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  • Zona Abierta: Apsáalooke Women and Warriors

    Zona Abierta: Apsáalooke Women and Warriors

     

    Presented by the UIC Latino Cultural Center, the Native American Support Program, and the Women's Leadership and Resource Center

    As part of UIC's Women's History Month Celebration, join us for a conversation with four women from the great Apsáalooke Crow Nation – as they share their Native perspectives – and talk about Apsáalooke ways, people, and their work. Apsáalooke Women and Warriors exhibition is jointly organized by the Field Museum and the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society at the University of Chicago, opening at both sites in March 2020.

    • When: Thurs. March 12, 2020
    • Time: 1pm to 2:30pm
    • Where: LCC – Lecture Center B2
  • Youth and Elder Subcommittee Meeting

    Date: 3/6/2020

    Time: 6:00 - 8:15PM

    Location: Ho-Chunk Office

  • Youth and Elders Circle

    • Date: 2/7/2020
    • Time: 6:00-8:00 PM
    • Location: Ho-Chunk Nation Office
  • Young Native Leaders Virtual Workshop with Brian Frejo

    Young Native LeadersVirtual Workshop with Brian FrejoSaturday, May 2nd, 2020 @ 2:00pmSaturday, May 9th, 2020 @ 2:00pm

    We are excited to continue with the Zoom workshops on Cultural Identity in an Urban Environment.

    MUST RSVP to receive the link for the meeting room. Supplies needed for the workshops:• Journal• Sketchbook• Pen/Pencil• Markers• Colored PencilsIf you need any supplies, please let us know and we will coordinate a curbside drop-off of supplies on Fridays. If you need assistance with signing in for the Zoom meeting, let us know and we will help you.

    Contact: Josee Starr: jstarr@stbenedict.comDavid Morales: dmorales94@cps.edu

     

  • Young Native Leaders Virtual Workshop Series

    St. Kateri Center of Chicago and CPS American Indian Education Program are building a new leadership program to cultivate young student leaders within our community. Participants will be able to receive stipends for their work at each of our programs’ events and have an opportunity to attend national Native Youth Leadership conferences as our youth delegate(s). It will be an exciting opportunity for our youth to develop their leadership and professional skills while giving back to the community!

  • Young Native Leaders Virtual Workshop Series

    Young Native Leaders Fall 2020 Save the Dates Virtual Workshop Series 

  • Young Native Leaders, Save the Dates

    Please see attached flyer. 

  • YNL Poetry Workshop

    Young Native Leaders Poetry Workshop

    Poetry Workshop with Neqwes White. Please see the flyer for details. 

  • Young Native Leaders

    Please see the flyer for details. 

  • You Are on Potawatomi Land Installation Event

    Commissioner Mark Kelly of the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) invites you to attend a dedication celebration for the newest installation on the Chicago Riverwalk:

    You Are on Potawatomi Land

    by artist Andrea Carlson [Ojibwe]

    Thursday, August 5th

    3:30 pm

    Pioneer Court steps (401 N. Michigan, next to the Apple Store)

    RSVP by Tuesday, August 2nd to publicart@cityofchicago.org  

  • Whose Lakefront

    Whose Lakefront Community Session (Open to All)

    The Whose Lakefront public art project foregrounds the occupation of Native land by marking the presence of unceded territory in the heart of Chicago’s downtown.

    ​In 1914, the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians sued Chicago for land along the lakefront. As co-signers of the 1833 Treaty of Chicago, they had been forced to give up their land in Illinois up to the shore of Lake Michigan. Since then, the city had created land beyond the shore, including Streeterville, Lincoln Park, and Grant Park, some of the most valuable property in the city. The Pokagon Band argued for the return of this unceded land or payment for its value. The case went to the U.S. Supreme Court, where, predictably, the Potawatomi lost.

    On October 2, a procession led by Native people with non-Native allies will mark the boundary of this unceded territory with a line of red sand along Michigan Avenue downtown, tracing the original shoreline of Lake Michigan.

    This workshop will discuss the historical background for the project, as well as contemporary views on Native land and Native sovereignty.

    Opportunities for participation and volunteering on October 2 will be discussed.

    More information at: https://www.whoselakefront.com/.

