Notre Dame to celebrate Native American Heritage Month | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Notre Dame to celebrate Native American Heritage Month Notre Dame to celebrate Native American Heritage Month Published: November 03, 2015 Author: Monika Spalinski Sacramento Knoxx November is Native American Heritage Month, and in celebration, the University of Notre Dame will host several events. Sacramento Knoxx, an Ojibwe and Anishinaabe and Xicano mix media artist and cultural activist, will perform some of his work and give a community talk in the Notre Dame Center for Arts and Culture at 1045 W. Washington St., South Bend, from 6-8 p.m. Thursday (Nov. 5). Authentic Native American food will be served at the talk, which is free and open to the public. As part of the Multicultural Student Programs and Services First Fridays series, Knoxx will give a public presentation at 4 p.m. Friday (Nov. 6) in the Multicultural Student Programs and Services office in Room 210, LaFortune Student Center. Knoxx will also speak at a Native American Student Association of Notre Dame (NASAND) dinner at 5:30 p.m. Friday in the Coalition Lounge, 207 LaFortune Student Center. The event is open to all students and faculty. From 4 to 6:30 p.m. Nov. 10 (Tuesday), NASAND is hosting a Native American crafts event, featuring lessons on how to make dream catchers and other traditional Native American adornments, while also teaching the meaning behind them. The event is free and open to the public, and it will take place in the Notre Dame Room in the LaFortune Student Center. Dylan Miner, American Indian studies program director and adjunct curator of indigenous art at Michigan State University, will visit the Notre Dame Center for Arts and Culture from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Nov. 11 (Wednesday) to showcase some of his work and to talk about Native American art and heritage. The talk, titled “Indians Walk in Two Different Worlds,” is free and open to the public. Marcus Winchester, Native American historian and interim director of language and culture for the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi, will be the featured guest lecturer at a Native Heritage Dinner sponsored by Multicultural Student Programs and Services and NASAND at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 16 (Monday) at Legends restaurant. The dinner will feature a Native American-inspired menu and is free and open to all students and faculty. A limited amount of seats are available, so tickets are required. For tickets, visit msps.nd.edu/events/2015/11/16/37816-native-american-heritage-celebration. The Native American Student Association of Notre Dame will have a bonfire on St. Joseph’s Hill at 7 p.m. Nov. 20 (Friday). There will be s’mores and poetry readings. The event is free and open to all students, faculty and staff. Posted In: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Related September 30, 2022 New prison education initiative joins Center for Social Concerns September 29, 2022 ACE program prepares educators for next generation of linguistically diverse students September 28, 2022 Tyson Yunkaporta, Indigenous Australian scholar and Nasr Book Prize winner, to visit campus September 27, 2022 Alpha Phi Alpha president to be featured ‘fireside chat’ guest September 20, 2022 Merit-based leadership scholars program works to support and empower Latino communities For the Media Contact Office of Public Affairs and Communications Notre Dame News 500 Grace Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest © 2022 University of Notre Dame Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn