National Native American Heritage Month

When:

November 01, 2023 - November 30, 2023

Category:

Faculty and Staff Events Student Events

Location:

Northwest Denver Campus

Details:

Regis family, let us commit to personal and communal practices of decolonization in our learning, in our Thanksgiving (Day of Mourning) rituals, and in celebration of the indigenous heritage and identities among us. We offer the following opportunities for living into this commitment this month:

Campus-wide Purification Ceremony
4 p.m., Monday, Nov. 6
On the lawn between West Hall and the Student Center
The smudging ceremony is where we honor Indigenous leaders' presence and reimage our relationships with our environment. The smoke from the burning of wild sage provides a bridge between mortal and higher realms and invites in protective energies while dispelling negative energies. This ceremony is for us, the Regis community, and is a spiritual response to student requests for a campus-wide blessing after our community experienced multiple tragedies. It honors and celebrates Indigenous Heritage and Identities and is an act of generosity from the Indigenous community in our midst. Through the practice of this Purification Ceremony and the companionship of Chief Lee Plenty Wolf, our community at Regis has the opportunity to decolonize the imaginaries of Indigenous practices and honor the presence of Native people as active participants of our dynamic spiritual community.

The History of BIPOC Social Movements: The American Indian Movement
6 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 9
Claver 315 and online
Join 2015 Regis graduate Celesté Martinez as she moderates this educational conversation about the history and leadership of the American Indian Movement.

Remembering and Repenting the Legacy of Indian Boarding Schools
All month
Dayton Memorial Library
Nidawin Preston’s grandmother was forcibly taken from her family and moved to the Carlisle School in Pennsylvania. Visit the display in the Dayton Memorial Library to learn more about this US government-sanctioned method of colonization and oppression.