    Register Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/whose-lakefront-information-workshop-tickets-169672674537?fbclid=IwAR0768I0LyOgNYiajsK9S6F2jTLf48_b33H3pm9RrbIsinn5jvlX6P2mSYo

     

  • Whose Lakefront (2020) Participatory Public Art Project

    Please see attached flyer for info:

  • WHOSE LAKEFRONT

    In 1914, the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians sued Chicago for land along the lakefront. As co-signers of the 1833 Treaty of Chicago, they had been forced to give up their land in Illinois up to the shore of Lake Michigan. Since then, the city had created land beyond the shore, including Streeterville, Lincoln Park, and Grant Park, some of the most valuable property in the city. The Pokagon Band argued for the return of this unceded land or payment for its value. The case went to the U.S. Supreme Court, where, predictably, the Potawatomi lost.

    A procession led by Native people with non-Native allies will mark the boundary of this unceded territory with a line of red sand along Michigan Avenue downtown, tracing the original shoreline of Lake Michigan. 

    Saturday, October 2, 2021

    Kickoff at 12:00PM noonCorner of Michigan Avenue and Roosevelt RoadRoute goes north to 401 N. Michigan Livestream on https://www.facebook.com/whoselakefront 

  • What's Cooking: Continuity and Change in What We Eat

    Please see that included flyer for additional details.

  • What is indigeneity and how can it help us rethink gender and sexual non/normativity? CNAIR Course

    Course Description: 

    What is indigeneity and how can it help us rethink gender and sexual non/normativity? In what ways current notions and identities such as queer and trans* are expansive yet reductive to approach the experiences of Indigenous and Native people? 

    This course critically explores Indigenous ways of knowing in the Americas in contrast to traditional views of gender and sexuality. By introducing and relying on decoloniality as a practice and form of analysis, the focus of this course will be two-fold: 1) We will analyze how contemporary understandings of gender and sexuality are contested by indigeneity across time, and how they operate within colonial processes and legacies; 2) We will focus on the ways scholars from Indigenous and Native Studies have theorized gender and sexual non-normativity in relation and in response to scholars in Queer and Trans Studies. As we move across several communities and geographical spaces, students will engage in tandem with primary and secondary sources including first person accounts, films, short literary texts, performance pieces, and historical, ethnographic, and theoretical works. Overall, students will develop skills in written, performance, and theoretical analysis while expanding their knowledge on gender and sexual minorities beyond western epistemologies.

  • We Are All on Native Land: A Conversation about Land Acknowledgments

    Indigenous Peoples’ Day honors the Native American community: their vibrant culture and deep ties to land. Commemorate the day with us online. Join Debra Yepa-Pappan (Jemez Pueblo/Korean), the Field Museum’s Community Engagement Coordinator for the Native North America Hall, in conversation with:

    Heather Miller (Wyandotte), Executive Director of the American Indian Center of Chicago 

    Felicia Garcia (Samala Chumash), Curator of Education, Indian Arts Research Center, School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe

    Meranda Roberts (Yerington Paiute/Chicana), post-doctoral researcher at the Field Museum

    Together they’ll discuss the custom of land acknowledgments; their importance, complexities, and evolution; and what actions can follow a land acknowledgment.  

    This event is free to all who register in advance.

    CLICK HERE TO RSVP

  • Visit Jeffrey Gibson: Sweet Bitter Love at the Newberry Library

    In Sweet Bitter Love, new works by the artist Jeffrey Gibson (a member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and of Cherokee descent) re-frame and re-interpret stereotypical images of Native Americans. As he engages with the past and upends the myths of settler colonialism, Gibson attests to Native resilience in the present. The exhibition is now on view at the Newberry Library through September 18, and is free and open to all.  Learn More: https://www.newberry.org/sweet-bitter-love-exhibition.You can also hear Gibson discuss the exhibition and Indigenous material culture more broadly in A Conversation with Jeffrey Gibson and Sven Haakanson.

  • Virtual St. Kateri Payer Circle

    Virtual St. Kateri Prayer Circle

    Please see the attached flyer for details. 

  • Virtual St. Kateri Prayer Circle

    Please see the flyer for details. 

  • Virtual Run Walk Dance, American Indian Health Services Chicago

    Please see attached flyer for details.

  • Virtual Holliday

    Please see the flyer for details. 

  • Vaping. What;s It All About

    • Date: 3/7/2020
    • Time: 12 PM
    • Location: St. Kateri Center
  • Valentine Bingo

    Come out and enjoy a day of fun bingo with our Young Native Leaders!

