Indigenous Awareness Days March 2019

Everyone is invited to share, learn and celebrate Indigenous culture by attending the following events hosted by various organizations.

For more information contact:
Maria Livingston
maria.lamouche@uleth.ca
tel: 403.332.4455

 

Friday March 1st:

Informal Introduction to Indigenous Awareness Days: Q & A Lunch & Learn
Anderson Hall  AH 116, 12 – 1pm
Graduate Students Association & Indigenous Student Affairs

Deconstructing to Decolonize: Dr. Roberta Lexier
L1170 A, 1:30- 3 pm
Teaching Centre

 

Monday March 4th:

Offer of Prayer with a Pipe
Iikaisskini Gathering Place (PC100), 9 am
Indigenous Student Affairs & Dhillon School of Business

Culture & Community Resource Fair
Students Union Ballrooms, 11am – 3pm
Indigenous Student Affairs

 

Tuesday March 5th:

Elders Perspectives: Indigenous Identity & Importance of Education
Students Union Ballroom A, 10 am – 4 pm
Indigenous Student Affairs

Canadian Indigenous Negotiations: Mike Bruised Head, PhD Candidate
Markin Hall M1030, 12- 1:30 pm
Dhillon School of Business
Stew & Bannock will be served

 

Wednesday March 6th:

KAIROS Blanket Exercise
Markin Hall Atrium, 10 am – 12 pm
Indigenous Student Affairs

Blackfoot Homes Presentation
Galt Museum, 10:30 am – 12pm
Galt Museum & Archives, Blanche Bruised Head

Beading Workshop
U of L Main Gallery (W600) 1 – 4 pm
University of Lethbridge Art Gallery

Indigenous Panel Discussion: Culture & Current Events
Students Union Ballroom B, 3pm
First Nations, Metis & Inuit Students Association

 

Thursday March 7th:

Berry Soup and Bannock
University Hall Atrium, 11 am – 1pm
First Nations Transition Program

Medicine Bag Making (max. 50 participants)
University Hall Atrium, 11:30 – 2pm
Faculty of Health Sciences

Provincial Court Justice -Karen Crow Shoe: Journey Leading to P.C.J. Appointment
PE 250, 7 pm
University of Lethbridge Iniskim Indigenous Alumni Chapter
Informal Meet & Greet, refreshments provided

Blackfoot Language Classes
Galt Museum, 7 pm
Galt Museum & Archives, Julius Delaney

 

Friday March 8th

In This Place: Indigenizing the Classroom and Smudging
Turcotte Hall  TH 204, 11 am – 12 pm
Graduate Students’ Association & Indigenous Student Affairs

The Linguists: Film screening
University Hall A414, 1 pm
Department of Indigenous Studies

 

Tuesday March 12th

Indigenizing to Transform Health Education:
Dr. Verna Billy-Minnabarriet
Markin Hall Atrium, 7pm
Faculty of Health Sciences

 

Friday March 15th:

Mapping the Metis Homeland
Iikasskini Gathering Place (PC 100), 1 – 5 pm
Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Music, Culture & Politics,
U of L Outreach & Knowledge Mobilization Fund,
Faculty of Arts & Science