All Events Are Free And Open To The Public Unless Otherwise Noted

Wednesday, Nov. 1
Native American Heritage Month Kick-Off
Bison Bluff Farms
SIUC, Student Center , 2 nd Floor, Ballroom A
7:00 p.m.

Come and taste America 's original “fast food.” Bison Bluff Farms owners Clifton and Kim Howell will discuss what is involved in running a bison farm, why bison is the healthiest red meat and the importance of bison among many Native people. A bison tasting will follow. Sponsored by the Native American Student Organization.

For additional information contact Nichole Boyd at nativeatsiu@hotmail.com .
(U-Card event)

Thursday, Nov. 2
“Indian Country Diaries: Spiral of Fire” – Film and Discussion
SIUC, Student Center , 2 nd Floor, Mississippi Room
7:00 p.m.

Be the first to see and discuss this powerful new documentary premiering nationally on PBS stations mid-November. The 90-minute film takes author LeAnne Howe (Choctaw) to the North Carolina homeland of the Eastern Band of Cherokee to explore how tourism, cultural preservation, and spirituality are working to insure their tribe's vitality in the 21 st century.

Co-sponsored by WSIU Public Broadcasting and Native American Student Organization.

For additional information contact Nichole Boyd at nativeatsiu@hotmail.com

Monday, Nov. 6
History of the Montana Salish
Presenter: Lanell Matt, Salish
SIUC, Student Center , 2 nd Floor, Missouri Room
7:00 p.m.

Lanell Matt, doctoral candidate in anthropology and enrolled member of the Bitterroot Band of the Salish Tribe, speaks about the history of her people. This event is sponsored by Native American Student Organization.

For additional information contact Nichole Boyd at nativeatsiu@hotmail.com

Wednesday, Nov. 8
Illinois Indians
SIUC, Faner Hall – University Museum Auditorium
7:00 p.m.

Curriculum and Instruction-Social Sciences Ph.D. candidate Dan Hechenberger brings the story of Native Americans in Illinois into historical times. He focuses on a little known aspect of our state's past: the early history of the Illinois Indians. The state of Illinois takes its name from the Illinois Indians, twelve or more groups, including the Kaskaskia, Peoria , Cahokia , Tamaroa, Moingwena, and Metchigamea that resided in this region when the French arrived in the latter half of the seventeenth century.  He has created an exhibit for the University Museum . The exhibit "The Illinois Indians - Relationships" will present views of the Illinois Indians through the focus of their relationships with the land, other Indians, the French, the British, and the Americans. Sponsored by the University Museum .

For additional information contact Dan Hechenberger at dhechenb@siu.edu

Thursday, Nov. 9
Black Indians
Presenter: Dr. Pamela Smoot
SIUC, Student Center , 2 nd Floor, Mississippi Room
7:00 p.m.

SIUC's own Dr. Pamela Smoot, Black American Studies professor, speaks about the unique relationship between African Americans and Native Americans. Find out what brought these two cultures together, what drove them apart and the issues they face today. Sponsored by Native American Student Organization, Black American Studies and the Black Affairs Council.

For additional information contact Nichole Boyd nativeatsiu@hotmail.com

Monday, Nov. 13
Doug Cardinal: “The Process of Creating Organic Architecture"
SIUC, Parkinson Hall -124, Browne Auditorium
6:30 pm
Reception
SIUC, Faner Hall, University Museum
7:30 pm

Architect Douglas J. Cardinal will speak about his work on the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington D.C. This Canadian architect has an international reputation for excellence in natural design. He has also been credited with having created an indigenous Canadian style of architecture with his curvilinear and organic buildings. This event is co-sponsored by the School of Architecture and the Fine Arts Activity Fee.

For additional information contact Christy Poggas, School of Architecture (618) 453-3734.

Tuesday, Nov. 14
John Feodorov, Diné
SIUC, Student Center , 2 nd Floor, Auditorium
7:00 p.m.

