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)

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

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

• American Indian and Indigenous Studies
• Indigenous Law and Policy Center
• Indigenous Youth Empowerment Program
• Native American Institute
• Nokomis Cultural Heritage Center
• North American Indigenous Student Organization
• Office of Culture and Academic Transitions
• Office of Culture, Access, and Belonging

Campus Allies and Other Departments

• Allen Neighborhood Center
• Department of Religious Studies
• Digital Humanities
• MSU Culinary Services
• MSU Museum

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