Calendar of Events

Click on the months listed below to see One Book events for that month.

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OCTOBER

NOVEMBER

DECEMBER

JANUARY

FEBRUARY

MARCH

APRIL

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SEPTEMBER

9/12
NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM
Field Museum

Night At the Museum is an engaging and awe inspiring trip to the Field Museum. After hours with exhibits and performances related to the themes of The Inconvenient Indian - this year's selection for One Book One Northwestern.

9/13
TALL PAUL
10:00 PM - 12:00 PM
Trib Auditorium

Tall Paul,Ojibwe rapper, channels his indigenous background into his music. Within the rap scene, his style is known as native hip-hop.

9/18
RYTHM REVOLUTION | NORRIS AT NIGHT
9:30 PM - 11:30 PM
McCormick Auditorium Stage

A drum circle, or rhythm circle, is a group of people creating and sharing a rhythmical and a musical experience.

9/21
WHAT IS TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY?
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Chicago campus: Rubloff 175

This lunch panel will discuss the discrepancy in the way tribal sovereignty works in contrast to State sovereignty.

9/22
ONE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY'S STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Levy Mayer Hall 357 E. Chicago Avenue Chicago, IL 60611 Room/ LM204

This presentation will discuss the current human rights situation for indigenous peoples in Chiapas, Mexico, its relation to the national context, and the role of international solidarity.• Speaker: Guadalupe Moshan Álvarez, attorney with the Fray Bartolomé de las Casas Human Rights Center.

9/24
TRIBAL LANDS: ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND LAND USE POLICIES
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Chicago campus: Strawn Hall – McCormick 195

This lunch panel will discuss the intersection between Native American land use rights and environmental regulations.

9/25
NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL CELEBRATION AND FUNDRAISER LUNCHEON 
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Chicago Campus: Rubloff Atrium

This cultural event will start early in the week with a display Native American Art in Northwestern Law’s atrium. On Friday we will cap off NALSA week by serving traditional Native American cuisine with suggested donation at five dollars per person. We will end with a brief discussion on the importance of Native American representation and appreciation in law schools by members of the Native American Law Students Association. Proceeds will go to the American Indian Center of Chicago, which provides crucial education and social services to Chicago’s Native American community.

OCTOBER

10/1
NATIVE AMERICAN CONTEMPORARY ART
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Dittmar Gallery

Brent Learned will give a presentation on the status of Native Americans in contemporary art including an onsite demonstration of his current work. George Levi will lecture about the process of Cheyenne ledger art and provide an interactive demonstration. Merlin Little Thunder will present a PowerPoint of paintings depicting Cheyenne people and their lifestyles.

10/13
THOMAS KING @ NU LAW SCHOOL/MEDICAL SCHOOL
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Arthur Rubloff Building, 150
375 E. Chicago Avenue   

Thomas King delivers an address at the Law School. Box lunch provided for the audience. Click here to RSVP required. 

10/13
UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITY STUDENTS' RECEPTION PRESENTED BY CINAS AND TGS
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
TGS Commons

Reception and book discussion with Thomas King, the author of The Inconvenient Indian. This will be an opportunity for URM, new and current TGS students, faculty, administrators, and post-docs to discuss the book with the author.

10/14
THOMAS KING: ONE BOOK ONE NORTHWESTERN KEYNOTE
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Fisk Hall Room 217, 1845 Sheridan Road, Evanston

Thomas King in discussion with One Book One Northwestern Faculty Chair, Medill Professor Loren Ghiglione. Book signing to follow discussion.

10/15
MINING AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN GUATAMALA: COMMUNITIES IN RESISTANCE
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Buffett Institute

Llan Carlos Dávila, Diocesan Committee in Defense of Nature (CODIDENA), and Ellen Moore, Guatemala Programs Coordinator at the Network on Solidarity with Guatemala (NISGUA), will discuss CODIDENA’s efforts to peacefully halt the development of the Escobal silver mine through popular education, grassroots base building, and the organization of six municipal referenda that have garnered more than 50,000 votes against mining.

10/18
ONE BOOK ONE NORTHWESTERN DISCUSSION
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Northwestern Room at Norris

Don’t miss this special opportunity for alumni to participate in the University’s community reading program. Thomas King’s provocative and unflinching book, "The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America".  Join Medill professor and former dean Loren Ghiglione, the faculty chair of One Book, for a lively discussion of the disastrous relationship between European settlers and Native Americans.

