The Native American Student Club at the University of New Mexico-Gallup hosts a week of activities during Native American Week, Nov. 12-15.
The activities are as follows:
Monday, Nov. 12, 10 a.m.: Invocation; Honor Song by the Cedar Lodge Drum Group; posting of colors; welcome address by Paul Kraft; schedule announcement by Kimimila Simms, NASC adviser, including the Unveiling of the Showcase in Gurley Hall Commons. These events will be followed by a fun run sponsored by NASC and the Zuni Diabetes Group at the UNM-Gallup running trail.
That evening from 7 to 9 p.m., Sunny Dooley, a Navajo Storyteller, will give a presentation in Calvin Hall Auditorium. Dooley, who comes from Chi Chil’ Tah, Where the Oaks Grow, tells stories that have been told for generations from her matrilineal Saltwater People Clan. With Diné as her first language, Dooley interprets her peoples’ stories into English, explaining the culture, traditions and history that lie behind the stories. The storytelling session is free, and is sponsored by funding from Achieving the Dream, an initiative by the Lumina Foundation to improve college success of under-represented students nationwide.
On Tuesday, Nov. 13, a Fry Bread Contest, sponsored by NASC and the American Indian Science and Engineering Society, will take place in the courtyard from 10:30 to noon. From noon to 3 p.m. there will be a Native Fear Factor Knowledge Bowl in Gurley Hall Commons, and at 3 p.m., a documentary about children using their cultural identity in a time when Native language and tradition are being lost to drugs and alcohol and other debilitating influences will be shown.
“When Your Hands Are Tied” will be introduced by co-producer Marley Shebala, who will also give out copies, and at 6:30 p.m., “Canary Effect,” another documentary about Colonial Native America and winner of the Stanley Kubrick Film Award, will follow. Both films will be shown in Calvin Hall Center Auditorium.
On Wednesday, Nov. 14, from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., starting in the courtyard with an Apache Skateboard Presentation showing various skateboard techniques and music DJ’d by Micah Wesley (Kiowa). Painter/designer Chanupa Huska Lugar (Lakota) will follow with a demonstration of spray paint on canvas. Douglas Miles is next with an art presentation in Gurley Hall Commons, and at 6:30 p.m., “Canary Effect” will be shown again in Calvin Hall Center.
On Thursday, Nov. 15, Comedy and Story Telling will be held at 5 p.m. in Gurley Hall Commons, followed by a comedy show featuring Drew Lacapa from 7 to 9 p.m. in Calvin Hall Auditorium.
All events are free to the public. For more information contact Kimimila Simms, 863-7500.