FILM/DISCUSSION: “Gather”
Date: Thursday, November 6, 2024
Time: 12:00 p.m. (Noon)
Location: Fort Omaha Campus, Building 10, Room 110
“Gather” follows the stories of Native people on the frontlines of a growing movement to reconnect with spiritual and cultural identities that were devastated by genocide.
An indigenous chef embarks on a ambitious project to reclaim ancient food ways on the Apache reservation; in South Dakota a gifted Lakota high school student, raised on a buffalo ranch, is proving her tribes’ wisdom through her passion for science; and a group of young men of the Yurok tribe in Northern California are struggling to keep their culture alive and rehabilitate the habitat of their sacred salmon.
All these stories combine to show how the reclaiming and recovery of ancient food ways is a way forward for Native Americans to bring back health and vitality to their people.
Join us for the film and discussion!
HYBRID LECTURE: “Water: Lakota Spirituality and Science,”
by Jerome Kills Small, Instructor of Language, Philosophy and Native American Thought – University of South Dakota
Date: Thursday, November 7, 2024
Time: 12:00 p.m. (Noon)
Location: Elkhorn Valley Campus, Room 114
Zoom Link: Zoom Hybrid Lecture: Water: Lakota Spirituality and Science
Living with his grandparents, Jerome Kills Small gained personal experience being around Lakota sacred sites in southwestern South Dakota and place names for water in western Nebraska and brings this experience to a discussion of the source and spiritual aspects of water and how what the spirit says and what science says complement each other.
Beadworking Class
Led by: Valery Killscrow Copeland, Oglala Lakota
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Join artist Valery Killscrow Copeland, Oglala Lakota, as she demonstrates traditional bead working technique and teaches you how to use these techniques to create a small craft. You will come away with a handcrafted ornament.
Free and open to the public, but reservation is required. Please RSVP at scpolensky@leela-thaimassage.com or 531-622-2253.
Date: Thursday, November 21, 2024
Time: 5:30-8:30 p.m.
Location: Fort Omaha Campus, Building 9, Room 114
LECTURE: “History of American Indian Boarding Schools,”
By Eric Anderson, Citizen Band Potawatomi, Professor of History at Haskell Indian Nations University
Date: Monday, November 18, 2024
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Location: Fort Omaha Campus, Building 10, Room 110
Renewed calls for investigations into the abuses to American Indian children have brought new scrutiny to the boarding school system. This talk will examine the thinking behind the creation of federal schools for youth including Haskell Indian Nations University, originally known as the United States Indian Industrial Training School, and how this system affected Native communities in the short and long term. The American Indian story is one of cultural survival, but what are the next steps for reckoning with this difficult and painful part of our national history?
Native American Craft Fair
Date: Saturday, November 23, 2024
Time: 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Location: South Omaha Campus, Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CAM), Room 120
Join us to start off your holiday shopping! Vendors will be selling their handmade crafts throughout the day.
Contact interculturaled@leela-thaimassage.com or 531-622-2253 for more information.
Additional International/Intercultural Education virtual programming can be found on YouTube.
ACCOMMODATIONS: Audience members requiring accommodations due to a disability must contact International/Intercultural Education, interculturaled@leela-thaimassage.com, 531-622-2253 at least two weeks prior to the program.
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