The Carlos Museum and the Native American Indigenous Studies Initiative present the two-day Indigenous Food Sovereignty Symposium, inviting food historians, chefs, and ethnobotanists to campus to lead cooking demonstrations centered on Indigenous ingredients, foods, and contemporary reimagining of traditional dishes. Join Rob Kinneen (Alaska Native) and Nephi Craig (White Mountain Apache and Diné) for a day of cooking workshops on Saturday, November 9th, followed by a screening of the film Gather, and a Q&A led by Nephi Craig; then attend a panel discussion centered on Indigenous food sovereignty, moderated by Malinda Maynor Lowrey, Cahoon Family Professor of History, on Sunday, November 10th.

The symposium is made possible through the generous support of the Art Bridges Foundation and the Native American and Indigenous Studies Initiative.

Cooking Demonstrations & Workshops Details
Time: Saturday, November 9 from 1 – 3 p.m., Chef Nephi Craig, REGISTER and 4 – 6 p.m., Chef Rob Kinneen, REGISTER
Place: Ackerman Hall | Level Three

Film Screening: Gather Details
Time: Saturday, November 9 | 7 p.m.
Place: Ackerman Hall | Level Three

Panel Discussion: Indigenous Food Sovereignty Details
Time: Sunday, November 10 | 2 p.m.
Place: Ackerman Hall | Level Three

On Friday, November 8, join Emory as it welcomes leaders, singers, and storytellers for the third annual Muscogee Teach-In. Program will include:

• Remarks by Emory and Muscogee leaders
• Muscogee hymn-singing
• Lecture-demonstration of Muscogee art and culture
• Stomp Dance

On October 17 and 18, Muscogee leader Ella Jean Hill traces her family’s history from the Trail of Tears to her grandfather’s allotment in central Oklahoma. In an astonishing one-woman play, she shares her story – the Native boarding school she fled on foot, her marriage to a young Bengali scholar, and the advocacy that became her life’s work. With On the Far End, a reference to the landmark Supreme Court opinion in McGirt v. Oklahoma that upheld the sovereignty of the Muscogee territories, Mary Kathryn Nagle, one of America’s leading playwrights (Sovereignty; Manahatta), weaves a deeply personal account of one family – her own mother-in-law’s – and a legacy of broken promises between nations.

 Content Advisory: strong language, mature themes and racial slurs/hate language

Emory Students can get free tickets. Register here

Times: Oct 17 and 18 @ 7:00pm

Place: Schwartz Center for Performing Arts Theater Lab

From September 14 to December 15, the Carlos Museum will be exhibiting visual mediums from Greek, Maya and Moche traditions.

“Among the many ancient cultures that produced painted pottery, the Greeks in the Mediterranean, the Maya in Central America, and the Moche of northern Peru stand out for their terracotta vessels enlivened with narrative imagery. Representing heroic adventures, divine encounters, and legendary events, these decorated ceramics provided a dynamic means of storytelling and social engagement.

By juxtaposing Greek, Maya, and Moche traditions, this exhibition invites conversation about the ways in which three unrelated cultures visualized their society, myths, and cosmos through their pottery. Who made and used these vessels? Which stories did they depict, and why? How did artists shape these accounts? Could images convey more than words? Each vessel displayed in this exhibition is a “picture world,” full of expressive possibility.?”

“Complementing the Maya ceramics is a room within the exhibition of oil paintings made by five contemporary Maya artists from the highlands in Guatemala, to the south of where the Maya pottery in the exhibition derives. Their paintings are part of a contemporary art form developed by Maya artists in the 1930s but are in many ways connected to the creation of painted pottery, wall murals, and books by Maya artists in earlier times. They too are “picture worlds,” narrating stories about spirituality, ceremonies, ancestors, health, and government. They also comment upon the histories and futures of their communities and the larger region, including the armed conflict and genocide against Maya people in Guatemala from 1960 to 1996, and contemporary topics like immigration, human rights abuses, Indigenous rights, and celebration of Indigenous identity. The Tz’utujil and Kaqchikel Maya painters featured in the exhibition are among the more than eight million Maya people in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras, as well as in diaspora across the world, including in Atlanta, who speak one of approximately thirty-one Maya languages today.”

For more information

Time: Sept 14 – Dec 15

Place: 3rd floor of Carlos Museum

On September 3, Indigenous Muvskoke Artist Johnnie Diacon, Diacon will present his recent graphic novel in conversation with KSU faculty Dr. Miriam Brown Spiers, Associate Professor of English and American Studies, Graduate Program Director of American Studies and Native American and Indigenous Studies coordinator and Shuchita Mishra, Assistant Professor in Illustration and Sequential Art, School of Art and Design.

Link to Register

Time: 4:00 pm

Place: Zuckerman Museum of Art (KSU)

Welcome to the Muscogee Arts in Healthcare Leadership presented by the Center for Native American and Indigenous Studies, Emory University. Join us for a morning filled with insightful discussions, interactive workshops, and engaging presentations on the intersection of arts and health on Tribal Nations. Panelists will include Rhonda Beaver, Chief Administrative Officer for Muscogee Nation Health Department and Bobby C. Martin, Muscogee artist and Professor of Visual Arts at John Brown University. This in-person event is a unique opportunity to learn from experts in the field and network with like-minded individuals passionate about promoting health and wellness through traditional arts. Don’t miss out on this enriching experience! Contact Dean Beth Michel for more information at beth [dot] michel [at] emory [dot] edu.

Register here

Time: 10:00am – 1:00pm

Place: Rollins School of Public Health, 1518 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta GA 30322

Join NAISI in a panel discussion about Native American narratives in entertainment.

Time: 4:00pm

Place: Oxford Road Building, Presentation Room

On September 9th, Fawn Wood will come to Emory. Fawn Wood is a Cree and Salish musician from Alberta, Canada. She is most noted for her album Kakike, for which she won the Juno Award for Traditional Indigenous Artist of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2022.

Presented by the Center for Native American and Indigenous Studies with support from the Music Department. For more information: click here. Click here to register.

Time: 2:30pm-3:45pm

Place: Performing Arts Studio