NIC celebrates American Indian Heritage Week
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April 4, 2013 |
North Idaho College will host a number of events
throughout the week of April 8-12 in honor of
American Indian Heritage Week. Nearly all these
events, which celebrate the tribes of the
Northwest, are free and open to the public.
The series of events begins Monday with
storytelling by Marie Poirier of the Blackfeet
Tribe at 10 a.m. in the Driftwood Bay Room of
the Edminster Student Union Building (SUB). The
Shooting Star Dancers of the Coeur d'Alene Tribe
will present a dancing exhibition from 11:45
a.m. to 12:45 p.m. in the SUB Plaza.
From 1:15 to 2:15 p.m., Quanah Matheson, also of
the Coeur d'Alene Tribe, will give a talk on the
tribe's history, again in the Driftwood Bay
Room.
On Tuesday, vendors will have booths set up and
a silent auction will take place from 10 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. in the Driftwood Bay Room to benefit
the Che'nshish Scholarship, a fund established
by the American Indian Student Alliance Club
through the NIC Foundation.
Featured artists with work on display will
include Jacque Deanna Bell, Valentina LaPier,
Alani Hand, Clay Hand, William Weems and more.
A number of art demonstrations will be presented
in the Lake Coeur d'Alene Room in the SUB,
including basket weaving by Jacque Rickard of
the Walker River Paiute band from 10:45 to 11:45
a.m.; a clay art demonstration by Cherokee
tribal member Wyatt Hand from 1 to 2:15 p.m.;
and an acrylic painting on canvas demonstration
by Valentina LaPier of the Blackfeet Tribe.
On Wednesday, you can enjoy an inter-tribal
feast with salmon, fry bread, corn and
huckleberry dessert, available for $6 from 11:30
a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the SUB Plaza. Hoop Dancers
from the Tangled Roots Dance Studio will be
performing there from 12:30 to 1:15 p.m.
From 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Norma Peone of the Coeur
d'Alene Tribe will demonstrate the stick game.
On Thursday evening, an Intertribal Show
featuring musician Jack Gladstone and the Haida
Heritage Dance Group takes place from 7 to 9
p.m. in the Boswell Hall Schuler Performing Arts
Center. NIC students with ID get in free;
tickets are $5 per person for non-students, and
available at the door, which opens at 6:30 p.m.
Proceeds again benefit the Che'nshish
Scholarship.
A free Native American crafts workshop for the
whole family takes place in the SUB Lake Coeur
d'Alene Room from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Friday,
offering hands-on fun for all ages making dream
catchers, choker necklaces, pony bead necklaces
and more. As if that weren't enough, there will
also be free pizza!
"Rainbow Crow Saves the World," a live
performance piece by Amanda Johnson and Sherry
Mays, both members of the Coeur d'Alene Tribe,
will be presented at 7 p.m. and again at 8 p.m.
in the SUB.
The week-long celebration is sponsored by the
NIC American Indian Student Alliance and the
Coeur d'Alene Casino. To find out more, call
(208) 769-3365. |
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