It’s Not Over--- We’re Still Celebrating! | November 2022
RIT continues to honor the rich history and culture of Indigenous Peoples during Native American Heritage Month. Here is a list of some of the events for the remainder of month, thanks to some great planning by the Native American Future Stewards Program.
November 9th
American Indian Sign Language Presentation with Mariah Gladstone from 2PM to 3PM in Fireside Lounge co-sponsored with NTID. Mariah Gladstone (Blackfeet and Cherokee) explains the path to Native American sign language revitalization—and how securing a future for the first universal sign language secures a future for Native youth, strengthens cultural redevelopment, and builds exchange across the United States.
November 11th
Canandaigua Treaty Day. Traveling to Canandaigua to participate in a commemorative event.
November 15th
The Skye Women Project presented by Alicia Onzahwah. Join us from 2 – 3PM in Bamboo Room 2610, Campus Center. The Skye Woman Project is a grassroots, family driven effort resulting from Alicia’s own personal, lived experience in working to navigate and advocate for her daughter, Skye Leann (Griggs) Jim, whom she lost on January 9th, 2021. Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples is a huge epidemic in Indian Country throughout North and South America. The purpose of this Presentation is to educate the community of the issue through a Native lens.
November 26th
Native.Made.Market is held from 11am to 6pm at 45 Euclid Street, Rochester NY 14604. The Native. Made. Market is an Indigenous event that immerses the Rochester community into Native culture in an engaging, meaningful, and impactful way. The event brings attention, connection and healing to Native Americans in order to preserve and celebrate a race that continues to face extreme adversity within the United States.
November 30th
Miss Navajo Nation, a Proud Tradition of Diné Culture Preservation and Advocacy. SAU Fireside Lounge. 4PM to 6PM. All are welcomed to join us in a presentation from Valentina Clitso, the 2022-2023 Miss Navajo Nation. In keeping with Navajo culture and tradition, the role of Miss Navajo Nation is to exemplify the essence and characters of First Woman, White Shell Woman and Changing Woman and to display leadership as the Goodwill Ambassador. Miss Navajo Nation represents womanhood and fulfills the role of 'grandmother, mother, aunt, and sister' to the Navajo people; therefore she can speak as a leader, teacher, counselor, advisor and friend.