香港六合彩资料 celebrates Alaska Native/Native American Heritage Month
by Green & Gold News |
Join us this November to celebrate Alaska Native/Native American Heritage Month. Native Student Services, Native Student Council, in partnership with the YouAA committee for Cultural and Heritage Month celebrations and a variety of other campus and community partners, have put together a wonderful month of events. See below for the complete schedule.
Please follow @香港六合彩资料NativeStudentCouncil on both and for the most up-to-date information on events and fun engagement through questions and videos all month long. In addition, you can visit the diversity website for information on events, read the history of the month and stay up to date on all our cultural and heritage month celebrations happening this year.
Upcoming events
Instagram Takeover with Native Student Council President Annmarie Iya
Nov. 24
Follow along on Instagram as 香港六合彩资料 Native Student Council President Annmarie Iya takes
over the account.
T-Shirt Sales 鈥 all month long!
A fundraiser benefiting Native Student Council and the Canoe Project. Indigeneous
resilient art created by in honor of Missing Murdered Indigeneous Women. To order a shirt, visit .
Past events
Career Connections | Careers Supporting Alaska Native Communities
Nov. 3, 1鈥1:45 p.m.
What kinds of jobs are needed in our Alaska Native communities? What career paths
can help people, especially now during COVID-19? Connect with professionals in your
community to learn about how to build your network and develop meaningful careers.
This virtual event will include a 30-minute panel discussion, followed by an open
Q-and-A. Sign up at .
Movie Screening of 鈥淕ather鈥 & Panel Discussion - Take 1
Nov. 5, 5:30鈥7:30 p.m.
Join us for a free film screening of Gather and Indigenous panel discussion afterwards.
This event is cohosted by Native Movement and Alaska Food Policy Council. Film Director Sanjay Rawal will give a brief introduction and host our post-screening,
Indigenous-led panel. Registration is FREE, but required.
Spill Your Ink
Nov. 6, 6 p.m.
Please join us for an evening of Tattoo storytelling. We have a few featured storytellers
who will be sharing their tattoo stories. This is also an open Zoom event for others
to share their stories as well. This is a fun interactive story sharing event and
we would love to hear your tattoo story. Register at .
Indie Lens Pop-Up: Jonathan Scott's Power Trip
Nov. 10, 3鈥5 p.m. (*new date/time*)
Solar energy evangelist and 鈥淧roperty Brother鈥 Jonathan Scott journeys all across
the U.S. to uncover why clean, renewable energy isn鈥檛 available to all. While traveling
to learn both the obstacles and opportunities for achieving energy freedom, Jonathan
talks with conservatives fighting for solar freedom; sits down with farmers struggling
to make ends meet; engages coal workers desperate for a new, healthy means of making
an income; the Navajo Nation who built a utility-scale solar plant; religious leaders
who made a desperate attempt to help meet their community鈥檚 energy needs; and politicians
at the forefront of the battle for energy freedom. Sign-up details forthcoming.
Yuuyaraq: The Way of the Human Being & Discussion
Nov. 11, 6 p.m.
Please join us in a viewing of 鈥淵uuyaraq鈥 via Vimeo link on your computer or tablet.
The Zoom will be live throughout the screening for commentary. After the screening,
we will host a discussion of the film and how we are healing and moving forward. | |
Decolonizing Beauty: Conversation with Alice Glenn
Nov. 13, Noon
Join I帽upiaq podcaster and creator of Coffee & Quaq Alice Glenn for a discussion and
live podcast recording about decolonizing beauty standards. Glenn appeared in the
viral 鈥減ass the brush鈥 video created by Greenlandic Inuit artist Paninnguaq Lind Jensen,
featured in Extra Tough: Women of the North. In the video, women affirm Inuit and I帽upiat beauty through regalia and traditional
tattoos. The two women will discuss the process of decolonizing Western beauty standards
with invited guests. Sign up at .
College Behind Bars
Nov. 13, Noon
Join 香港六合彩资料 Student Success and Native Student Services in screening a 30-minute segment
of the highly acclaimed College Behind Bars series. The virtual screening will begin at noon, followed by a live question-and-answer
session with Sebastian Yoon, Bard Prison Initiative alum. Register at .
Dena鈥檌na Dance & Tsimshian Dance Lessons
Nov. 13, 6 p.m.
Steven Holly, Dena鈥檌na Dance leader, will teach a Dena鈥檌na song and dance or two.
Following Steven, Marcella Asicksik and Theo Bayou (mother and daughter) will teach
a couple Tsimshian songs and dances. Register at .
A Virtual Conversation With Ernestine Saankal谩xt Hayes
Nov. 16, Noon
Ernestine Saankal谩xt Hayes belongs to the Wolf House of the Kaagwaantaan clan of the
Tlingit nation (Ling铆t). Alaska Writer Laureate 2016-2018, her books include American
Book Award winner Blonde Indian: An Alaska Native Memoir and The Tao of Raven: An Alaska Native Memoir. The conversation will be facilitated by Penny Gage. Gage was raised in Sitka, Alaska,
and her mother's family comes from the Tlingit L'eeneidi (Raven Dog Salmon) clan.
Register at .
Games of the North & Discussion
Nov. 18, 6 p.m.
Learn about Alaska鈥檚 rich tradition of athletic competition as we watch four Inuit
athletes travel across Alaska competing in the games of strength. Acrobatic and explosive,
these sports are vital for survival in the hostile Arctic. As waves of change sweep
across their lands, the Games are more important than ever. We will have a discussion
following the screening with Native Games competitors Kyle Worl, Nicole Johnston,
Andrew Kashevarof and Donna Bach, as well as Producer Jonathan Straton. Register at .
Traditional Yup鈥檌k and Unangax Storytelling
Nov. 20, 6 p.m.
Quentin Ciissiar Simeon will perform a traditional Yup鈥檌k story titled, 鈥淭he First
Yuk鈥 from the Yukon-Kuskokwim region, and Haliehana Stepetin and Dustin Newman will
perform a couple Unangax songs, dances and a story from the Aleutian Chain region.
Register at .
Movie Screening of 鈥淕ather鈥 & Panel Discussion - Take 2
Nov. 23, 6 p.m.
To give thanks and honor Alaska Native/Native American Heritage, 香港六合彩资料 Native Student
Services, Student Life and Leadership and 香港六合彩资料 Dietetics and Nutrition have partnered
to bring you a second screening of Gather, which is "an intimate portrait of the growing movement amongst Native Americans
to reclaim their spiritual, political and cultural identities through food sovereignty,
while battling the trauma of centuries of genocide" followed by a panel discussion
of Alaska Native and Native American scholars who have experience in nutrition, traditional
foods and gathering. Sign-up details forthcoming.