The Diversity Matters Film & 系列讲座 began in 2006. Approximately nine presentations annually are offered across OPE电子竞技官网 campuses and centers. Discussion leaders are identified for the films.
HYBRID LECTURE: The Sacred Tradition of the Sweat Lodge
克里斯·鹰, Oglala Lakota
Renowned traditional Lakota expert and Emcee for the Denver March powwow, 克里斯·鹰, discusses the sweat lodge.
Eagle Hawk is self-employed as a 文化顾问, providing Lakota knowledge, drum therapy and self-awareness for the youth and adults throughout Indian Country. He is a member of two warrior societies and the Teca Wacipi Okolakiciye (Young Dancer’s Society).
Thursday, September 21
12:30-1:45 p.m.
Fort Omaha Campus, Digital Express, Bldg. 10号136B房间 & C
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VIRTUAL PANEL: HARVESTING HOPE
里卡多·阿里扎, Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAGNebraska) Career Specialist, Umóⁿhoⁿ (Omaha) Nation Public Schools
Suzi French, Farm to School Director, Umóⁿhoⁿ (Omaha) Nation Public Schools
Stacie Hardy, Superintendent, Umóⁿhoⁿ (Omaha) Nation Public Schools
Tuesday, December 5, 12:30-1:45 p.m. 中科
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Learn from leaders of the 创新 户外课堂 所实现的 Umóⁿhoⁿ (Omaha) Nation Public Schools 在梅西, Nebraska where educators teach students about the natural sciences through the lens of Native culture, 历史, and traditional ceremonies.
From planting to harvesting and everything in between, Umóⁿhoⁿ Nation Public School students 连接 with their community and receive 实践经验 in agriculture, economics, and cultural traditions.
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HYBRID LECTURE: 玩偶委员会
蒙娜·苏珊·鲍尔, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, 作者, graduate of Harvard Law School and the Iowa Writers' Workshop
3月19日星期二
12:30-1:45 p.m. CDT
Fort Omaha Campus, Bldg 22, Room 201A
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玩偶委员会
蒙娜·苏珊·鲍尔 is the 作者 of four books of fiction, including The Grass Dancer, Roofwalker, Sacred Wilderness and 玩偶委员会. Participate to learn about her life and her newest book, 玩偶委员会, a story of three women, told in part through the stories of the dolls they carried...
娘娘腔, born 1961: 娘娘腔's relationship with her beautiful and volatile mother is difficult, 甚至是危险, but her life is also filled with beautiful things, including a new Christmas present, 一个叫埃塞尔的娃娃, who whipspers advice and kindness in 娘娘腔's ear.
莉莲, born 1925: Born in her ancestral lands in a time of terrible change, Lillian clings to her sister, 布兰奇, 还有她的洋娃娃, 美. The sisters are forced to attend an 'Indian boarding school' far from their home. When tragedy strikes the sisters, the doll 美 finds her way to defend the girls.
科拉, born 1888: Though she was born into the brutal legacy of the 'Indian Wars,' 科拉 isn't afraid of the white men who remove her to a school across the country to be 'civilized.' Teachers burn her beloved buckskin and beaded doll, Winnona, and 科拉 discovers that the spirit of Winona may not be entirely lost.
Participation for all programs is free and open to the public.
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