Calendar of Events   2005

Monday, March 7

Tuesday, March 8


MINI-POW WOW
Area fourth graders participating
10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.     
LCSC  Activity Center

7:00 to 8:30 p.m.   
Free & Open to the Public 
An Evening of Storytelling featuring ED EDMO and HORACE AXTELL
LCSC Silverthorne Theater, Administration Building
Sponsored by the Idaho Humanities Council

Wednesday, March 9


Idaho Indian Education Youth Conference

PANELS AND PRESENTATIONS
    Free & Open to the Public       LCSC Williams Conference Center

9:00  to  9:15 a.m.
    Opening Session
      Presentation of Colors: 
      Honor Song: 
      Prayer: 
      Welcome:  President Dene Thomas
      Bob Sobotta, Director, Native American/Minority Student Services, LCSC

9:15 to 10:15 a.m.
“Language Preservation”
  -- Jenna Underriner, Northwest Indian Language Institute, University of Oregon;
  Harold Crook - Moderator
Sponsored by the Northwest Indian Language Institute

10:30  to  11:45 a.m.
Cultural Resilience: Finding Hope from the Inside Out
  -- Iris Heavy Runner, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Minnesota School of Social Work
   Alan Marshall - Moderator
 Sponsored by the Idaho Humanities Council

12:00 to 1:00 p.m.   (SUB Amphitheatre)
A Nez Perce Meets Captain William Clark
  -- Allen Pinkham and Craig Rockwell, Phill Allen - Moderator
 Sponsored by Clearwater-Snake Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Committee

1:30  to  2:45 p.m.
“Exploring Intergenerational Trauma”
  -- Bill Hayne, Division of Education LCSC; Rhett Diessner - Moderator

3:00  to  4:15 p.m.
“A Discussion on Cultural Resilience in Native American Communities Today”
 Ed Edmo,  Iris Heavy Runner,  and others TBA,  Chris Norden - Moderator

7:00  to  9:00 p.m.
FRIENDSHIP BANQUET
The Native American Awareness Week Lifetime Achievement Award, 
 the Isaac "Ike" Wilson Memorial Scholarship and other scholarships will be presented at this time. 
The banquet will take place at the Williams Conference Center.
 

Thursday, March 10

PANELS AND PRESENTATIONS
   Free & Open to the Public          LCSC Williams Conference Center

9:00  to  10:15 a.m.
“The Nez Perce Trail and Protecting Sacred Sites”
   -- Sandi McFarland, Administrator -- Nez Perce National Historical Trail  
  Phill Allen - Moderator
 Sponsored by Clearwater-Snake Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Committee

10:30  to  11:45 a.m.
“Native American Music as a tool for Resilience”
  -- Horace Axtell, Nez Perce Tribal Elder
  Cliff Sijohn, Coeur d'Alene Tribal Elder
  Sponsored by the Idaho Humanities Council

12:00 to 1:00 p.m.  
"A Woman's Day"
  -- Pam Laird, LCSC Student -- Chris Riggs - Moderator

1:30  to  2:45 p.m.
“Native Americans in Journalism”
  – (tentative) Mark Trahant, Editorial Page Editor -- Seattle Post Intelligencer
 Chris Riggs - Moderator
 Sponsored by the Idaho Humanities Council

3:00  to  4:15 p.m.
The Opening of the National Museum of the American Indian
Sean Cassidy, Division of Humanities LCSC; Patricia Keith, Division of Humanities LCSC;
Skyler Whitetemple and Mary Oatman-Wak Wak, LCSC students

LCSC POW WOW
Free & Open to the Public          LCSC Activity Center

7:00 p.m.  to  12:00 a.m.
Raffle Drawing

list of Prizes

Proceeds of Raffle Benefit the
Issac "Ike" Wilson Scholarship and the
Marshall Watters Loan Fund 

For more information concerning POW WOWs, click here:
http://www.powwows.com/

Friday, March 11

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