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Indigenous Solidarity Week at the University of Oregon, in Eugene! There will be themed panels for each day of the week (Monday-Friday) including local Indigenous advocates, artists, musicians and more of the Pacific Northwest!
Below is a tentative schedule of events for the week of October 14th-18th:
~MONDAY, Decolonization rally in the amphitheater:
NOON-3PM, EMU amphitheatre
Opening with Grand Ronde singers, with speakers including members of the Kalapuya nation, UO Native staff, drummers, Student Unions, representatives from Oregon’s 9 tribes, and more!
***New Native Students Welcome! FREE Salmon feed sponsored by the Klamath Tribes at 4pm in the Many Nations Longhouse, Open to ALL!
**Hugo Morales, the Executive Director and co-founder of Radio Bilingüe Inc., the national Latino public radio network. Lecture at 6pm in the Global Scholar’s Hall Great Room
~TUESDAY, Indigenous Languages
2pm-4pm, Many Nations Longhouse
–Bobby Mercier, Grand Ronde: Topic TBA
–Cassy George, Topic TBA
–Carson Viles, Siletz: Wee-ya’ lhan naa-ch’aa-ghit-‘aa-le’ / Language Learning in the Home
–Stephanie Tabibian, Shoshone/Paiute: The Shoshone/Goshute Youth Language Apprenticeship Program (SYLAP)
–Zalmai (Zeke) Zahir: Topic TBA
~WEDNESDAY, Muxeres/Womyn
@ 4:15pm in Many Nations Longhouse
–Angie Morrill, Modoc/Klamath: Short Film: 187 Superman, followed by discussion of Native Feminism and Visual Sovereignty
–Claudia Serrato: Healing Cosmic Taste and Womb Memories by Decolonizing the Diet
–Chris Finley, Colville: Making the Revolution Sustainable and Sexy: Native Feminisms, Decolonization and Self-Care
–Fayise Mohamed Ahmed Abrahim: African Indigeneity: Spiritual Ecology vs the Feminization of Development
–Natalie Ball, Modoc/Klamath: Topic TBA
~THURSDAY, Defenders of the Earth
2pm-4pm, Many Nations Longhouse
–Annelia Hillman, Yurok: Topic TBA
–Chief Sisk of the Winnemem Wintu: Return of the Salmon
–Dania Colegrove, Hoopa: Got Water? Save the Salmon!
–Kayla Godowa, Warm Springs: For my atwai: Sacred Site Protection, a Molallish experience.
–Thaston from Our Islands Conservation Center: Topic TBA
~FRIDAY
3-5pm, the Galleria, Museum of Natural and Cultural History
–Alberto Sarmiento: The Codex of Cuauhtlantzinco: Indigenous Strategies for Access to Power and the Control of Natural Resources / El Códice de Cuauhtlanzinco. Estrategias de indios para el acceso al uso del poder y control de los recursos naturales
***please note this will be a bilingual presentation
FREE Native Hip Hop
7pm in EMU Ballroom – Open to ALL!
–Tribal Thought
—Quese IMC
Thank you to the UO Native American Student Union, MultiCultural Center, Survival Center, Women’s Center, Coalition Against Environmental Racism, the UO departments of Art, Linguistics, Theatre, Environmental Studies, Folklore, Office of International Affairs, Journalism, Anthropology and Romance Languages for your co sponsorship!