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4. Indigenous Events

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  • A Winter Night of Indigenous Telling Mitchell Museum of the American Indian

    Jan 29, 2020 2:45 pm
    • Date: January 30, 2020
    • Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
    • Location:  Mitchell Museum of the American Indian

  • Roots of Knowledge

    Jan 30, 2020 10:15 am
    • Date: February 22, 2020
    • Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    • Location: Smithsonian Exhibit and Trickster Garden learning space

  • FREE Meditation Services

    Jan 30, 2020 10:30 am

    Do you have a conflict with a neighbor, landlord or tenant, family member, co-parent, small business, client colleague? 

    Visit us! https://www.ccrchicago.org/

  • Call For Survey Participation

    Jan 30, 2020 10:30 am
    • Are you a boarding school survivor?
    • Do you have boarding school history in your family? 
    • Have you been adopted or placed in foster care? 

  • Indigenous Lecture & Writing Series Workshop

    Jan 30, 2020 10:45 am
    • Date: January 30, 2020
    • Time: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
    • Location: Rebecca Crown Center - West Tower, Hardin Hall 633 Clark Street Evanston, IL
  • YNL Poetry Workshop

    Young Native Leaders Poetry Workshop

    Feb 3, 2021 6:30 pm

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

  • Class of 2020 Achievement Celebration

    Feb 25, 2020 2:00 pm
    • Date: 6/13/2020
    • Time: 12-3 PM
    • Location: Mexican Museum of Fine Arts

  • American Indian Center Annual Meeting

    Feb 25, 2020 2:45 pm
    • Date: 3/1/2020
    • Time: 2-5 PM
    • Location: American Indian Center

  • Raging Film

    Feb 25, 2020 2:45 pm
    • Date: 3/12/2020
    • Time: 6:00-8:30 PM
    • Location: American Indian Center 

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

    Mar 2, 2021 7:15 pm

    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

  • 2020 Census

    Mar 19, 2020 9:30 am

    AISES reminds you to complete the 2020 Census because Indian Country Counts! The 2020 Census is an opportunity to provide a better future for our communities and for future generations. By participating in the 2020 Census, you help provide an accurate count of American Indian and Alaska Natives. Your responses to the 2020 Census can help shape how billions of dollars in annual federal funds are distributed for programs and grants in our communities. Visit www.my2020census.gov today to complete your 2020 Census!

  • Spring Virtual Bingo

    Spring Virtual Bingo, Young Native Leaders

    Mar 30, 2021 4:15 am

    Please see the attached flyer for details.

  • Virtual Indigenous Women's Healing Circle

    St. Kateri Center Virtual Indigenous Women's Healing Circle

    Mar 30, 2021 4:30 am

    Please see the attached flyer for details.

  • Don't Miss These Opportunities this April: 2021 UNITY Virtual Midyear Conference

    Mar 31, 2021 1:00 pm

    Register Today for UNITY’s Virtual Midyear Conference. Thanks to our sponsors, it’s complimentary! No registration fee this year. We've even simplified the process so you can register for additional exciting Spring webinars and trainings all in one place.

    • Pre-Conference Training: Learn the dos and don’ts of a virtual meet-up.
    • Complimentary Registration! Click here.
      • Friday, April 23 @ 5:30 - 7:30 PM (PST) General Session I
      • Saturday, April 24 @ 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (PST) General Session II
    • Download the draft agenda! Click here.

  • Registration is Open for the 2021 Mid Year Conference

    Apr 2, 2021 5:00 am

    Registration for the 2021 Mid Year Conference is now open!

    At NCAI’s Mid Year Conference, attendees have the opportunity to come together to address issues critical to Indian Country. This year, the conference will occur virtually for the first time and will provide tribal leaders and partners a unique opportunity to discuss and work on the issues facing Tribal Nations directly from their respective homelands. 

    In addition to championing issues, NCAI's Mid Year Conference is home to the 16th Annual Tribal Leader/Scholar Forum (TLSF). The purpose of TLSF is to provide researchers, practitioners, community members, and others an opportunity to present research and data findings to tribal leaders, policymakers, and tribal citizens.

    June 20-24, 2021

    Early Bird Registration Deadline: May 30, 2021

    Register online today by clicking below, or download the form and mail your form of payment.

    VIEW THE AGENDA

    BECOME A MEMBER

  • Terra Foundation Curatorial Research Fellow Flyer

    Terra Foundation Curatorial Research Fellow

    May 3, 2021 2:15 am

    Please see the attached flyer. 

  • St. Kateri Prayer Circle Flyer

    St. Kateri Virtual Prayer Circle

    May 3, 2021 2:30 am

    Please see the attached flyer.

  • American Indian Health Service of Chicago Covi-19

    May 5, 2020 11:00 am

    AIHSC is now doing COVID 19 testing.  Appointments only. 

  • American Indian Center May Updates

    May 18, 2020 6:45 pm

    American Indian Center May Programming and Resources 

  • Class of 2021 "Drive Thru" Citywide Graduation

    May 29, 2021 4:15 pm

    Please see the attached flyer for details. 

  • Virtual St. Kateri Payer Circle

    Virtual St. Kateri Prayer Circle

    May 29, 2021 5:30 pm

    Please see the attached flyer for details. 

  • St. Kateri Center Sunday Mass Flyers

    ST. KATERI CENTER SUNDAY MASS

    May 29, 2021 5:30 pm

    Please see the attached flyer for details. 

  • Summer Virtual Bingo, Young Native Leaders Flyer

    Summer Virtual Bingo, Young Native Leaders

    May 29, 2021 5:30 pm

    Please see the attached flyer for details. 

  • No-cost High Speed Internet for Eligible Families

    Sep 2, 2020 10:30 pm

    Eligible CPS families can now receive high-speed internet in their homes immediately at no cost for up to four years. There are no installation or upfront equipment fees and families are not required to provide a social security number. To find out if you are eligible, check out Chicago Connected's eligibility tool. If you are eligible, you’ll be provided an activation code for Comcast or RCN. You can also connect with your school to confirm your eligibility and receive your activation code. Your child will need to access their CPS account for the first day of school. Attendance and classroom participation will be tracked through their CPS email. If you do not know your CPS login, connect with your school, and ask for assistance as soon as possible. This is how your child will access their classroom instruction and assignments while learning at home. 

  • American Indian Center Food Distribution Program

    Sep 2, 2020 10:30 pm

    The program is a conduit between national and local programs to serve the community in this time of need.

  • American Indian Health Service of Chicago Inc.

    Sep 2, 2020 10:45 pm

    We provide family practice and outpatient behavioral health services.

  • The Beginning of a New Journey

    Sep 2, 2020 10:45 pm

    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. 

  • Free Drive in BINGO, Great Prizes

    Sep 10, 2020 4:30 pm

    Free Drive-In BINGO

  • American Indian Center of Chicago

    Oct 1, 2020 10:00 pm

    Announcement: Friday Food Distribution Update

    Laughter is Medicine Wellness Circle

    Journey To Wholeness Wellness Circle

    Raging Film

    Virtual Book Club

    Finance Committee Meeting

    Programs Committee Meeting

    October Board of Directors Meeting

    Book Club Author Talk

    Gallery: Call for Curators and Exhibit Proposals

     

  • Join the College Fund and Special Guests for a Self Care Event! -American Indian College Fund

    Oct 1, 2021 3:00 pm

    Join our team on WED, OCT 6 at 12pm MDT as we check in on great ways to maintain self-care, mindfulness, health, and wellness at our 'Checking in on Self Care' event.

    Register and WIN GREAT PRIZES at bit.do/Self-Care-Event

  • Raging Film An Evening of Film Clips and Stories

    Oct 7, 2020 12:30 pm

    Please See Flyer for Details.

  • Powwow 2020

    Oct 7, 2020 12:30 pm

    Please See Flyer for Details.

  • Exploring Self-care American Indian College Fund

    Oct 13, 2020 11:30 am

    Please See Flyer for Details.

  • APAS Gathering

    Dec 9, 2020 10:45 am

    We invite you to an 'Aapas Gathering', a place for fathers, parents, fatherly-figures, and grandfathers to come join other caregivers for a casual community conversation. We are grateful to have this zoom discussion facilitated by aapas EJ Ramos David and Qaiyaan Harcharek. This event is co-hosted by Native Movement and the Alaska Native Birthworkers Community. To RSVP on our Facebook event follow this link:

     

    https://www.facebook.com/events/365238751213023/?active_tab=discussion 

     

    CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE

  • Always Indigenous Media Living in Contradictions Webinar Series: Carbon Credits

    Dec 9, 2020 10:45 am

    Join us for our next installation of "Living In Contradictions," an Always Indigenous Media series to have hard conversations about things that matter.$370 million of Alaskan Carbon Credits have been sold. What are Carbon Credits? Where has that money gone to, and does Carbon Pricing like this really bring us closer to global sustainability and ecological balance? What is the impact on our lands, our waters, and our future? 

    In this webinar discussion, we will introduce the history of carbon markets and outline current debates about carbon off-sets, cap-and-trade, and carbon sequestration, among other international approaches to climate mitigation. We will discuss the impacts on frontline communities, the priorities of the Biden Administration’s First 100 Days, and the opportunities for the Green New Deal.

    Join us on December 15th at 12 pm for a conversation about whether or not carbon markets are a false solution to climate change, and discuss other solutions to achieving climate justice!

    CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE

  • CALL TO ACTION!

