Native American Awareness Week
March 2026
Lewis-Clark State College will celebrate its 38th annual Native American Awareness Week the week of March 18-21 with a variety of speakers, events, a banquet, and powwows. This year's theme is "Acknowledgement & Awareness". All events are free and open to the public and will be held at the Williams Conference Center unless otherwise noted.
Native American Awareness Week Agenda
| Date / Time | Description / Place |
| March , Tuesday | TBA |
| 10:00 am - 11:15 am | |
| March , Wednesday | |
| 9:30 am - 2:00 pm | |
| 3:00 pm - 4:15pm | |
| 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm | |
| March Thursday | |
| 10:30 am - 1:45 pm | |
| 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm | |
| 1:30 pm - 2:45 pm | |
| 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm | |
| March - | |
| 7:00pm - 11:30pm | SIMÍINEKEM WEWÉEX̣P PÁAX̣AM POW WOW & SCHOLARSHIP RAFFLE |
Lifetime Achievement Award
Each year the Native American Club students at LC 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
- 2024 Silas Whitman
- 2025 June Stewart
Native American Alumni
