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Indigenous Peoples' Day Event

Oct 2022
10

12:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Join us for a day of rememberance and celebration of indigenous peoples.

Sponsors: Office of Faculty Development, Office of Intercultural Relations, Mojekwu Fund for Intercultural Understanding, African American Studies Department, Latin American and Latinx Studies Program, Sociology and Anthropology Department, Art/Art History Department, English Department, History Department, Environmental Studies, and Modern Languages and Literatures

Schedule 

12pm: Kick Off Event (Calvin Durand Hall, located in the Mohr Student Center) 

Welcome by Dr. Graff and Dr. Joseph 

Land acknowledgement by Dr. John N. Low, Pokagon Band of Potawatomi

Talk and performance by Starla Thompson, Forest Band of Potawatomi 

4pm: Indigeneity Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow (Calvin Durand Hall, located in the Mohr Student Center) 

Native American and Indigenous Student Panel 

Daniel Lockhart, poet 

Noelle Garcia, artist and educator 

6pm: Reception with refreshments (Calvin Durand Hall, located in the Mohr Student Center) 

DJ Charly García, Vinyl DJ 

On Campus Accessibility Accommodations:

Contact Kirsten Schramm at 847-735-5167 or kschramm@lakeforest.edu at least 72 hours in advance.