{"id":61108,"date":"2020-10-29T08:54:28","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T15:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=61108"},"modified":"2020-10-29T08:59:54","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T15:59:54","slug":"native-american-heritage-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/native-american-heritage-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"NAU community invited to Native American Heritage Month events throughout November"},"content":{"rendered":"

Native American Heritage Month is celebrated each November, a particularly important celebration for Northern Arizona University, which is located near the Navajo and Hopi reservations and serves students from more than 110 tribal nations. Every year, NAU hosts a number of events throughout the month to celebrate and foster awareness of Indigenous cultures and contributions. Everyone in the NAU community is invited to the events, which are happening virtually.<\/p>\n

Nov. 4<\/p>\n

Movie screening: \u201cGather,\u201d 5:45 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Department of Anthropology, Native American Cultural Center, Department of Applied Indigenous Studies and Cline Library are sponsoring a screening of \u201cGather,\u201d followed by a facilitated conversation with NAU faculty.<\/p>\n

\u201cGather\u201d follows three Native Americans stories: Nephi Craig, a chef from the White Mountain Apache Nation in Arizona, as he opens an Indigenous caf\u00e9; Elsie Dubray, a scientist from the Cheyenne River Sioux Nation in South Dakota who is studying bison; and the Ancestral Guard, who are environmental activists from the Yurok Nation in northern California as they try to save the Klamath River.<\/p>\n

The screening is available online at no charge, but participants must register online<\/a>. For more information about the event, visit the library\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Nov. 6<\/p>\n

Virtual StewFest 2020, 1 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Connect to watch videos, share recipes and learn how to cook frybread!\u00a0To participate via Zoom:\u00a0 https:\/\/nau.zoom.us<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Meeting ID: 814 0948 6210,\u00a0password: stew<\/p>\n

First-<\/strong>Gen Native Stories, 3-4:30 pm<\/strong>
\nIndigenous NAU alumni will be sharing their first-generation stories of overcoming challenges and succeeding. NAU First Gen Programs, NACC and OISS are sponsoring the event. The meeting information is forthcoming. Participate on Zoom: https:\/\/bit.ly\/1STGENWeek<\/a><\/p>\n

Nov. 12<\/p>\n

Learning From Our Elders Series, noon<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lorenzo Max<\/strong>, who is Dine\u0301 and one of NAU\u2019s elders, will share his knowledge and stories. To participate virtually: https:\/\/nau.zoom.us<\/a>\u00a0Meeting ID: 970 0707 3152 Password: Elders<\/p>\n

Nov. 16<\/p>\n

Community Speaker featuring\u00a0Rose Toehe, Dine\u0301\/Ute,\u00a0City of Flagstaff coordinator of Indigenous\u00a0Initiatives, 5:30 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hear about Toehe\u2019s experience and philosophy\u00a0as an Indigenous community advocate and participate in a discussion about participation and action in\u00a0your\u00a0community.\u00a0To participate virtually:\u00a0https:\/\/nau.zoom.us<\/a>\u00a0Meeting ID: 831 3611 8869\u00a0Password: NAHM20<\/p>\n

\"Gather<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Native American Heritage Month is celebrated each November, a particularly important celebration for Northern Arizona University, which is located near the Navajo and Hopi reservations and serves students from more than 110 tribal nations. Every year, NAU hosts a number of events throughout the month to celebrate and foster awareness of Indigenous cultures and contributions.…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":61109,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-happenings"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}