Upcoming Spring 2025 Events

For more information about upcoming events on this list, email AIIS GA Orville Cayaditto at cayaditt@msu.edu

Sunday, March 16 – AIIS Film Screening (Killers of the Flower Moon)

NAISO Room (Hubbard Hall Room G33)
@ 1PM – 5PM

Sunday, March 30 – AIIS Film Screening (Fancy Dance)

Multicultural Cetner (Multipurpose Room A)
@ 1PM – 4PM

Friday, April 4 – AIIS Voices on Campus

Presenter – Cameron Roman (AIIS Pre-Doctoral Fellow)

Saturday, April 5 – AIIS Symposium

Multicultural Center
@ 11am-4pm

Upcoming Community Events

Every Saturday – Craft Social

Location: Nokomis Center (5153 Marsh Rd, Okemos MI)
Time: 10am – 3:30pm
Bring your beading, your knitting, your regalia projects and hang out with fellow crafters. Not a crafter? Jut come hang out. We always have coffee and tea and often snacks to share. Everyone is welcome!

PAST EVENTS

Spring 2025

January 24
Indigenous Studies Working Group: “Strengths-Based Research to Support Native Health”
Lunch and conversation led by Dr. Rachel Wilbur

January 23
Lecture: “From Historical Trauma to Survivance: The Role of Agency in Combatting the Health Effects of Colonial Subjugation”
Lecture from Dr. Rachel Wilbur (descendant Tolowa and Chetco) from Washington State University’s Institute for Research and Education to Advance Community Health (IREACH).

2024 Native American Heritage Month

November 3 – Ghost Supper

Sponsored by Nokomis Center and Indigenous Youth Empowerment Program

November 6 – MSU Culinary Services celebrates with a Native Feast featuring traditional Indigenous foods

Sponsored by Office of Culture, Access and Belonging and the Office of Cultural & Academic Transitions

November 7 – Indigenous Hip Hop Talk with Frank Waln

Presenter: Frank Whaln (Sicangu Lakota)
Sponsored by Native American Institute and MSU Museum

November 8 – Cultivating Tradition with the 4 Sisters Garden

Presenter: Mikayla Thompson (Descendant of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma)
Sponsored by Office of Culture, Access, and Belonging

November 8 – Neshnabé Nengosêk Kenomagewen: Potawatomi Star Knowledge

Presenter: Dr. Blaire Morseau (Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians)
Sponsored by American Indian and Indigenous Studies, Religious Studies, Digital Humanities, and Abrams Planetarium

November 10 – Environmental Stewardship Workday – Invasive Buckthorn Removal

Sponsored by Allen Neighborhood Center and Indigenous Youth Empowerment Program

November 13 – Holly Bird Presentation on Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP)

Presenter: Holly Bird (Navajo)
Sponsored by Indigenous Law and Policy Center

November 15 – Making MSU More Responsive to Native, Students, Faculty, and Staff

Presenter: Dr. Kristin Arola (Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Lake Superior Band of Chippewa Indians decendant)
Sponsored by American Indian and Indigenous Studies

November 16 – Crafting with the Aunties

Location: Nokomis Cultural Heritage Center (5153 Marsh Rd, Okemos MI)

November 19 – Fireside Chat with Mary Smith: First Native American President of the American Bar Association (ABA)

Presenter: Mary Smith (Cherokee Nation)
Sponsored by Indigenous Law and Policy Center

November 19 – Beading with the Profs

With: Ellie Michell and Blaire Morseau
Sponsored by Indigenous Law and Policy Center

Supporting Programs for Native American Heritage Month 2024

Departments and Community Partners

Campus Allies and Other Departments

2023-2024

April 10, 2024 – Voices on Campus: Angie Sanchez.

April 12, 2024 – Reciprocal Research: A Guidebook for Centering Community in Partnership with Indigenous Nations.Led by Emily Proctor and Ellie Mitchell.

April 15, 2024 – The Crisis in Gaza: A Conversation with Mouin Rabbani

April 20, 2024 – Braiding Sweetgrass with Robin Wall Kimmerer