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20th annual "Learning to Walk Together" Traditional Pow wow

The Native American Student Association

invites you to join them in celebration of the

20th Annual "Learning To Walk Together" Traditional Pow Wow

at the Vandament Arena

on Saturday, March 17 - Sunday, March 18, 2012!

Daily Admission is $5

Weekend Button is $8

NMU students w/ID is FREE

Doors open at 11am both days

Saturday Grand Entries at Noon and 6pm
Feast meal and Hand Drum Contest from 4-6pm at the DJ Jacobetti Center

Sunday Grand Entry at Noon

2004 LTWT Pow wow

Three strands of one braid.

ACADEMIC

CNAS Flyer
NAS Minor
NAS Courses offered
NAS 488 Service Learning Projects
Winter 2012 Classes
Kinomaage field trips
Decolonizing Diet Project

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STUDENT SUPPORT

COMMUNITY OUTREACH

News and Information

	Come visit our photo gallery on Flickr. This extensive photo gallery includes pictures from our student activities, summer youth programs, Medicine Wheel Academy, Kenn’s Anishinaabe language classes, and much more.
	Visit our Archives to review past presentations, workshops, classroom projects, conference highlights, and other information about the Center.
	If you are looking for information on upcoming local, regional and national conferences and events in Indian Country, visit our resource room. There you can find links of interest, news relating to Indian Country and scholarships and internships. Also important resources such as the Michigan Indian Legal Services Review.
Click picture to enlarge	The Center for Native American Studies has tote bags available for purchase. The bags are 15" x 19" and made of durable polyester. They are a great alternative to plastic shopping bags. Check out the Center Store for other items available.

Voice on the Water: Great Lakes Native America Now
*Voice on the Water* is available for purchase at: the Center Store, 112 Whitman Hall; the NMU Bookstore; and Snowbound Books, downtown Marquette Visit Voice on the Water website. Additional information - contact Grace Chaillier at mintvart@nmu.edu or call 906-227-1397.

Voice on the Water: Great Lakes Native America Now

Voice on the Water is available for purchase at:

the Center Store, 112 Whitman Hall;

the NMU Bookstore; and

Snowbound Books, downtown Marquette

Visit Voice on the Water website.

Additional information - contact Grace Chaillier at mintvart@nmu.edu or call 906-227-1397.

CLANS Project
"Creating and Learning Art in Native Settings" is a new art-centered, educational project that will offer hands-on workshops for American Indian youth. A week-long summer program at Lac Vieux Desert (LVD) community is being planned to revitalize traditional Anishinaabe art forms, songs, and dances. CLANS is made possible by a National Endowment for the Arts grant and support from LVD, NMU College of Arts & Sciences, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission, Hannahville Indian School and Youth Program, and KBIC Youth Program.

CLANS Project

"Creating and Learning Art in Native Settings" is a new art-centered, educational project that will offer hands-on workshops for American Indian youth.

A week-long summer program at Lac Vieux Desert (LVD) community is being planned to revitalize traditional Anishinaabe art forms, songs, and dances.

CLANS is made possible by a
National Endowment for the Arts grant and support from LVD, NMU College of Arts & Sciences, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission, Hannahville Indian School and Youth Program, and KBIC Youth Program.

Decolonizing Diet Project
We have now entered into the next segment of the planning and research phase. We look forward to working with volunteer research subjects in preparation of the start of the diet in Spring 2012. We will be contacting potential food providers and securing resources, such as food, equipment, or cash. If you would like to donate, or have any questions about the DDP, please contact Dr. Martin Reinhardt, principal investigator, at (906) 227-1397 or e-mail mreinhar@nmu.edu. The Great Lakes region as defined by the DDP. (click on map to enlarge). See the DDP Informational flyer; or visit the DDP blog. Approved by IRB: Project #HS11-415

Decolonizing Diet Project

We have now entered into the next segment of the planning and research phase. We look forward to working with volunteer research subjects in preparation of the start of the diet in Spring 2012.

We will be contacting potential food providers and securing resources, such as food, equipment, or cash. If you would like to donate, or have any questions about the DDP, please contact Dr. Martin Reinhardt, principal investigator, at (906) 227-1397 or e-mail mreinhar@nmu.edu.

The Great Lakes region as defined by the DDP.

(click on map to enlarge).

See the DDP Informational flyer; or
visit the DDP blog.

Approved by IRB: Project #HS11-415

Anishinaabe News
View our latest edition from Winter 2011 of the Anishinaabe News, NMU's Native American student run newspaper. Writers, photographers and proofreaders welcome. Be a part of Anishinaabe News! Call the Center for Native American Studies at 227-1397 or e-mail nasa@nmu.edu.

Anishinaabe News

View our latest edition from Winter 2011 of the Anishinaabe News, NMU's Native American student run newspaper.

Writers, photographers and proofreaders welcome. Be a part of Anishinaabe News! Call the Center for Native American Studies at 227-1397 or e-mail nasa@nmu.edu.

The Gift is in the Journey
"Minowaan mewizing bmi iyaangmaampii akiing" This saying is pivotal to the focus of NMU's Center for Native American Studies. We are all on a journey; your time at Northern Michigan University is a journey, one which you shape and mold. Pictured above: Whitman Woods Fire Site

The Gift is in the Journey

Fire Site
"Minowaan mewizing bmi iyaangmaampii
akiing"

This saying is pivotal to the focus of NMU's Center for Native American Studies. We are all on a journey; your time at Northern Michigan University is a journey, one which you shape and mold. Pictured above:

Whitman Woods Fire Site

Anishinaabe Words for the Month
Word for February Megawaa (Click on the link for information) Makwa Giizis (Mah-kwah Gee-zehs) Bear Moon - February Learn about the Moons of Anishinaabeg