Native American Heritage Month 2021: NAHM Events

Nov. 4, 2021 at 7 PM, Academic Commons Assembly Hall
In this Native American History Month lecture, anthropologist Dr. Julia A. King from St. Mary’s College of Maryland will use artifacts and other landscape features unearthed through archaeological investigation of the Piscataway chiefdom on the lower western shore of Maryland to describe an Indigenous history of colonial Maryland in the face of both territorial and bodily displacement. Dr. King recently received a substantial Archaeology Grant from the National Park Services to fund a complete archeological overview and assessment of Piscataway Park in Prince George’s County, Maryland.
Cosponsored by the Department of History. For Information: cxcarayon@salisbury.edu

Nov. 10, 2021 at 3 PM & 6 PM, Guerrieri Student Union, Nanticoke Room
Raggatha Rain is a Native American lecturer, activist and storyteller from Selbyville, DE. She is the chair of the Native American International Caucus of the United Methodist Church. She is an advocate for educating people about the trauma that Native Americans have endured and are still suffering today. She shares that stories with lessons, tears and humor are the most powerful medicines of indigenous people.
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Nov. 17, 2021 at 6 PM, Guerrieri Student Union, Nanticoke Room
Dovie Thomason is a member of the Lakota and Kiowa Apache nations and shares stories and her culture to entertain and teach respect for her native values and ideas. Children welcome!
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Nov. 11, 2021 at 11:00 AM
Since 1940, many Native artists have pushed, pressed, and expanded beyond narrow, market-driven definitions of American Indian art. Drawing from the National Museum of the American Indian’s rich permanent collection, Stretching the Canvas presents nearly 40 paintings that transcend, represent, or subvert conventional ideas of authenticity.

Nov 12, 2021 - Nov 18, 2021
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian brings its annual Native Cinema Showcase to online audiences Nov. 12-18, 2021. This year's showcase focuses on Native people boldly asserting themselves through language, healing, building community, and a continued relationship with the land. Activism lies at the heart of all these stories. The showcase provides a unique forum for engagement with Native filmmakers from Indigenous communities throughout the Western Hemisphere and Arctic.