10/20
Patricia Marroquin Norby
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Harris Hall, Room 108

Patricia Marroquin Norby, Director of the Newberry Library's D'Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies will talk about the history of the D'ArcyMcNickle Center, the Center's American Indian holdings, and her own research.

10/22
Rising Voices/Hótȟaŋiŋpi Film Festival
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Mitchell Museum

Come watch a one-hour documentary which follows the struggles of Lakota to learn their tribal language today, the historical attempt by the United States to annihilate the language, and the rise of immersion language schools and the participation of outsiders in the rescue of the Lakota language. 
Watch the trailer: http://www.risingvoicesfilm.com/
Free with Museum Admission

10/29
MEXICANS TRADITIONS OF REMEMBRANCE: A TALK THAT EXAMINES THE INDIGENOUS ORIGINS OF THE DAY OF THE DEAD/EL DIA DE LOS MUERTOS 
7:00 PM
Levy Center of Evanston, 300 Dodge Avenue, Evanston, IL

Dr. Héctor Carrillo, Associate Professor of Sociology and Gender & Sexuality Studies at Northwestern University, takes us on a multimedia journey as he explores how Mexican cultures of remembrance have evolved.  Dr. Carrillo discusses, among other topics, the indigenous and syncretic origins of the holiday, as well as the appropriation of these festivities in present day Mexico and the United States.

10/31
WHY YOU CAN'T TEACH UNITED STATES HISTORY WITHOUT AMERICAN INDANS
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
The Newberry Library, Ruggles Hall, 60 W Walton St.

Jean M. O'Brien is a professor of history at the University of Minnesota.This talk is part of the Chicago Humanities Festival. The cost per students is $5 and $12 for the public.

NOVEMBER

11/4-3/31
DECONSTRUCTING STEREOTYPES: TOP TEN TRUTHS
University Library - 1 South

This exhibit, created by the Mitchell Museum, addresses various beliefs and myths in an attempt to break down stereotypes about American Indians.

11/2
FIRST NATION FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
The Newberry Library, Ruggles Hall, 60 W Walton St.

Join NAISA to view a series of short films created by Native directors.

11/5
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NIGHT AT THE ART INSTITUTE
Art Institute of Chicago (111 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL)

NU students, staff, faculty are invited to the Art Institute of Chicago, where they can view the Native American collection. Free admission to the museum (with WILDcard) for you and a guest.

11/8
MOHAWK INTERRUPTUS 
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
National Museum of Mexican Art, Auditorium 1852 W 19th St | Chicago, IL

Columbia University anthropologist Audra Simpson radically challenges the way we think about sovereignty and national belonging in the United States.

11/10
DR. CARLOS MONTEZUMA HONORARY LECTURE & AWARDS FEATURING JOHN ECHOHAWK, PAWNEE 
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM and 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Mitchell Museum | 3009 Central St. Evanston

John Echohawk is a Native American attorney and founder of Native American Rights Fund. For details, check www.mitchellmuseum.org.

11/12
PROFESSOR KELLY WISECUP (NU) AND PROFESSOR FRED HOXIE (UI)  
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
The Newberry Library, Towners Lounge, 60 W Walton St | Chicago

NU Professor Kelly Wisecup and U of I Professor Fred Hoxie discuss the library collection of the D’Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies. A chartered bus will leave Northwestern's Evanston campus at 5:00 p.m. from 633 Clark Street, and will return students and faculty to the same location after the event, at approximately 9:00 p.m. Please RSVP to g-cadava@northwestern.edu in order to reserve a seat on the bus.

11/15
NU IN CHICAGO EXPLORES URBAN NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
American Indian Center

Come join your fellow students to learn about the vibrant Native American community in Chicago. RSVP is required. Check http://www.engage.northwestern.edu/nuinchi/.

11/17
DITTMAR DINNER:  WHY YOU CAN'T GENERALIZE ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS AND WHY YOU (SOMETIMES) CAN
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Dittmar Gallery in Norris

Join NU students/staff/ faculty and public for dinner in an open discussion about what they think about the topics raised by NU Psychology Professor Doug Medin. Event is free.  RSVP required https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1WhSgokh7uNlRqpQjhF7eXIFovdEbv-fupReFfsni6f8/viewform.