John Feodorov, Diné artist, will be addressing the clichéd modern archetype of Native peoples through a humorous interjection of “sacred” items into recognizable consumer products. This artist takes a unique approach to educating people about contemporary Diné culture. This event is co-sponsored by Native American Student Organization and Graduate and Professional Student Council.

For additional information contact Nichole Boyd at nativeatsiu@hotmail.com

Wednesday, Nov. 15
“Trail of Tears” – Film and Discussion
SIUC, Student Center , 2 nd Floor, Missouri Room
6:30 p.m.

This documentary explores one of America 's darkest period: President Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal Act of 1830 and the forced removal of the Cherokee Nation to Oklahoma in 1838.

Thousands of Cherokees, nearly a quarter of the Nation, died during the Trail of Tears. They suffered beyond imagination and when they finally arrived in Indian Territory , they arrived almost without any children and with very few elders; in a way they arrived with no past and no future.

The Trail of Tears passed through southern Illinois . According to the Southern Illinois History Page, the northern overland route of the Trail of Tears entered Southern Illinois at Golconda and traveled westerly through Vienna and Jonesboro - generally parallel to what's now Illinois Route 146.

For additional information contact Student Development at (618) 453-5714.

(U-Card event)

Thursday, Nov. 16
“Looking Toward Home” – Film and Discussion
SIUC, Student Center , 2 nd Floor, Mackinaw Room
7:00 p.m.

This one hour documentary explains how government relocation programs in the 1950's pushed significant numbers of Native Americans to leave the reservation for life in major cities such as Los Angeles , Chicago , New York , and the San Francisco Bay Area. Discussion will include efforts to maintain tribal identity far away from the culturally nurturing climate of the reservation. This event is co-sponsored by WSIU Public Broadcasting and Native American Student Organization.

For more information contact Nichole Boyd at nativeatsiu@hotmail.com

Monday, Nov. 27
Native American Sovereignty
Steve Russell, Cherokee
SIUC, Student Center , 2 nd Floor, Auditorium
7:00 p.m.

Judge Steve Russell, former trial court judge in Texas and current professor of Criminal Justice at Indiana University , Bloomington , comes to SIU to speak about Native American sovereignty. As in much of his work, he will focus this presentation on the need to redefine national sovereignty, the need for American Indians to redefine tribal sovereignty and Indian identity in response to national and international change. This event is co-sponsored by Native American Student Organization and Student Development Multicultural Programs and Services.

For additional information contact Nichole Boyd at nativeatsiu@hotmail.com (U-Card event)

Tuesday, Nov. 28
Zig Jackson : Mandan , Hidatsa and Arikara
SIUC, Student, 2 nd Floor, Auditorium
7:00 p.m.

Native photographer, Zig Jackson, will address issues confronted by contemporary Native peoples including; tourism, land rights, sovereignty, and tribal traditions through his photography. Zig Jackson is the first contemporary Native American photographer to be represented in the Library of Congress' collections. Sponsored by Native American Student Organization and Graduate and Professional Student Council.

For additional information contact Nichole Boyd at nativeatsiu@hotmail.com

Wednesday, Nov. 29
Urban Indians
Joseph Podlasek, Ojibwe
SIUC, Student Center , 2 nd Floor, Missouri Room
7:00 p.m.

Joseph Podlasek, Director of the American Indian Center of Chicago, speaks about “Urban Indians.” Urban Indians are the fastest growing Native population and their numbers have reached over 35,000 in Chicago alone. Find out what problems these Natives face when leaving the reservation, trying to adapt to urban life and trying to maintain a cultural connection. Sponsored by Native American Student Organization and Student Development Multicultural Programs and Services.

For additional information contact Nichole Boyd at nativeatsiu@hotmail.com (U-Card event)

Thursday, Nov. 30
“Mino-Bima-Diziwin: The Good Life” – Film and Discussion
SIUC, Student Center , 2 nd Floor, Ohio Room
7:00 p.m.

