Native Heritage Walk
Available through November, Toyon Meadow

We invite you to check out our new exhibit of photos and mini-biographies along the path on Toyon Meadow that features Native American artists, youth, and activists.  We honor them by sharing their stories with you.

Native Heritage Month Library Display
Available through November, Olin Library

We invite you to visit the display case just past the main entrance in the library, to view books and photos related to Native American history, with an emphasis on the experience of Native Americans in boarding schools.   Items provided by the Mills Library will be available for viewing after November.

Native American Heritage Month Kick Off
12:15 pm, Wednesday, November 4, 2009, Suzanne's Plaza

Come join us as we celebrate the start of Native American Heritage Month on the Plaza.  We’ll be making frybread and playing traditional and contemporary Native music.  We invite you to bring a toy or monetary donation for the Christmas celebration benefitting Native children at the Intertribal Friendship House.

Dinner Honoring Native American Heritage Month
5:00-7:00 pm, Thursday, November 5, 2009, Founders Hall

Come and enjoy the company of the Mills community and a mouth-watering Native American spread!

This event is cosponsored by Bon Appetit.

Heritage Dinner & Music from Native American Bay Area Musicians
7:00 pm, Thursday, November 19, 2009, Student Union

Come enjoy delicious Native food prepared by the members of NASA and our guest caterer, Betty Trujillo of the Intertribal Friendship House.  Local Native American musicians Goodshield & Crow will perform.  We invite you to bring a toy or monetary donation for the Christmas celebration benefitting Native children at the Intertribal Friendship House.

Film Screening: The Business of Fancydancing
7:00 pm, Friday, November 20, 2009, Faculty/Staff Lounge

The Native American Student Alliance joins the Queer and Trans People of Color Film Series and Queer Melanin to present The Business of Fancydancing, a film written and directed by Sherman Alexie. Following the screening, we invite you to stay for a discussion facilitated by the co-sponsoring groups.

"Based on Sherman Alexie's book of poetry of the same name, The Business of Fancydancing reunites best friends Aristotle Joseph (Gene Tagaban) and Seymour Polatkin (Evan Adams) -- two Native American men who grew up together on the Spokane Reservation. Sixteen years after their high school graduation, Seymour, now a successful, gay poet living in Seattle, confronts his past when he returns to the reservation to attend a friend's funeral." -Netflix.com

Sponsors
Events are cosponsored by Ethnic Studies Department, Native American Student Alliance, President's Office, Associated Students of Mills College, Office of Religious and Spiritual Life, and the Women's Studies Program.

Mills College Heritage Months are supported in part by the Ethnic Studies Fund. To learn about and donate to the Fund, please click here: Ethnic Studies Fund. Many thanks for your generosity in support of Ethnic Studies and students of color at Mills.

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