake, ND, will conduct an opening pipe ceremony to welcome in American Indian Heritage Month on the MSUM campus. 2 p.m. White Earth Constitutional Reform (CMU 203)
November 2013 Wednesday, November 6 Building of Sweat Lodge and Q&A (Sustainability House) Laidman (JR) Fox will be available for questions/answer session during the building of a Sweat Lodge on the MSUM campus. Building of the sweat lodge will begin at 10:00 AM and continue throughout the afternoon. Thursday, November 7 12:00 Noon Opening Pipe Ceremony (Library Front)