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National American Indian Heritage Month, 2005
The American Indian experience is central to the American story, and my Administration is committed to helping Native American cultures across the United States continue to flourish. During November, we remember the legacy of the first Americans and celebrate their vibrant and living traditions.

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EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT U-M celebrates its 15th Native American Heritage month

DATE: Through Nov. 29, 2005.

EVENT: The University and its Native American community will focus their resources and energies in November during Native American Heritage Month (NAHM)—a celebration during which both Native and non-Native people can rediscover and revitalize indigenous culture.

Tobias Vanderhoop, a tribal council member for the Wampanoag tribe, will speak on the Wampanoag perspective of the Thanksgiving holiday. "His words, his and his people's perspectives, help deepen our understanding of history by bringing other critical voices to the table," says Patricia Aqui Pacania, director of Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs (MESA).

Black Indian Celebration Week is an addition to the 2005 NAHM schedule, and includes a film series Nov. 10; a faculty presentation by Tiya Miles from the Center for African American Studies/Native American Studies Nov. 16; and culminates with a concert by singer/songwriter Martha Redbone. Redbone's self-produced CD, "Home of the Brave," snagged the 2002 Native American Music Awards Debut of the Year.

"We're excited about these new events because it can broaden all of our understandings of Native identity," Pacania says. "Black Indian Celebration Week illuminates the intersection of communities of which many are unaware. We hope to dispel myths that continue to exist between these two communities."

Pacania notes that U-M student Alyx Cadotte, a senior in American culture, LSA, was instrumental in developing Black Indian Celebration Week.

SPONSORS: NAHM events are sponsored by NASA, MESA, Native American Studies, Students of Color of Rackham (SCOR) Native Caucus, SCOR Black Caucus, Fighting Obstacles Knowing Ultimate Success, Here Earning a Destiny, with Honesty, Eagerness, and Determination of Self, Center for Afroamerican and African Studies (CAAS), and Arts at Michigan.

CONTACT: For information on any NAHM event, call MESA at (734) 763-9044.

WEB SITE: Information will be added to the MESA Web site as it becomes available. Visit http://mesa.umich.edu/ and click on the events calendar.

Native American Heritage Month events

Nov. 3, 8:30 p.m.

Film: "Black Cloud"

Trotter Multicultural Center Lounge

"Black Cloud" is about a young Navajo boxer who overcomes personal challenges, comes to terms with his heritage and fights his way to a berth on the U.S. Olympic boxing team. Starring Eddie Spears, Russell Means, Rick Schroder and Tim McGraw.

Nov. 10, 8 or 8:30 p.m.

Film: Black Indian Celebration Week Movie Night

Trotter Multicultural Center Lounge

A series of short films about Black Indians' struggles with identity issues. Snacks will be provided with a discussion afterwards. This event is the kickoff of Black Indian Celebration Week.

Nov. 13, 2 p.m.

Workshop: Genealogy

Trotter Multicultural Center, Rec Room

Explore Native ancestry in a workshop in which instructions, first steps and lists of resources will be provided. Bring family names and an eagerness to learn. RSVP by Nov. 10 to Alyx Cadotte, acadotte@umich.edu, so facilitators can provide as many tribally specific resources as possible. Lunch will be provided.

Nov. 16, 5:30 p.m.

Faculty Presentation: Professor Tiya Miles

South Quad, Ambatana Lounge

A presentation by faculty guest Tiya Miles from the CAAS/Native American Studies on the shared history of Blacks and Indians and current issues for Black Indian people. A discussion about Black and Native campus relations will follow.

Nov. 17, 8:30 p.m.

Concert: Martha Redbone

Michigan Union, Pendleton Room

Singer/songwriter Martha Redbone—of Blackfoot, Shawnee, Choctaw, Lumbee, Blackfeet and African-American heritage—has been compared to Aretha Franklin, Sheryl Crow and Macy Gray. But Martha Redbone says the best way to describe her first self-produced CD, "Home of the Brave," is 'native soul.' The recording earned the 2002 Native American Music Awards Debut of the Year prize for 2002. This is the closing event for Black Indian Celebration Week.

Nov. 20, 1 p.m.

Activity: Beading Workshop

Trotter Multicultural Center Lounge

Nov. 22

Speaker: Tobias Vanderhoop

Time and location TBD

Tobias Vanderhoop, a tribal council member for the Wampanoag tribe, will speak on the Wampanoag perspective of Thanksgiving. This presentation aims to clarify understanding of the first Thanksgiving.

Nov. 29, 6 p.m.

Film: " Babkiueria"

Trotter Multicultural Center, Rec Room

" Babakiueria" is a 'mock- umentary' examining how events in Australia could have developed differently had the roles of the colonizers and the Aborignes been reversed.

Contact: Todd McKinney
Phone:(734) 764-4342

Posted by Liz at November 3, 2005 7:13 PM