Native American House
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2:00 pm 11/1/2025Lewis Auditorium, Urbana Free Library (210 W Green St, Urbana)Join our special guests, Drs. Rosalyn LaPier (Blackfeet Tribe of Montana/Métis) and David R.M. Beck to hear the fascinating stories of Native Americans living in Illinois in the early 20th century.
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7:00 pm 11/3/2025Courtyard, Illini Union (1401 W. Green Street, Urbana)In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, the Illini Union Board, Native American House (NAH), and American Indian Association of Illinois welcome everyone to enjoy a variety of musical genres performed by an ensemble of Native performers. In addition to tabling at this event, the NAH will have food for attendees. Food is first-come, first-served.
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12:00 - 1:00 pm 11/4/2025Native American House (1206 W. Nevada St., Urbana)The Native American House invites you to a Community Welcome to meet and greet Dr. Jessica Hernandez, our guest speaker for the Dinner on Us program later in the day. We hope you’ll join us in giving Dr. Hernandez a warm welcome to Illinois! Lunch will be provided. Food will be served on a first-come, first-served basis.
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5:30 - 6:30 pm 11/4/2025Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, Conference Room 612 (1206 West Gregory Drive, Urbana)This presentation will explore how meaningful environmental progress necessitates the dismantling of extractive conservation paradigms and the integration of Indigenous knowledge systems grounded in land-based relationality and kinship.
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12:00 - 1:00 pm 11/6/2025Native American House (1206 W. Nevada St., Urbana)The Native American House invites you to a Community Welcome to meet and greet Dr. Daniel R. Wildcat, professor of Indigenous and American Indian Studies at Haskell Indian Nations University. We hope you’ll join us in giving Dr. Wildcat a warm welcome to Illinois! Lunch will be provided. Food will be served on a first-come, first-served basis.
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4:30 pm 11/6/2025Illini Room C & South Lounge, Illini Union (1401 W. Green Street)Through the lens of the Rising Voices, Changing Coasts coastal research project, this lecture highlights how traditional ecological knowledge and modern scientific approaches work together to promote resilience, sustainability, and community-driven solutions among diverse Indigenous coastal communities.
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4:30 - 8:00 pm 11/6/2025Illinois Street Dining Center (ISR) (1010 W Illinois St, Urbana)In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, University Housing will bring a taste of Native food flavors to ISR.
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All Day 11/7/2025 - 11/8/2025November 7 (Illini Union, Room 314A) and Day 2 (IGB, Conference Room 612)The kinSTEM Conference is designed to provide a space for STEM communities to gather, reflect, and grow. Rather than define a single path, the goals remain open to interpretation, allowing participants to bring their own meanings, experiences, and questions into the space.
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4:30 - 7:00 pm 11/11/2025Lincoln Avenue Residence (LAR) Halls (100 Clark Hall, 1203 South Fourth Street, Champaign)In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, University Housing will bring a taste of Native food flavors to LAR.
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5:30 - 7:00 pm 11/13/2025Native American House (1206 W. Nevada St., Urbana)This gathering is intended to cultivate meaningful connections, foster a sense of community, and encourage intellectual exchange. It also serves as an inclusive environment where participants can share their academic journeys, engage in collaborative research discussions, and build supportive kinship networks within academia and beyond.
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12:00 pm 11/14/2025This noontime presentation will examine both historical and contemporary Native perspectives on higher education, with a focus on land-grant institutions broadly and the University of Illinois specifically.
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All Day 11/15/2025EverywhereEstablished in 2011, Rock Your Mocs is an annual and global social media event. The Native American House (NAH) encourages you to break out your moccasins for a worldwide celebration of Indigenous cultures!
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1:00 - 6:00 pm 11/15/2025Native American House (1206 W. Nevada St., Urbana)The traditional stereotype of the scientist in a white lab coat reinforces a narrow, homogeneous image that doesn't reflect the growing diversity within the scientific community. Students will customize lab coats by incorporating ribbon work, which is meant to amplify the enduring presence of scientists in Indigenous communities.
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5:30 - 7:00 pm 11/17/2025TBAThis program brings together scholars whose work centers on Indigenous perspectives and challenges the boundaries of conventional academic thought. Panelists will discuss how different fields have historically included or excluded Indigenous voices, and what it means to meaningfully engage with Indigenous knowledge in research, teaching, and community partnerships.
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8:30 am 11/18/2025Salaam MENA Cultural Center (700 S Gregory St., Suite A, Urbana)Dinner on Us is administered by the Native American House and is part of the Lunch on Us Series within SSIB. DOU is a biweekly, one-hour program featuring scholar- and practitioner-led workshops alongside a shared meal. Workshops explore a range of subjects and provide participants with opportunities to connect with peers and experts in a casual setting.
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12:00 pm 11/21/2025Bevier Hall 249 (905 S Goodwin Ave, Urbana)This noontime presentation will feature Yanaba Schroeder (Navajo; Major: Human Development & Family Studies), who will reflect on her experiences with revitalization of Navajo foodways and land stewardship.