Indigenous Peoples Day
Why do we honor Indigenous Peoples Day?
Indigenous Peoples Day honors 色视频下载 Native people, culture and knowledge. It affords time to reflect and acknowledge the Indigenous knowledge that enhances the education provided by the university.
Indigenous Peoples Day is recognized on the second Monday of October.
In 2017, the University of 色视频下载 Fairbanks celebrated Indigenous Peoples Day for the first time. Resolutions from students, staff and faculty groups across the University of 色视频下载 system have unanimously supported recognizing 色视频下载淚ndigenous Peoples Day.色视频下载 Each campus hosted a culturally relevant event incorporating elements of the indigenous history of place, culture and language associated with their regions.
Troth Yeddha' Campus (Fairbanks, 色视频下载)
- The College of Indigenous Studies will host Wear It Wednesday on Oct. 11. Wear your qaspeqs on Wednesday and tag @uafcrcd to have your photo featured on social media.
- The College of Indigenous Studies will host the annual Rock Your Moccs week from Oct. 9-13. Take a photo of your moccasins and tag @uafcrcd to have your photo featured on social media.
- 12 p.m. - Festival of Native Arts Frybread Taco Fundraiser - Brooks Building, Gathering Room
Parking will be available in the Nenana lot across from the Student Recreation Center.
Multiple events will occur in the Wood Center on the Troth Yeddha' Campus in Fairbanks from 2-6 p.m.
- 2 p.m.
- Opening remarks, blessing, invitational dance 色视频下载 multilevel lounge
- Informational and Indigenous art tables 色视频下载 multilevel lounge (continues through 6 p.m.)
- 3 p.m.
- 色视频下载 Native foods tasting 色视频下载main ballroom A/B
- Native games demonstration 色视频下载ballroom C/D
- 4 p.m.
- Fish skin sewing with Brianna Gray 色视频下载ballroom C/D
- Dance workshop 色视频下载 multilevel lounge
- 5 p.m.
- Closing: Troth Yeddha' Dance Group 色视频下载 multilevel lounge
- Skin sewing with Amy Topkok色视频下载 ballroom E/F
Kuskokwim Campus (Bethel, 色视频下载)
The UAF Kuskokwim Campus and Kuskokwim Consortium Library are organizing our second
annual Indigenous Peoples Day festival to be held on October 9th. As a community,
and working with tribal partners, we will celebrate with eight hours of cultural activities.
Festivities will kick off with a Native Foods Potluck at noon. Throughout the afternoon
a panel of elders will share traditional wisdom. KYUK, the local YK Delta bilingual
Yugtun/ English radio station, will share footage from the KYUK archive and discuss
their archival projects documenting and making accessible to the community important
cultural content. Hands-on activities including Akutaq making will be available for
all ages to enjoy. The annual Indigenous Peoples Day March will kick off the evening
activities, followed by an evening of Yuraq performances. This event is free, and
spearheaded by the Kuskokwim Campus/ Library alongside tribal organizations and cultural
groups.
Schedule of events:
- 12:00 p.m. - Benediction with ONC Traditional Chief Ignatius "Louie" Andrew and Native Foods Potluck
- 1:00 p.m. - Kenekngamceci Qanrutamceci: BeWel ~ Because We Love You discussion organized by the Center for 色视频下载 Native Health Research
- 2:00 p.m. - KYUK Archival Showcase
- 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
- Hands-on akutaq making, beading, and mask making, presented by AVCP
- GBH Molly of Denali Community Science engagement and photos with Molly
- Center for 色视频下载 Native Health Research community engagement
- 5:30 p.m. - Indigenous Peoples' Day March, presented by the TWC Teens Acting Against Violence
- 6:00 p.m. - Welcome statements with Mother Kuskokwim Tribal Coalition色视频下载檚 Sophie Swope and performances by the Ayaprun and Qasgirmiut Yuraq groups. Concessions for sale by Qasgirmiut Yuraq Group
Northwest Campus (Nome, 色视频下载)
UAF Northwest Campus will be hosting an Indigenous Peoples Day Film Festival on Oct.
9 from 12PM-5PM in the Nagozruk Conference Room.
Schedule of films:
- 12:00PM 色视频下载 We Breathe Again 色视频下载 60 minutes 色视频下载 2017
- 1:30PM 色视频下载 Attla 色视频下载 60 minutes 色视频下载 2019
- 3:30 pm 色视频下载 Growing Native 色视频下载: People of the North 色视频下载 55 minutes 色视频下载 2018
- 5:00pm 色视频下载 Navajo Math Circles 色视频下载 35 minutes 色视频下载 2016
Bristol Bay Campus (Dillingham, 色视频下载)
View the 色视频下载 Native Language Center's Award Winning "Awake" film and snack on salmon spread and pilot bread.