11/19
PRESENTATION + SCREENING OF PAMELA J. PETERS' LEGACY OF EXILED NDNz 
7:00 PM
Annie May Swift, Helmerich Auditorium

The MultiCultural Filmmakers Collective and NAISA are hosting Navajo filmmaker and artist Pamela J. Peters, who will give a presentation on her multimedia photo/film project, Legacy of Exiled NDNz, which examines American Indians living in urban America, in this case, Los Angeles, California. Her project focuses on young adults (from various tribes: Navajo, Cherokee, Seminole, Barona Bands of Mission Indians and Lakota.) who have migrated from their reservations in the course of their own lives or are the offspring of families that relocated from various tribal reservations through the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ (BIA) Relocation program, which took place during the late 1950s through the 1960s. This photo/film project showcase young adults of today paying “tribute” to the first generation of Relocated (exiled) Indians.

11/21
COMMEMORATION OF THE SAND CREEK MASSACRE
11:00 AM
Alumni Center, 1800 Sheridan Road

NAISA will be hosting members from the Northwestern and Chicago communities to come together in ceremony to honor the victims of the Sand Creek Massacre. This annual commemoration is the signature event for Native American Heritage Month.

Thank you to the contributors to the Native American Heritage Month Calendar. Native American and Indiginous Student Alliance (NAISA), One Book, MultiCultural Filmmakers Collective, Associate Professor of Sociology and Gender & Sexuality Studies Héctor Carrillo, Psychology Professor Doug Medin, History Professor Geraldo Cadava, Mitchell Museum, Newberry Library, English Professor Kelly Wisecup, Dittmar Gallery, Northwestern Student Affairs, NU in Chicago, and Multicultural Student Affairs.

DECEMBER

 Winter Break - No Programming

JANUARY

Thursday 1/7
DYNAMICS OF HISTORICAL TRAUMA, COMMUNITY RESISTANCE, RESILIENCE, AND LIVING SOVEREIGNTY 
3:30 - 5:00 PM 
Tech LR2

Panel on historical trauma featuring Professor and Clinical Social Worker Maria Yellow Horse Brave Heart, Professor Ramona Beltrán, Professor Megan Bang, and Professor Karina Walters. The discussant is Professor Lindsay Chase Lansdale. Presented by The Edith Kreeger Wolf Endowment in Weinberg College.

Friday 1/8
LIVING RELATIONS: DYNAMICS IN CULTIVATING WELL BEING IN NATIVE COMMUNITIES
5:00 - 7:00 PM
Harris Hall, Room 107; Reception to Follow, Room 108

Karina Walters, a member of the Choctaw Nation of OK, is Associate Dean for Research at the University of Washington School of Social Work. She founded and directs the university-wide interdisciplinary Indigenous Wellness Research Institution. Presented by The Edith Kreeger Wolf Endowment in Weinberg College.

Tuesday 1/12
DITTMAR DINNER: TRANSLATING NAKINNGAAQPIT: WHERE ARE YOU FROM?
5:30 - 7:00 PM
Dittmar Gallery at Northwestern

Translating Nakinngaaqpit: Where are you from? Reflections on the stories of Inuipiat and Nimiipuit elders to understand where the parts of oneself come from and how they never leave us. Facilitated by SESP Research Assistant Professor Kai Orton (Inupiat, Nez Perce, Canadian American).

Friday 1/15
READING GROUP ON INDIGENEITY 
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Parkes Hall, Room 223

Led by History Professor Forrest Hylton with CINAS and Ethnic Studies Graduate Student Colloquium. 

Monday 1/25
CHRISTINA SNYDER
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM 
222 Parkes Hall, Evanston

Indiana University Professor Christina Snyder will speak regarding American Indian boarding schools and federal civilization policy in the 19th century.

Wednesday 1/27
PATRICIA NORBY
5:00 PM
Kaplan Institute, 1800 Sherman Ave., Suite 1-200

Lecture on "Atomic Indians"

Wednesday 1/27
INUIT ART TOUR AT JAMES ALLEN CENTER
5:00 - 6:30 PM
James Allen Center, Room 153

Please join us for a lecture and tour of the important Inuit art collection housed at the Allen Center. Light refreshments will be served. RSVP onebook@northwestern.edu to reserve a spot. Space is limited.

FEBRUARY

Monday 2/1
HEIDI STARK
Noon
Scott Hall, Room 212

Lecture on "The Liminality of Empire: The Making of the Savage in a Lawless Land"

Wednesday 2/3
ARI KELMAN WITH NU FACULTY MEMBERS ELIZABETH SON (THEATRE) AND KELLY WISECUP (ENGLISH)
5:00 PM
Harris Hall, Room 108 

Ari Kelman is the McCabe Greer Professor of History at Penn State University. He will give a lecture and lead a roundtable discussion based on his book: A Misplaced Massacre: Struggling Over the Memory of Sand Creek. Presented as part of the Kaplan Institute’s Dialogue Series. 