On the White Earth reservation in Minnesota , harvesting wild rice is an annual tradition. This one hour documentary depicts hardships and rewards experienced by those who continue to live off the land. The program interweaves philosophy about “manoomin” or wild rice, with the stories of local people whose lives revolve around the harvest and explores the economic and spiritual aspects of this ancient tradition. Narrated by Winona LaDuke. Co-sponsored by WSIU Public Broadcasting and Native American Student Organization.

For additional information contact Nichole Boyd at nativeatsiu@hotmail.com

Native American Heritage Month Exhibitions

October 31 – November 14
Student Center , Display Case
A Celebration of Native American Heritage Month

November 1 – December 15
Native American Exhibits
SIUC, Faner Hall, University Museum

Live through Time

The prehistory of American Indians in southern Illinois is divided into Archaic, Woodland and Mississippian periods. Bob DeHoet, SIUC University Museum 's Education Director

The Illinois Indians - Relationships

Views of the Illinois Indians through the focus of their relationships with the land, other Indians, the French, the British, and the Americans. One of the dominant images of the exhibition will be a reproduction of the Illinois thunderbird, a painted hide that is part of collection at the Musée de l'Homme in Paris , France . Dan Hechenberger, SIUC Curriculum and Instruction-Social Sciences Ph.D. candidate.

Museum's Permanent Collection -Native American Culture

Selected everyday objects, clothing, bags, etc., from the Museum's permanent collection. Lori Huffman, SIUC University Museum 's Curator of Collections

Contact: Dona Bachman, Director - University Museum (618) 453-5388

Career Resources

Information on career planning and careers for Native American students and others can be found at SIUC Career Services www.siu.edu/~ucs

Native American Programming on WSIU Public Television http://www.wsiu.org/
A WSIU Public Television History Connector Series, sponsored locally by Walgreens

*Indian Country Diaries. A Seat at the Drum. Part 1/2. (Nov 1st at 9pm; R Nov 8th at 11pm)

* Gallery: National Museum of the American Indian. (Nov 1st at 11:30pm; R Nov 19th 2:30pm)

*Looking Toward Home. (Nov 2nd at 11pm)

*Seasoned with Spirit. 5-part series hosted by a Native American chef (Sundays at 11:30am)

Nov 5: #101 Gulf Coast Original .

Nov 12: #102 Cuisine of the Desert Southwest.

Nov 19: #103 Return of the Buffalo .

Nov 26: #104 Bounty of the River's Edge.

Dec 17: #105 Food Upon the Water .

*Vis-à-Vis: Native Tongues. (Nov 9th at 11pm)

*Indian Country Diaries. Spiral of Fire . Part 2/2 (Nov 14th at 9pm; R Nov 19th at 1pm)

*Silent Thunder. (Nov 14th at 11:30pm)

*Independent Lens: Chiefs . (Nov 15th at 11pm)

*Aboriginal Architecture: Living Architecture. (Nov 16th at 11pm)

* The Early History of Illinois Indians. (Nov 20th at 11 pm)

*Aleut Story. ( Nov 22nd at 11pm)

*Mystery of Chaco Canyon . (Nov 26th at 12am)

*Teachings of the Tree People: The Work of Bruce Miller. (Nov 27th at 11pm)

Special Note

Artwork for Native American Heritage Month 2006 was provided by Lee Allen

Lectures

Douglas Cardinal

The Process of Creating Organic Architecture
Monday, Nov. 13, 6:30 pm
Parkinson Hall -124, Browne Auditorium

Reception at 7:30 pm, Faner Hall, The University Museum

Douglas J. Cardinal Architect LTD:  Doug Cardinal – He is a Canadian architect with an international reputation for excellence in natural design.  He has been credited with having created an indigenous Canadian style of architecture with his curvilinear and organic buildings.  Although his most significant commission were the National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C. and the Canadian Museum of Civilization, in Hull, Quebec, Mr. Cardinal established an early reputation in Western Canada with his design of St. Mary's Church in Red Deer, the Grand Prairie Regional College, the Edmonton Space and Science Center, the Government Services Center in Ponoka, St. Albert's place and several other buildings.  He believes that the design of each building is a spiritual act that demands from all those participating in it the very best of their endeavors.  At the start of each project, he declares a total commitment to excellence in architecture and to serving the needs of his clients and demands the same commitment from all of his staff and sub-consultants. 

