First Nations Educational and Cultural Center (FNECC)
Schedule of Events

Opening Reception for National American Indian Heritage Month 2010
Thursday, November 4, from 5-8 p.m.
Showers City Hall Atrium (401 N. Morton St., Bloomington)
Indiana University First Nations Educational and Cultural Center and the City of Bloomington cordially invite you to the opening reception for National American Indian Heritage Month 2010. Co-Sponsors: Native American Community Center of Bloomington and the IU Bloomington Office of Multicultural Initiatives.

Language Symposium and Reception:
"Sustaining Indigenous languages: Some Examples from North American Indians"
Featured speakers: Linda Cumberland and Wyman Kirk
Friday, November 5
Symposium from 1-5 p.m. in Ballantine Hall, Room 109
Reception from 5-6:30 p.m. in Ballantine Hall, Room 104
Sponsor: Committee on Native American and Indigenous Studies

Cherokee Basket Weaving Workshop
Saturday, November 6, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Bridgwaters Lounge in the Neal Marshall Black Culture Center (275 N. Jordan Ave., Bloomington)
Join Dr. John Johnson (Cherokee) in a free class and make your own Cherokee-style basket! Tools, weaving reeds, and other materials will be available. Free lunch at noon. This workshop requires preregistration. Please contact FNECC at fnecc@indiana.edu or (812) 855-4814 to register.

Conference: "Queering the Countryside: New Directions in Rural Queer Studies"
Saturday, November 6, from 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
IMU Frangipani Room
Open Reception
From 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
FARMbloomington Restaurant (108 E. Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington)

Free Film Night: "The Fast Runner"
Host: Nathen Steininger (Ojibwe)
Thursday, November 11, from 7-10 p.m.
Wylie Hall, Room 015 (100 S. Woodlawn Ave., Bloomington)

Seminar and Luncheon
"Constructing Democracy in America: Tribal Consultation and the Representation of American Indians in Health Policy"
Featured Speaker: Lauren MacLean, Ph.D.
Friday, November 12, from 12 noon-1:30 p.m.
Department of Folklore & Ethnomusicology, Seminar Room (501 N. Park Ave., Bloomington)
Co-sponsors: Committee on Native American and Indigenous Studies, American Indian Studies Research Institute, American Studies Program

Native American Beading Workshop
Saturday, November 13, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Bridgwaters Lounge in the Neal Marshall Black Culture Center (275 N. Jordan Ave., Bloomington)
Join Marilyn Cleveland (Cherokee and White Mountain Apache) in a free class and make your own beaded bracelet! Materials and lunch provided. This workshop requires preregistration. Please contact FNECC at fnecc@indiana.edu or (812) 855-4814 to register.

Free Film Night: "The Business of Fancy Dancing"
Host: Nathen Steininger (Ojibwe)
Thursday, November 18, from 7-10 p.m.
Wylie Hall, Room 015 (100 S. Woodlawn Ave., Bloomington)

All NAIHM 2010 FNECC events are co-sponsored by the IU Bloomington Office of Multicultural Initiatives.

All November the Native American Community Center of Bloomington will provide programs in celebration of NAIHM. Visit www.naccbloomington.org for more information.

All November WTIU will air programs in celebration of NAIHM. Visit www.indiana.edu/~radiotv/wtiu/index.shtml for more information.

First Nations Educational and Cultural Center is a Unit of the Office of the Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Multicultural Affairs. For more information on these and other programs contact FNECC at fnecc@indiana.edu or (812) 855-4814.

Revised: October 23, 2010

Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Multicultural Affairs
Bryan Hall 115, Bloomington, IN 47405-7000, USA
(812) 856-5700

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