Native American Students
November 11 - Veterans Day Flag Ceremony
Presented By: Veterans Services
During the Flag Ceremony, there will be a performance from two student leaders from the American Indian Student Leadership club.
In-Person Location:
Taylorsville Redwood Campus
Outdoor Event - The Realms
(Located between the CT Building & TB Building)
10 a.m.
To Join Remotely:
November 16 - NATIVE AMERICAN REPRESENTATION IN MEDICINE
Presented By: Pre-Medical Professionals Club
In-Person Location:
Taylorsville Redwood Campus
Science and Industry Building (SI) 298
12:30 p.m.
November 17 - POETRY READING BY TACEY ATSITTY
Presented By: Student Writing & Reading Center
Tacey M. Atsitty, Diné, is Tsénahabiłnii (Sleep Rock People) and born for Ta’neeszahnii (Tangle People). Her maternal grandfather is Tábąąhí (Water Edge People) and her paternal grandfather is Hashk’áánhadzóhí (Yucca Fruit Strung-Out-In-A-Line People) from Cove, AZ.
She is a recipient of the Truman Capote Creative Writing Fellowship, the Corson-Browning Poetry Prize, Morning Star Creative Writing Award, and the Philip Freund Prize. She holds bachelor’s degrees from Brigham Young University and the Institute of American Indian Arts, and an MFA in Creative Writing from Cornell University. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in POETRY Magazine, Kenyon Review Online, Prairie Schooner, Crazyhorse, Literary Hub, New Poets of Native Nations, and other publications. Her first book is Rain Scald (University of New Mexico Press, 2018).
She is the poetry judge for Eggtooth Editions chapbook contest, director of the Navajo Film Festival, a member of the Board of Directors for Lightscatter Press, a member of the Advisory Council for Brigham Young University’s Charles Redd Center for Western Studies, and member of the Advisory Board for the Intermountain All-Women Hoop Dance Competition. She is a PhD student in the Creative Writing Program at Florida State University. (http://taceymatsitty.com/)
In-Person Location:
Student Reading & Writing Center
Taylorsville Redwood Campus
Academic and Administration Building (AAB) 129
Noon-1 p.m.
To Join Remotely:
Meeting ID: 830 3459 6882
Passcode: 482876
November 22 – “COURAGE TO DREAM” STUDENT LEADERSHIP EVENT
Presented By: Joseph Du Shane Navanick
In-Person Location:
Taylorsville Redwood Campus
Student Center (STC) Oak Room
Noon-1:30 p.m.
November 30 - UNMASKING THE HIDDEN CRISIS OF MURDERED AND MISSING INDIGENOUS WOMEN (MMIW)
In-Person Location:
Taylorsville Redwood Campus
Student Center (STC) Student Event Center
1-2 p.m.
December 3 - NATIVE AMERICAN HEALTH PANEL
In-Person Location:
Taylorsville Redwood Campus
Student Center (STC) Student Event Center
Noon-2 p.m.
NATIVE AMERICAN ART MURAL SHOWCASE
Presented by: American Indian Student Leadership
In-Person Location:
Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs
Taylorsville Redwood Campus
Student Center (STC) 236
*ON DISPLAY UNTIL DECEMBER 3