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News Release
EVENT NEWS / March 30, 2009
Boise State's Intertribal Native Council Hosts Seven Arrows
Powwow, Awareness Week Events
The Intertribal Native Council, a Boise State University student group, will
host “We Shall Remain: Native American Awareness Week” April 6-10 and the
annual Seven Arrows Powwow April 11-12. All events are free and open to the
public.
“We Shall Remain” includes film screenings, workshops and discussions about
issues relating to Native American culture. This year’s event will also
include Native American Student Recruitment Day on April 10; the Intertribal
Native Council is reaching out to five Idaho reservations to encourage
students to learn more about thriving in higher education.
The week will wrap up with the powwow, an annual event featuring traditional
music and dancing, competitions, storytelling and more. The two-day event is
open to the entire community.
All “We Shall Remain” events are free and include:
• Screening of “Trudell.” 5 p.m. April 6, Boise State Student Union
Brink Room. Filmmaker Heather Rae will be on hand to discuss the documentary
she created about Native American activist John Trudell.
• Historical Impact of the “S” Word: From One Generation to the Next.
5 p.m. April 7, Student Union Brink Room. Facilitated by Sonya Rosario.
• Native Americans in Higher Education. 10:30-11:25 a.m. April 8,
Student Union Cultural Center. Viviana Lopez of the Department of Bilingual
Education will address Native Americans’ participation in higher education
and what it means for Native Americans to attend Boise State.
• Native American Health care. 1-1:45 p.m. April 8, Student Union
Grand A Ballroom. Merrell “Beck” Simpson will discuss her experience as the
nursing supervisor for the St. Joseph Regional Medical Center Emergency
Room. Simpson is a health care provider for the Nez Perce Tribe and also
will address general Native American health care issues.
• An Interactive Approach to Discuss Race and Ethnicity: Through
Native American and Mexican American Eyes. 3-3:45 p.m. April 8, Student
Union Grand B Ballroom. Martin “Mike” Cutler of the Department of Psychology
and Ro Parker of the Cultural Center will facilitate this workshop focusing
on questions and answers about race and ethnicity from both a Native
American and Mexican American perspective.
• Native American Mascots. 5-5:45 p.m. April 8, Student Union Grand B
Ballroom. Melanie Fillmore, a senior at Boise State and a member of the
Hunkpapa Lakota Band of the Standing Rock Indian Reservation of South
Dakota, will facilitate this workshop. Fillmore was nominated as Head Woman
for the Seven Arrows Pow Wow this year. The workshop will focus on the
affect Native American mascots have on Native American peoples across the
United States and why the use of them is an issue.
• Tribal Sovereignty. 7-7:45 p.m. April 8, Student Union Grand B
Ballroom. Facilitated by Sonya Rosario, a local film director, and Tai
Simpson, a Boise State McNair Scholar and member of the Idaho Nez Perce
Tribe. This workshop will preview Rosario’s film “Idaho’s Forgotten War” and
will include a lecture by Simpson, who will share her research about Native
American political identity in the United States and what tribal sovereignty
means for indigenous peoples.
• What Native Students Want: Native American Student Panel. 9-9:45
a.m. April 9, location to be determined. A discussion of the resources
necessary to create a more successful academic community for Native American
students.
• Native American Advisory Board Discussion and Developing Strategy.
10-11:30 a.m. April 9, Student Union Grand B Ballroom. A discussion for
faculty and administration about developing resources for Native American
students and creating support and commitment.
• Decolonizing Education and Debrief. 1-2:15 p.m. April 9, Student
Union Grand B Ballroom. Addressing issues that negate or marginalize Native
American students and the cultural inappropriateness of some methods of
testing or curriculum.
• Native American Student Recruitment Day. 9:30 a.m.-7 p.m. April 10,
Student Union Grand A Ballroom, Student Union Hatch C Ballroom, Student
Union Hatch D Ballroom. A series of discussions, activities, speakers and
workshops for Native American high school students and their parents. For
more information or a full schedule, contact Tai Simpson at
taisimpson1@gmail.com.
• Seven Arrows Pow Wow. 9 a.m.-11 p.m. April 11, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
April 12, Student Union Grand Ballroom. Admission is $2 for adults and $1
for students with ID. Admission is free for seniors and children 6 and
younger. This annual event will feature a grand entry at noon April 11,
including the Honor Guard unit from the Mountain Home Air Force Base and an
invocation by Michael Pavel of Washington State University, a member of the
Skokomish Tribe. Events will continue with intertribal and contest dancing,
the Miss Seven Arrows contest, student organization performances, drumming
and another grand entry at 7 p.m. The grand entry on April 12 will be at
noon.
For more information about any of these events, contact Tai Simpson at (208)
514-7062 or taisimpson1@gmail.com.
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Media Contact: Julie Hahn, University Communications, (208) 426-5540,
juliehahn@boisestate.edu
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