Biography

http://www.djcarchitect.com/company/douglas/duglas_cardinal.html

John Feodorov

Tuesday, Nov. 14, 7:00 pm
Student Center , Auditorium

Bio

http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/feodorov/

John Feodorov was born in 1960 in Los Angeles of mixed Native-American and Euro-American descent. Brought up both in the suburbs of Los Angeles and on a Navajo reservation in New Mexico , Feodorov early experienced the cultural differences between his dual heritages. He also observed the stereotypes present in American culture at large, where Native Americans were idealized as the living embodiment of spirituality by New Age consumerists. His work addresses this clichéd modern archetype through a humorous interjection of “sacred” items into recognizable consumer products. His kitschy Totem Teddy series, for instance, added masks and totemic markings to stuffed toy bears accompanied by booklets declaring the bears to “meet the spiritual needs of consumers of all ages!” He has said: “A major theme in my work is the way Native Americans are still being portrayed, stereotyped, and studied in contemporary America . I've read that the Navajo Nation is the most-studied group of people on Earth. I don't know whether to be proud or disgusted.” Feodorov mixes this analytical critique with installations and sculptural objects that are often whimsical, fantastic, and mythical, creating a new and sometimes genuine sense of the sacred—a sacredness for modern, fractured times. Feodorov holds a BFA in drawing and painting from California State University at Long Beach . He is also a musician, and headlines the band "Skinwalkers." He lives in Seattle .

John Feodorov's web site

http://johnfeodorov.com/

I do not want to over-intellectualize my work. I am not interested in illustrating critical theory, making works that show that I've read the acceptable books. I've come to think that the most important thing art can do is splash cold water in our faces, slap us out of our assumptions, and force us to confront our own existence--like a Zen master poking a novice monk with a stick because he has fallen asleep while meditating. I believe it is important that artists, among others, address what it means to be human in our contemporary world instead of placating a cynical art market. I hope my work can do this.

The Last Judgment Project

http://www.thelastjudgmentproject.com/john_feodorov/index.htm

Contact the artist:
john@johnfeodorov.com

Steve Russell

Native American Sovereignty
Monday, Nov. 27, 7:00 pm
Student Center , Auditorium

http://www.indiana.edu/~crimjust/faculty/Russell.shtml

Criminal Justice Department
Indiana University - Bloomington
Associate Professor
M.J.S., University of Nevada , Reno , 1993. J.D., University of Texas , 1975.

Professor Russell came to university teaching after retiring from 17 years as a trial court judge in Texas , and he holds an advanced law degree in addition to the JD. This experience and education has led to a number of articles about the judicial process. His research focuses on the necessity to redefine national sovereignty to settle disputes arising from globalization and the need for American Indians to redefine tribal sovereignty and Indian identity in response to national and international change. Articles from this research have appeared in Crime, Law & Social Change, Chicago Policy Review, and Georgetown Public Policy Review. He has published a series of articles on transnational corporate crime, and his current research is focused on the legal and social aspects of American Indian identity.

Recent Publications:

Since September 11, All Roads Lead to Rome .  13 Critical Criminology 37-53 (2005).

Sovereign Decisions: A Plan for Defeating Federal Review of Tribal Law Applications.  20 Wicazo Sa Review 93-108 (2005).

In Search of the Meritocracy.  27 American Indian Quarterly 400-411 (2004).

Levande Indianer and da Indianer in De Kallar Oss Indianer 93-117 (Annika Banfield, ed., 2004).

Apples are the Color of Blood, in Race and Ethnicity Across Time, Space and Discipline 19-30 (Rodney D. Coates, ed., 2004).