  • Urban Young Native Women

    Please see the included flyer for additional details. 

  • Urban Native Health and Wellness Survey

    Please see the flyer for details. 

  • Urban Native Education Conference

    Save the Date: Saturday May 2, 2020

  • Urban Native Education Conference

    Urban Native Education Conference

    The Chicago American Indian Community Collaborative (CAICC) is pleased to announce that the Call For Proposals for the 2021 Fifth Annual Urban Native Education Conference is now open.  The virtual conference will take place May 14-15, 2021

    Our conference theme this year is Living Our Values Towards Health & Healing. The theme acknowledges the ways in which our values shape and support our individual, family and communities’ health, wellbeing and healing, specifically during a pandemic. At the core of many Native American and Indigenous communities are the values known as the 4 R’s – relationships, reciprocity, responsibility, and respect. In what ways do these values influence how we build, support, care, teach, learn and lead? How has this pandemic helped to ground us in what’s important? 

    We invite Native American and Indigenous community leaders, knowledge keepers and scholars, students, educators, youth, administrators, helpers and staff of educational programs, organizations and institutions, from Chicago-land (Checagou) and beyond, to join us at the 5th Annual Urban Education Conference. 

    CALL FOR PROPOSALS NOW OPEN

    For more information and proposal instructions please visit: https://chicagoaicc.com/call-for-proposals-for-caiccs.../Deadline: April 2, 2021 

    A special miigwech to Le'Ana Asher for permission to use her art, Cones. Learn more about Le'Ana's art here: https://leanaasher.com/?v=32aec8db952d

  • Upcoming Symposium - Indigenous Interventions: Reshaping Archives and Museums

    A symposium hosted by the Field Museum, Northwestern University, and the NewberryFriday, November 13, 2020

    9:30 am to 3:15 pm

    OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

    CENTER FOR AMERICAN INDIAN STUDIES PROGRAMS

    This program will be held virtually on Zoom. Please register for free in advance here.

  • Untangling Colonialism Public Training • August 5th

    Untangling Colonialism – Building a Decolonizing Framework. A decolonizing practice requires recognition of the history of colonization and its current manifestations. This training briefly covers United States Federal Indian Policy carried out dominantly in the lower 48 and its expansion into Alaska policy and the implications on Alaska Native peoples. Additionally, participants will discuss how the history of environmental conservation has mirrored colonial world-views and what possible strategies we can further in order to decolonize conservation. This training delves into the spectrum of decolonizing strategies; from various personal, institutional, and systemic pathways forward.

  • UNITY Announces Series of Educational Webinars this Fall

    United National Indian Tribal Youth, Inc. (UNITY) will hold a series of webinars this fall that will further its mission of fostering the spiritual, mental, physical, and social development of American Indian and Alaska Native Youth.

     

    You can find more information on UNITY’s fall webinar series at unityinc.org.

  • Tribal Voices in the 2020 Elections

    • Date: 2/6/2020
    • Time: 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
    • Location: McCormick Foundation Center, 1870 Campus Drive Room 3-119
  • Tommy Orange reading from There There on April 23, at the American Indian Center

    In collaboration with the American Indian Center and other partners, CNAIR is excited to host the Cheyenne and Arapaho writer Tommy Orange for a reading and discussion of his novel There There on April 23, at the American Indian Center of Chicago.  Space is limited, so please register for the event here:  https://tinyurl.com/vyna3fb.

    Busses will run from Northwestern to the AIC and back, departing at 4:30 and returning by 9 PM.  Please sign up here http://bit.ly/2PN9kYH if you’d like to reserve a seat on the bus.

    CNAIR partners will host discussions of There There across campus in early April—stay tuned for details.

    Thanks to Northwestern’s Kaplan Institute for the Humanities, the Litowitz MFA + MA Profram, Multicultural Student Affairs, and the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion for partnering with us on this event.

  • There's still time to join the Native Movement Holiday Gift Guide

    Calling all Independent Crafters, Makers and Artists!

    The gift-giving holidays are around the corner! We want to uplift local artists during these challenging times and encourage people to support local, small businesses. Entries will be compiled into a Gift Guide and shared through our social media channels and networks. To participate, please fill out this form and include a photo of your work! If you have any questions or concerns please email Art & ACction Coordinator, Jessi Thornton: jessi@nativemovement.org

    CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE

  • The Poetry Slam & T-shirt Exchange LIVES! Join Us FRIDAY NIGHT!!!

