Welcome to the Kansas State University
Indigenous Faculty and Staff Alliance
2023 Indigenous Peoples Day
October 9, 2023/ 9:30am - 3:30pm
WRITING, SINGING, AND SHAPING THE FUTURE:
INDIGENOUS FILM, ART, AND PERFORMANCE
The K-State Indigenous Faculty and Staff Alliance would like to invite you to save Monday, October 9th (K-State Ballroom; Student Union; Manhattan, KS) on your calendars for K-State's 2023 Indigenous Peoples Day! (Flier below - share widely). As usual, a Kansas Association for Native American Education (KANAE) Fall Meeting will follow the events. Our Theme is Writing, Singing, and Shaping the Future: Indigenous Film, Art, and Performance.
Speakers include Kickapoo writer, singer, children's book illustrator and comic book creator Arigon Starrand Comanche playwright and film scholar Dustin Tahmahkera. Lunch will be catered by Indigenous chef Jason Champagne and will feature a staged reading of Tahmahkera's comic short play, 9-1-1 Comancheria.
Artist and K-State Alum Justice Catron will have an installation in the Union art space.
Registration:
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Individual Registration (meals included, planning to attend all/most of the day): https://kstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9NrEi607Ch35pJk .
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Faculty Registration for Faculty sending classes/groups for partial days (if sending for all day, have them sign up for individual attendance above): https://kstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0UkZPHUnOYtYcUm
PROGRAM
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Groundbreaking for the Morris Family Multicultural Student Center
Left to Right: Dr. Alex Red Corn, Tristan Herbst, Dr. Debra Bolton, Dr. Brandon Haddock, Laverne Bitsie Baldwin, Thurman Williams.
