Semester Highlights
Fall 2009
Show Me the Money: The Tiny Warrior’s Path to Financial Success ,On Monday, November 9 teachers of 6-12 grade classrooms lead students in playing games andcompleting exercises that taught how to take the Tiny Warrior’s path to financial success through entrepreneurship and market economics. D. J. Vanas, author of The Tiny Warrior,was the keynote speaker. Highlights.
The 13th annual U.P. Indian Education Conference was held on Monday, September 21. Keynote presenters were Maheengun and Bernadette Shawanda of the Great Lakes Cultural Camps who talked about their work with school districts in Ontario.
Kelly Church is a fifth generation Native American Black Ash basket maker. She gives demonstrations and classes to groups of all ages. Kelly was on NMU's campus, September 21, 2009, at 7pm teaching another basket weaving class. Her last one was in April.. April's highlights. September's highlights.
Fall 2008
- Center for Native American Studies Open House
- U.P. Indian Education Conference
- United Conference
- Native American Heritage Month
- Joanne Shenandoah performance
Summer 2008
- Walton Charter Academy visit
- Mother Earth Walter Walk 2008
- NAS 340: Kinomaage - The Earth Shows Us the Way field trips
- Native American Science, Technology, Engineering & Math Program
Winter 2008
- Jim Denomie presentation at Finlandia University
- Native art & culture road trip
- NAS 484: Native American Inclusion in the Classroom on Sugar Island
- Annual traditional pow wow
- Karen Ann Hoffman raised bead workshop
- Kenn Pitawanakwat's University of Michigan visit
- Indigenous Earth Day Summit
- Floyd Westerman article written by Mr. Jim Carter, former Editor of Anishinaabe News
- Jeff McRoy's beading workshop
- Peggy Shelifoe's beading workshop
