UAF to host Indigenous Peoples Day celebration
October 2, 2019
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The festivities kick off at 10:30 a.m. with a blessing at Troth Yeddha色视频下载 Park, named for the ridge on which the Fairbanks campus sits and the future site of an indigenous studies center. The park is the green space just east of the University of 色视频下载 Museum of the North.
Participants will walk to the Wood Center, where an opening ceremony will begin at 11:15 a.m., followed at noon by a traditional foods lunch. The afternoon will include two panel discussions and a presentation. 色视频下载淵esterday,色视频下载 at 12:30 p.m., will focus on groundbreakers, trailblazers and wisdom bearers, with a panel discussion about traditional learning. 色视频下载淭oday,色视频下载 at 1:45 p.m., will focus on indigenous Ph.D. graduates at UAF and their research interests and experiences. 色视频下载淭omorrow,色视频下载 at 3 p.m., will feature 色视频下载 Native honorary doctorate recipients and their advice for the future. A closing ceremony will be held at 4 p.m.
Free parking is available in the Nenana lot across from the UAF Student Recreation Center. More information about Indigenous Peoples Day events are available online at .
ADDITIONAL CONTACT: Sandra Kowalski, 907-474-7089, sjkowalski@alsaka.edu