Thursday 2/4
TO GET THEM BY ALL MEANS: NATIVE WOMEN, BLACK WOMEN, AND PRACTICE OF SLAVERY IN COLONIAL ERA DETROIT
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Harris Hall, Room 108

Lecture by Tiya Miles, History and American Cultures, University of Michigan.

Thursday 2/4
RETHINKING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR AMERICAN INDIANS: POST-COLONIAL PERSPECTIVES & POSSIBILITIES 
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Swift Hall, Room 107

Lecture by Joseph Gone, Psychology and American Cultures, University of Michigan.

Monday 2/8 
NU SUGAR BUSH MAPLE TAPPING - Informational session
5:00 AM - 6:30 PM
Annenberg Hall , Room G21

We will explore the long standing tradition of maple sap harvesting in the Chicago Area and the Great Lakes Region's Native American Communities. This program will cover Native American culture and land management, urban forestry, and land based education of the NU campus.

Wednesday 2/10
EPIDEMICS AND NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
University Hall, Room 201 (Hagstrum Room)

Professor Kelly Wisecup offers new readings of colonial epidemics and the narrative strategies with which Native Americans responded to them. Co-sponsored by IPD, Global Health Studies, English, and History.

Wednesday 2/10
HIP-HOP ARTIST FRANK WALN
7:00 PM
Harris Hall Room 107

Join NAISA (Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance) as we host a workshop/performance by Frank Waln! Waln is an award winning Sicangu Lakota Hip Hop artist, producer, and performer from the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota, and is now residing in Chicago. His work engages Indigenous and environmental issues worldwide, and his performances aim to promote self-empowerment and the pursuit of one's dreams. Light refreshments will be served during the event, and merchandise will be available afterwards.

Thursday 2/11
CHRISTOPHER PEXA
12:30 PM
University Hall, Hagstrum Room, Room 201

Lecture on "Translated Nation: Rewriting the Dakota Oyate, 1862-1934"

Friday 2/12
WORKSHOP ON INDIGENEITY
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Parkes Hall, Room 223

Led by History Professor Forrest Hylton with by CINAS and Ethnic Studies Graduate Student Colloquium.

Monday 2/15
MAILE ARVIN
12:30 PM
Harris Hall, Room 108

Lecture on "Hating Hawaiians, Loving Hybrids: Social Scientific Histories of Race and Indigeneity in Hawaiʻi"

Tuesday 2/16
INDIGENOUS LONDON: NATIVE TRAVELLERS AT THE HEART OF EMPIRE 
5:30 PM reception; 6:00 PM talk
The Newberry Library

University of British Columbia History Professor Coll Thrush.

Wednesday 2/17
WRITING VIOLENCE: RESEARCH AND NATIVE AMERICAN AND INDIGENOUS STUDIES
Noon - 2:00 PM; Lunch provided
University Hall 201

Come join a workshop with Coll Thrush (Department of History, University of British Columbia) on the following readings: Eve Tuck and K. Wayne Yang, “Refusing Research” and Jane Nichols, “A Debt to the Dead? Ethics, Photography, History, and the Study of Freakery.” Email kelly.wisecup@northwestern.edu by Feb. 10 for the readings and to RSVP for lunch.

Thursday 2/18
DOUG KIEL 
12:30 PM
Harris Hall, Room 108

Lecture on "Unsettling Territory: Oneida Indian Resurgence and Anti-Sovereignty Backlash"

Thursday 2/18

WORLD BALANCE VS. PERSONAL SALVATION: AN AMERICAN INDIAN POST-COLONIAL PERSPECTIVE 
7:00 PM
Ryan Family Auditorium, Technology Institute

George “Tink” Tinker, Iliff School of Theology, will give a lecture exploring the world view of American Indian Peoples in comparison with the Euro-Christian world view that has come to dominate this continent.

Thursday 2/25

A TALK WITH NATIVE CONTEMPORARY DANCE CHOREOGRAPHER ROSY SIMAS 
2:00 - 3:20 PM
University Hall, Room 122

Minneapolis-based contemporary dance choreographer Rosy Simas (Seneca) investigates how culture, history, homeland, and identity are stored in the body and expressed in movement. Simas is driven by many inspirations: philosophy, relationships, art, nature, poetry, music, and history. Simas is one of the choreographers for DANCEWORKS 2016.