    Come together with other Native students on Friday, March 5 @6pm MST as we support and inspire each other with poetry and praise!Anyone attending is entered to receive one of 100 FREE T-SHIRTS!Click here to submit your poem to perform on MARCH 5th

  • Flyer for Event

    The Indigenous Poetteller’s Workshop

    • Date: January 29, 2020
    • Time: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
    • Location: American Indian Center
  • The Coalition of Identities under Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI)

    The Coalition of Identities Under AAPI

    A panel discussion exploring the AAPI Identity featuring panelists:Karen Su, Mark Martell, Chasidy Clark, and Momal Khan

    Presented by the UIC Law School's Office of Diversity, Equity, and InclusionCo-sponsored by the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA) at UIC, the South Asian Law Students Association, and the Asian American Resource and Cultural Center

    Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021 from 12-1pm

    Zoom link

  • Artist Directory for Native Americans Flyer

    The Chicagoland Native Artist Directory

    A free marketing opportunity for Native American artists that offer services in the Chicagoland area. 

    Are you a Native American Artists or Performer? Apply Today!

  • The Chicagoland Native Artist Directory Flyer

    The Chicagoland Native Artist Directory

    Please see the attached flyer for details. 

  • The Beginning of a New Journey

    September Storytelling Events (open to all students):

    The Beginning of A New Journey: A Storytelling Circle

    Weds (9/9, 9/16, 9/23): 3-4pm

    Registration: go.uic.edu/CANUndergradOrientation

     

    Description:

    Welcome! The Beginning of A New Journey: A Storytelling Circle, a collaboration between Campus Advocacy Network and Undergraduate Student Government, is open to all UIC students. Please join us for any of these storytelling circles to meet fellow students, share stories, and learn about CAN and USG services and programming. 

  • Terra Foundation Curatorial Research Fellow Flyer

    Terra Foundation Curatorial Research Fellow

    Please see the attached flyer. 

  • Sweet Bitter Love

    Sweet Bitter Love

    Please see the flyer for details. 

  • Summer Virtual Bingo, Young Native Leaders Flyer

    Summer Virtual Bingo, Young Native Leaders

    Please see the attached flyer for details. 

  • Sue Science Saturday

    Celebrating Native Communities

    November 14th, 10:00-12:00pm (Central)THIS IS A VIRTUAL EVENT

    Join Field Museum staff and Sue the T-Rex to learn about and celebrate Native American communities! There will be storytelling, at home activities, and presentations from some of the Field Museum's Native staff members. This program is geared towards kids ages 6-10, but will be fun for the whole family. We hope to see you all there!To request free tickets available through our program, please click the button below or send us an email to cwmoore@cps.edu

  • Storytelling, Climate Justice, and Self-Determined Indigenous Futures

    Thursday, October 7, 2021

    6:00 PM to 7:00 PM

    This program is free an open to all, and will be held virtually on Zoom.

    In this year’s D’Arcy McNickle Distinguished Lecture, Deborah McGregor addresses Indigenous climate change futures envisioned and generated by Elders, community knowledge holders, and the Indigenous Studies academic community.

    McGregor will be joined by Teresa Montoya to explore how we can learn from the past through storywork that may inform our collective and sustainable future.This series celebrates Indigenous scholars, writers, and artists who consistently demonstrate excellence in their work concerning Indigenous peoples and histories in addition to actively addressing contemporary issues faced by American Indian and Indigenous communities.

    NOTE: You can also watch a live stream of the program, without registering in advance, on the Newberry Facebook page or YouTube channel.

  • St. Kateri Prayer Circle Flyer

    St. Kateri Virtual Prayer Circle

    Please see the attached flyer.

  • St. Kateri Prayer Circle

    Please see attached flyer. 

  • St Kateri Mass

    Please see the flyer for details. 

  • Virtual Indigenous Women's Healing Circle

    St. Kateri Center Virtual Indigenous Women's Healing Circle

    Please see the attached flyer for details.

  • St. Kateri Center Sunday Mass Flyers

    ST. KATERI CENTER SUNDAY MASS

    Please see the attached flyer for details. 

  • St. Kateri Center Prayer Circle