On Monday, March 27, the Department of Spanish and Portuguese will host Dr. Luis Cárcamo-Huechante’s lecture: (De)Colonizing Acts: From Impersonated “Indio” to Mapuche Voices in the Mediascape. Dr. Cárcamo-Huechante is the Associate Professor and Director of Program in Native American and Indigenous Studies at the University of Texas-Austin,
Time: 4:15 pm – 5:45 pm
Place: White Hall 110
On April 5, Dr. Lance Frye, the Former Surgeon General for the Muscogee Nation, will be guest lecturing during Rollins School of Public Health’s 3rd annual National Public Health Week.
Link to resister: https://sphadmissions.emory.edu/register/?id=d071550c-8e52-492b-a0d5-69ae7c3384cd
Time: 3:00pm to 5:00pm
Place: Margaret H. Rollins Room, RP01 (R. Randall Rollins Building Plaza Level)
On March 18, the Atlanta’s Upper West Side will be presenting Tour of Peachtree Creek entering the Chattahoochee River and History of the Muscogee Nation Q and A Session with special guest speaker William Lowe MBA (citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and Speaker of the Muscogee Nation National Council).
For more information: indigenous [dot] diversity [dot] info [at] gmail [dot] com, (770) 402-8288
Time: 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Place: 2560 Ridgewood Rd, NW – Atlanta, GA 30327
On Tuesday, Feb 21, Dr. Malinda Maynor Lowery will be speaking at the University of Georgia’s Woman’s History Month. This lecture is part of the Humanities Festival https://willson.uga.edu/ and the Signature Lecture Series https://provost.uga.edu/news-events/events/signature-lectures/.
If you need special accommodations for this lecture please contact us 7 days in advance at carlayork [at] uga [dot] edu or 706-542-2846. To read more, click here.
Time: 4:00pm
Place: Special Collections Libraries 271 at UGA
On Friday, Feb 17, University of Georgia will be hosting the 26th Annual Conference on the Americas Opening Plenary, Indigenous Women and Latin American Futures featuring guest speakers Dr. Patricia Richards, Alejandra Flores Carlos, and Pamela Calla. This event is open to all and does not require any resignation to attend. To read more, click here.
Time: 4:30 pm
Place: Miller Learning Center, Room 171 at UGA
On Wednesday, Feb 15, Dr. Ervan Garrison (Choctaw) will present a talk on Native American perspectives on the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation (NAGPRA) and the history of relevant US policy concerning Native American sites, artifacts, and ancestral remains. NAGPRA’s landmark 1990 legislation has been difficult to implement and fraught with controversy. Dr. Garrison will discuss how NAGPRA has changed the field for archaeology and anthropology and how Native communities view continuing issues around this law. To read more, click here.
Time: 4:00 pm
Place: Leconte Hall 221 at University of Georgia
On January 19, Professor Megan O’Neil will host a zoom-only lecture titled The Ancient Maya: (Not a) Lost Civilization where she will discuss how the Maya Civilization is anything but lost. To learn more, click here.
To register for the zoom-only lecture, click here.
Time: 7:30 to 8:30 pm
Place: Zoom
On December 6, Dr. Malinda Lowery will lead a virtual talk about the food sovereignty and resistance of the Lumbee Indian Tribe of North Carolina. Email jbantum [at] dillard [dot] edu to RSVP.
Time: 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
Place: Zoom Link and ID – 861 9701 4127
On November 19, 7 Stages, in collaboration with Turtle Island Trading, Zintkala Zi PowWow and the L5P Business Association, presents The First Voices Festival: A Celebration of Indigenous Cultures.
This festival will offer audiences in Atlanta, for the first time, an opportunity to engage in music, dance, theatrical performances, food, and Indigenous history, wisdom, and culture through storytelling, outreach, and engagement events. The goal is to provide Indigenous and Native American artists a platform to share their stories, art, and culture while promoting diversity, equity, and inclusivity to help people better understand how choices today can impact generations to come. Click here to purchase/register tickets for each event.
Powwow (Free – Need to register)
Time: 9am to 5pm
Place: Little 5 Points Soccer Field
Art of Activism Meal & Dialogue (Free – Need to register)
Time: 5pm to 6:30pm
Place: The Wrecking Bar
Evening Performances ($10-$40 for tickets)
Time: 7pm to 9pm
Place: 7 Stages
On November 11, UGA’s Native American Student Association, with support from the Institute of Native American Studies, Multicultural Services and Programs, and Gable Distinguished Professor of History, James F. Brooks, is hosting a Celebration of Native American Heritage with an Exhibition Powwow at Reed Quad. Dance Styles exhibited will include Men’s Fancy, Women’s Fancy Shawl, Grass, Jingle and Hoop dances. This is the key event of UGA’s Native American Heritage Month. Join us at Reed Quad for Native American Music and Dance in celebration of Indigenous American Identity and Culture
Time: 1:00pm to 5:00pm
Place: University of Georgia at Reed Quad