Native American Awareness Week
March 18th - 22nd, 2024
For the past 37 years each Spring Semester, LCSC hosts Native American Awareness Week, which is designed for the LCSC students, faculty, staff and the general public. The week starts Tuesday, with events, presentations, Friendship Banquet, throughout the week and ends with a Powwow on Friday evening.
Native American Awareness Week Agenda
| Date / Time | Description / Place |
| March 18 | TBD |
| March 19 | |
| 10:00am-11:15am | Mini Powwow - Area Fourth grade classes are invited. - P1FCU Activites Center |
| 6:00pm -7:30pm | |
| March 20 | TBD |
| 9:30am - 1:00pm | |
| 1:30pm - 2:45pm | |
| March 21 | TBD |
| 9:00am - 10:15am | |
| 10:30am - 11:45am | |
| 12:00 - 1:00pm | |
| 1:30pm - 2:45pm | |
| 4:30 pm | |
| 6:00pm - 7:30pm | LCSC Native American Awareness Week Friendship Banquet or Reception (Student Acknowledgements & Lifetime Achievement Award presented) WCC |
| March -22 | TBD |
| 7:00pm - 11:30pm | LCSC Native American Awareness Week Closing Powwow, Scholarship Raffle. PIFCU Activity Center. |
Lifetime Achievement Award
Each year the Native American Club students at Lewis-Clark State College take time to recognize a member of the region's indigenous community for his or her life-long contributions to the continued existence of Native communities, values and lives.
- 1988 David Miles Sr.
- 1989 Margaret Rogers
- 1990 Oliver Frank
- 1991 Frank Penny Sr.
- 1992 Rose Frank
- 1993 Wilfred Scott
- 1994 Katherine Ramsey
- 1995 Horace Axtell
- 1996 Richard Halfmoon
- 1997 Frances Paisano
- 1998 Elsie Frank
- 1999 Allen Slickpoo Sr.
- 2000 Josephine Hayes
- 2001 Ipsus Nute (Jesse Greene)
- 2002 Cecil Carter
- 2003 Bessie Scott
- 2004 Rosa Yearout
- 2005 Lucille Wilson
- 2006 Rachel Zumwalt
- 2007 Connie Evans
- 2008 Gilbert Towner
- 2009 Jim Spencer
- 2010 Delores Lookingglass Wheeler
- 2011 Wallace Wheeler
- 2012 Katherine Powaukee
- 2013 Loretta "Chet" Halfmoon
- 2014 Florene Davis
- 2015 Leroy Seth
- 2016 Benjamin "Badge" Arthur Sr.
- 2017 Jim McCormack
- 2018 Estelline "Essie" Carter
- 2019 Allen Pinkham Sr.
- 2020 Lee Bourgeau
- 2021 Mary Jane Miles
- 2022 Vera Sonneck
- 2023 Jenny Williams
Native American Alumni
