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Native American Awareness Week
Activities Planned at UW-Eau Claire 

MAILED: April 5, 2002

         EAU CLAIRE — The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire will host a number of events in honor of Native American Awareness Week, April 15-20. An understanding of various cultures and multiculturalism will be promoted through a variety of speeches, presentations and performances. All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.

• Presentation by Barbara Blackdeer-MacKenzie - noon Monday, April 15, Potawatomi Room, Davies Center. UW-Eau Claire Knight Journalist in Residence Blackdeer-MacKenzie, a Ho Chunk and Norwegian, will present "Economic Sovereignty for Indian Tribes."

• Pow Wow Etiquette - 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 15, Potawatomi Room. Marge Hebbring, UW-Eau Claire American Indian Program Coordinator, and UW-Eau Claire students will teach what Pow Wow is and explain who can participate and how.

• Presentation by Delphine Redshirt - noon Tuesday, April 16, Alumni Room, Davies Center. Redshirt, a Lakota, will present "Lakota Lives, Lakota Legacies."

• Presentation by Tony Palmer - 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 16, Room 100, Hibbard Hall. Palmer, a Lakota/Choctaw/Cherokee musician/recording artist will present a short film and discuss "Crazy Horse: Spirit Behind the Name."

• Presentation by Dr. James Oberly - noon Wednesday, April 17, Presidents Room, Davies Center. Oberly, professor of history at UW-Eau Claire, will present "Since 1609: Four Centuries of Mohican Walking in Two Worlds."

• Presentation by J. P. Leary - 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 17, Presidents Room. Leary, a Cherokee, and the American Indian consultant for the Madison Department of Public Instruction will present a workshop, "Why American Indian Studies?"

• Reuben and Ash Fasthorse performance - 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 17, Schofield Auditorium. This Lakota husband and wife will perform Native American music and dance and present a lecture and demonstration.

• Presentation by Patty Lowe - 11 a.m. Thursday, April 18, Davies Theatre. Lowe, a Bad River Ojibwe and author of "Indian Nations of Wisconsin: Histories of Endurance or Renewal," will present "Beyond: The Future of Indian Nations."

• "Grand Avenue" - 8:30 p.m. Thursday, April 18, Schofield Auditorium. This film, based on the novel by Gregg Sarris, is about the challenges faced by contemporary Native Americans in the multicultural community of Santa Rosa, Calif.

• Indian Taco Sale - 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday, April 19, Davies Center Veranda. Sponsored by the Native American Student Association.

• Cumberland Drum and Dance Group performance - 7 p.m. Friday, April 19, Schofield Auditorium. This group will perform traditional style dance and song.

• Indigenous concert - 9:30 p.m. Friday, April 19, Council Fire Room, Davies Center. Indigenous is the first Native American music group to have a Top 10 rock single. Tickets for the Indigenous concert are $7 or $5 with a student I.D. and are available at the University Service Center.

• Discussion with Litefoot - 10 a.m. Saturday, April 20, Phillips Science Hall Room 107. Litefoot, a Cherokee and the first Native American rap artist, will give a motivational talk.

• First Grand Entry: Honoring Education Pow Wow - 1 p.m. Saturday, April 20, Zorn Arena. Admission price is $3.

• Traditional Feast - 5 p.m. Saturday, April 20, Children's Center basement. The feast is included in the admission price for the Pow Wow.

• Second Grand Entry: Honoring Education Pow Wow - 7 p.m. Saturday, April 20, Zorn Arena.

• Litefoot concert - 10:30 p.m. Saturday, April 20, Council Fire Room. Admission is free.

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  News Bureau
Judy Berthiaume
UW-Eau Claire News Bureau
Schofield 201
(715) 836-4741
newsbur@uwec.edu

Updated: April 5, 2002