The Jurisprudence of Colonialism, in American Indian Thought 217-228 (Anne Waters, ed., 2004). 

Research Agenda

http://www.indiana.edu/~crimjust/faculty/Russell2.shtml

Strangers to Us All: Lawyers & Poetry http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/human_rights_quarterly/v026/26.3russell.html

Human Rights Quarterly

http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/human_rights_quarterly/v026/26.3russell.html

Zig Jackson

Zig Jackson : Mandan , Hidatsa and Arikara

Tuesday, Nov. 28, 7:00 pm
Student Center , Auditorium

http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2005/05-098.html

Zig Jackson is the first contemporary Native American photographer to be represented in the Library of Congress.

Joseph Podlasek

Urban Indians
Wednesday, Nov. 29, 7:00 pm
Student Center , Missouri Room

Director, American Indian Center of Chicago

http://www.aic-chicago.org/joep.html

Biography

Joseph Podlasek, enrolled member of the LCO, Ojibwe Tribe and of Polish decent

Executive and Technical Director 2000 – present, starting with one full-time and two part-time staff members. Through networking, seeking supporters and building a quality staff from within the Chicago Native community, he currently has 13 full- time and 3 part-time staff member.

http://www.aic-chicago.org/mission.html

Mission
To promote the fellowship among Indian people of all Tribes living in metropolitan Chicago , and to create bonds of understanding and communication between Indians and non-Indians in this city. To advance the general welfare of American Indians into the metropolitan community life; to foster the economic and educational advancement of Indian people; to sustain cultural, artistic and avocational pursuits; and to perpetuate Indian cultural values.

Vision
We envision the American Indian Center as the authentic primary resource for urban American Indian culture, and a welcoming home for all American Indians.

Article in Indian Country Newspaper

http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096411227

Dr. Pamela Smoot

Black Indians
Thursday, Nov. 9, 7:00 pm
Student Center , Mississippi Room

http://www.siu.edu/~bas/staff.htm

Assistant Professor, Black American Studies, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Ph.D., Michigan State University (American History); Certificate, Archival Administration; M.S.,(Wayne State University); European History (Tennessee State University); B.A., American History (Tennessee State University). Major areas: U.S. History, African American History, African and African American Women's History; Oral History; Archival Administration.

Pamela A. Smoot
Black American Studies
Faner 4021
MC: 4529
453-7147
olivia@siu.edu

Dan Hechenberger

Illinois Indians
Wednesday, Nov. 8, 7:00 pm
Faner Hall, The University Museum

Dan Hechenberger
Doctoral Student
Education (Curriculum and Instruction), Mail Code 4610
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale , IL 62901
(618) 536-2441

Lanell Matt

History of the Montana Salish
Monday, Nov. 6, 7:00 pm
Student Center , Missouri Room

Lanell Matt
Doctoral Student
Anthropology Department, Mail Code 4502
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale , IL 62901
(618) 536-6651

Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes – Official Website

http://www.cskt.org/

The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes are comprised of the Bitterroot Salish, the Pend d'Oreille and the Kootenai tribes. The Flathead Reservation of 1.317 million acres in northwest Montana is our home now but our ancestors lived in the territory now known as western Montana , parts of Idaho , British Columbia and Wyoming . This aboriginal territory exceeded 20 million acres at the time of the 1855 Hellgate Treaty.

The People's Center - Salish, Kootenai and Pend d'Oreille Tribal Nations

http://www.peoplescenter.org/

Salish

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0843236.html

Native Americans – Salish/Flatheads

http://www.nativeamericans.com/Flathead.htm

The indigenous people of North America , also known as the Salish, who in the early 19th cent. inhabited the Bitterroot River valley of W Montana . Their language belongs to the Salishan branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock. These people never practiced head flattening, but the Columbia River tribes who shaped the front of the head to create a pointed appearance spoke of their neighbors, the Salish, as flatheads in contrast. After the introduction of the horse the Flathead adopted a Plains culture, including the hunting of buffalo and the use of the tepee. They fought a series of wars with the Blackfoot over hunting land. The Jesuit missionary Pierre Jean De Smet, who in 1841 founded the mission of St. Mary in Bitterroot valley among the Flathead, persuaded the Blackfoot to make peace. By the Garfield Treaty (1872) the Flathead agreed to move north to the valley of the lake and river now bearing their name, where, with a band of the Kootenai, they dwell and together number some 2,800. The city of Seattle is named after one of their great chiefs. See O. W. Johnson, Flathead and Kootenay (1969); J. G. Jorgensen, Salish Language and Culture (1969).