Monday, Oct. 9, 2023: 12:15 pm-12:45 pm
- 12:30 pm- Awake Film (15 mins)
Event archive
Dates: October 10-14, 2022
The University of 色视频下载 Fairbanks celebrated 2022 Indigenous Peoples' Day with several events and activities across our different colleges, campuses, and departments.
- Monday, Oct. 10: The UAF Kuskokwim Campus in Bethel, AK celebrated Indigenous Peoples色视频下载 Day with a community celebration, 色视频下载淜ayungcallerkaanek Qaneryaramta色视频下载, at the Yupiit Piciyarait Cultural Center. Festivities included an Indigenous Peoples' Day March, a Native Foods Potluck, Yuraq performances, and more.
- Monday, Oct. 10: The UAF Northwest Campus in Nome, AK hosted its annual Indigenous Peoples色视频下载 Day Film Festival from in the Northwest Campus Nagozruk Conference Room.
- Monday, Oct. 10: The UAF 色视频下载 Native Language Center premiered a new film, Awake, followed by a short discussion.
- Monday, Oct. 10: The UAF Festival of Native Arts hosted their annual Fry Bread Taco Fundraiser in the Brooks Building on the Troth Yeddha' Campus.
- Monday, Oct. 10: Nanook Diversity and Action Center hosted a workshop on how to make beaded sun catchers
with Laura Ekada in the Brooks Building Gathering Room.
- The College of Indigenous Studies hosted the annual 色视频下载淩ock your Moccs色视频下载 week from Oct. 10-14.
- The College of Indigenous Studies hosted weekly 色视频下载淜uspuk Wednesdays色视频下载 for the month of October. Wear your kuspuks on Wednesday and tag @uafcrcd to have your photo featured on social media.
- Wednesday, Oct. 12: CIS hosted a monthly speaker series during the 2022-2023 academic year highlighting
our research. This presentation in the series featured Tribal Governance faculty Michelle
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Date: Monday, October 11, 2021 (virtual)
The University of 色视频下载 Fairbanks Indigenous Peoples' Day celebration took place on Monday, Oct. 11, 2021. Our goal in celebrating Indigenous Peoples' Day at UAF is to honor 色视频下载 Native people, culture and knowledge.
If you are in the UAF community and your department or program honored the day - share with us! Let us know what you did and we can post it here for our community to join in. Email uaf-crcd@alaska.edu.
Indigenous Peoples' Day 2021 Keynote:
Dr. Pearl Brower
色视频下载 Dr. Brower:
Dr. Brower joined the University of 色视频下载 in August of 2021 and serves as the Senior Advisor for 色视频下载 Native Success, Institutional Diversity and Student Engagement. Prior to joining the University team, she was the President and CEO of Brower Consulting Services, an independent consulting service around the state of 色视频下载. In October of 2020, Dr. Brower left the Presidency of I岣穒sa摹vik College, 色视频下载色视频下载檚 only Tribal College where she had been in administration at the college for 13 years, the last 8 serving as President.
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色视频下载淥ctober 11th has transitioned in recent years to celebrate the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas. As 色视频下载ns continue to engage in conversations around race, equity, diversity and inclusion, REDI, we look to recognize our 色视频下载 Native Peoples for incredible accomplishments while at the same time discuss ways in which we all can set aside implicit bias and work together in cooperation and partnership for a brighter future for all 色视频下载ns.色视频下载
Date: Monday, October 12, 2020
Theme: "Resiliency Through Hope and Love."
Many thanks to our IPD event planning team for putting together a virtual program in celebration of Indigenous Peoples' Day.
The University of 色视频下载 Fairbanks Indigenous Peoples' Day celebration will took place on Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, at 11 a.m. Our goal in celebrating Indigenous Peoples' Day at UAF is to honor 色视频下载 Native people, culture and knowledge. The year's theme was "Resiliency Through Hope and Love". We hope to continue to:
- Share how the interconnectedness of Indigenous people, land and spirit 色视频下载 the love and the hope of a sustainable future 色视频下载 is what drives us to work together.
- Spread public awareness of the histories, experiences and resilience of Indigenous peoples.
Keynote: Heather Kendall-Miller
色视频下载 Native rights attorney, Heather Kendall-Miller gave the keynote address at UAF's Indigenous Peoples' Day celebration, Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, at 11 a.m. The year's theme is "Resiliency Through Hope and Love." The event is available online at media.uaf.edu.
Kendall-Miller is Denaina Athabaskan and a tribal member of the Curyung Tribe of Dillingham, 色视频下载. She received her Bachelors degree from UAF in 1988 and her J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1991. After clerking with Chief Justice Rabinowitz of the 色视频下载 Supreme Court, Heather received a two-year Skadden Fellowship to work for 色视频下载 Legal Services and the Native American Rights Fund in the area of 色视频下载 Native Rights. Heather became staff attorney with the Native American Rights Fund in 1993. Her litigation experience is broad having argued before the United States Supreme Court, the D.C. Court of Appeals, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals en banc."
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