    Dec 9, 2020 10:45 am

    Yesterday the Bureau of Land Management announced their rushed lease sale in the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge kicking off 30 Days of Public Comment before the sale on January 6th.

    These are the sacred lands where life begins - Iizhik Gwats’an Gwandaii Goodlit - and they are NOT FOR SALE.

    We know the Trump Administration is morally corrupt, and is bulldozing through adequate public process before the next administration can step in, and so we are calling on protectors everywhere to make some noise and pressure our elected leaders around the world. Join us for 30 Days of Action to #DefendTheSacred and #ProtectTheArctic!

    CLICK HERE FOR WEBSITE

  • Incident at Oglala Film Screening

    Jan 29, 2020 2:45 pm
    • Date: February 2, 2020
    • Time: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
    • Location: The American Indian Center

  • Youth and Elders Circle

    Jan 31, 2020 10:30 am
    • Date: 2/7/2020
    • Time: 6:00-8:00 PM
    • Location: Ho-Chunk Nation Office

  • Film Screening: Drunktown's Finest

    Feb 20, 2020 12:45 pm

    In the third installment of the First Nations Film and Video Festival, we feature a screening of Sydney Freeland’s coming-of-age drama Drunktown’s Finest (2014).

    On the Navajo reservation in New Mexico, three young people—a college-bound, devout Christian; a rebellious and angry father-to-be; and a promiscuous and gorgeous trans person—search for love and acceptance.

    As the three find their lives becoming more complicated and their troubles growing, their paths begin to intersect. With little in common other than a shared heritage, they soon learn that the key to overcoming their respective obstacles may come from the most unlikely of sources: each other.

    Inspired by a 20/20 story that called her hometown of Gallup, NM, “Drunktown USA,” writer/director Sydney Freeland has constructed a moving and ultimately uplifting story about coming of age in the most challenging of circumstances while still finding hope, healing, and the chance for a better life.

    The film will be followed by a discussion with Northern Arapaho filmmaker Ernest Whiteman III, Director of the First Nations Film and Video Festival.

  • Young Native Leaders, Save the Dates

    Feb 25, 2020 2:30 pm

    Please see attached flyer. 

  • Mitchell Museum of the American Indian

    Feb 25, 2020 2:30 pm
    • Date: 2/29/2020
    • Time: 2:00PM - 2:45PM
    • Location: Mitchel Museum of the American Indian

  • St. Kateri Prayer Circle

    Feb 25, 2020 2:45 pm

    Please see attached flyer. 

  • Youth and Elder Subcommittee Meeting

    Feb 25, 2020 2:45 pm

    Date: 3/6/2020

    Time: 6:00 - 8:15PM

    Location: Ho-Chunk Office

  • St. Kateri Center Mass

    Mar 4, 2020 5:45 pm

    Mass:

    • Date: 3/8/20202 and 3/22/2020
    • Time: 11:00AM
    • Location: Kateri Center

  • 2021 AISES National Conference Call for Research

    May 29, 2021 3:30 pm

    2021 AISES National Conference Call for Research

    September 23 - 25, 2021 | Phoenix, Arizona

    The 2021 AISES National Conference invites all middle school, high school, undergraduate and graduate students, and professionals to present their STEM research! The 2021 AISES National Conference will be in Phoenix, AZ on September 23rd-25th 2021. All presentations will be held on Friday, September 24, 2021.

    Submit your completed STEM research presentation abstract now until September 1, 2021. Early submissions receive conference registration discounts. Submit by:

    July 9th, 2021 for a 100% registration discount; or between July 10th and August 9th, 2021 for a 50% registration discount.

    Incomplete submissions will not be accepted until the date they are complete. Incomplete submissions include missing names, titles, and/or components of the abstracts.

    Once your research presentation is confirmed by AISES, you will receive a registration discount code to register for the conference. Do not register for the conference before you receive a code! If you do register and pay in advance of receiving this code, your registration refund is subject to the Cancellation and Refund Policy.

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

    Oct 1, 2021 3:30 pm

    Please see that included flyer for additional details.

  • AIC Annual Meeting

    Jan 29, 2020 3:00 pm
    • Date: February 8, 2020
    • Time: 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
    • Location: American Indian Center

  • Decolonizing Healthcare

    Feb 15, 2020 7:15 pm
    • Date: March 4, 2020
    • Time: 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
    • Location: Hardin Hall 633 Clark St Northwestern

  • Ceremony A Place For Gender, Sexuality, & Indigeneity

    Feb 17, 2020 8:45 am
    • Date: March 4, 2020
    • Time: 12:00-1:30PM
    • Location: Guild Lounge (601 University Pl) Northwestern

  • Vaping. What;s It All About

    Feb 25, 2020 2:30 pm
    • Date: 3/7/2020
    • Time: 12 PM
    • Location: St. Kateri Center