Clifton and Kim Howell

Bison Bluff Farms
Wednesday, Nov. 1, 7:00 pm
Student Center , Ballroom A

National Bison Association https://bisoncentral.com/index.php?c=22&d=81&w=2009&U_state=IL

Bison Bluff Farms
1565 Bethel Church Road
Cobden , IL 62920 United States
Phone: 618-893-4959
Fax: 618-893-4444
kjhowell@midamer.net

Bison Industry

https://bisoncentral.com/index.php?c=63&d=71&a=1087&w=2&r=Y

Films

Indian Country Diaries: Spiral of Fire
84 minutes
Thursday, Nov. 2, 7:00 pm
Student Center , Missouri Room

http://indiancountrydiaries.org/PressPhotosSpiral/index.html

Viewers' Guide and Film Synopsis

http://www.nativenetworks.si.edu/ENG/orange/indian_country_diaries.htm

Writer LeAnne Howe (Choctaw) travels to Cherokee, North Carolina to the home of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in search of the father she never knew. Instead, the community she discovers leads her to ask crucial questions about identity, cultural preservation, health, capitalism, religion, assimilation.

Trail of Tears
2 hours
Wednesday, Nov. 15, 6:30 pm
Student Center , Missouri Room

http://www.richheape.com/native-american-videos/index-broadband.htm

This two hour documentary explores America 's darkest period: President Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal Act of 1830 and the forced removal of the Cherokee Nation to Oklahoma in 1838... Thousands of Cherokees died during the Trail of Tears, nearly a quarter of the Nation. They suffered beyond imagination and when they finally arrived in Indian Territory , they arrived almost without any children and with very few elders, in a way they arrived with no past and no future.

The Trail of Tears passed through southern Illinois . According to the Southern Illinois History Page, the northern overland route of the Trail of Tears entered Southern Illinois at Golconda and traveled westerly through Vienna and Jonesboro - generally parallel to what's now Illinois Route 146.

Looking Toward Home
58 minutes
Thursday, Nov. 16, 7:00 pm
Student Center , Mackinaw Room

http://www.nativenetworks.si.edu/eng/orange/1886.htm

An exploration of urban Indian life in New York , Los Angeles , and the San Francisco Bay area begins with a look back at off-reservation relocation in the 1950s and 1960s and the present-day Native community life of U.S. cities.and sexual liberation. With enticing archival footage and period music, this unknown story is dramatically brought back to life.

Mino-Bima-Diziwin: The Good Life
57 minutes
Thursday, Nov. 30, 7:00 pm
Student Center , Ohio Room

http://www.prairiepublic.org/education/pstv/titles/minob.html

On the White Earth reservation in Minnesota , harvesting wild rice is an annual tradition. In this hour-long documentary, many wonderful and intimate moments show the hardships and rewards experienced by those who continue to live off the land. The program interweaves philosophy about "manoomin" or wild rice, with the stories of local people whose lives revolve around the harvest. Background interviews illuminate both the economic and the spiritual aspects of this ancient tradition.

The film is narrated by Winona LaDuke, a nationally known Native environmentalist from White Earth, who discusses continuity and change in gathering and processing of rice. The program uses these issues as a springboard into the underlying economic, social and philosophical issues of sustainable land use. This is a documentary about values and choices, and how one influences the other.

For additional information
Contact Student Development at (618) 453-5714 or visit us on-line at www.siuc.edu/~studdev