Upcoming Spring 2025 Events
For more information about upcoming events on this list, email AIIS GA Orville Cayaditto at cayaditt@msu.edu
Saturday, Feb 22 – NAISO Powwow of Love
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- Location: IM East starting at 10am
Wednesday, Feb 26 – Ignite Talks (Indigenizing Museums and increasing community engagement in museums)
- Presenter – Nevaeh Ramon (MA student, Arts, Cultural Management, & Museum Studies)
- Location: (311 Abbott Road, 6th Floor) from 7pm – 8:30pm
Friday, February 28 – ISWG: AIIS Grad Certificate Spotlight
- Join us as we highlight the AIIS Graduate Certificate, featuring current students who will share their experience within the coursework and the program.
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We hope you join us virtually on Zoom:
Friday, April 4 – AIIS Voices on Campus
- Presenter – Cameron Roman (AIIS Pre-Doctoral Fellow)
Saturday, April 5 – AIIS Symposium
- Location: Multicultural Center from 11am-4pm
Upcoming Community Events
Every Wednesday – Anishinaabemowin Language Classes
- Location: Nokomis Center (5153 Marsh Rd, Okemos MI)
- Time: 6pm – 7:15pm
- With Dr. Alphonse Pitawanakwat
- 8-week session beginning January 8, 2025
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!
Saturday, Feb 15 – Community Event – Sweetgrass Women Singers (Wiingashk Negamajig Kwewok) Women’s Drum Circle
- Location: Nokomis Center (5153 Marsh Rd, Okemos MI) from 9am-10am
- Welcoming first-time drummers to seasoned drummers – all are welcom!
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
- 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
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
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