Pow Wow at Hopkins- Indigenous People’s Day

Indigenous People’s Day Pow Wow

Monday, October 14, 2019

12:00pm – 1:30pm

Keyser Quad

The Office of Multicultural Affairs and its affinity group organizations are approaching each heritage celebration (Black, LatinX, Asian-Pacific, & Indigenous) with a new approach to extend beyond the national monthly acknowledgements. We will continue to recognize and celebrate each designated month with key signature events and throughout the year provide intersecting conversations around these identities that allow our students to explore their cultural heritage with intent and purpose. The “Heritage 365” campaign speaks to this new initiative that promotes a philosophy of inclusion, education, and overall community engagement with our student body.

Indigenous Peoples Day reimagines and provides a counter-narrative to Columbus Day and changes a celebration of colonialism into an opportunity to reveal historical truths about the oppression of indigenous peoples in the Americas, to organize against current injustices, and to celebrate indigenous resistance. The charge to change the national holiday began in the 1990’s with Berkeley, California and South Dakota. With the introduction of the Indigenous Students at Hopkins, the Office of Multicultural Affairs began the process of providing thought provoking programming and events to enhance the recognition of Indigenous communities and our own student population. Celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day is a new tradition at Hopkins that extends the efforts of promoting/celebrating a vital population in our community.

The celebration and observance will convene on Monday, October 14th with a Noon-Day Pow Wow at Keyser Quad (Rain Location: Great Hall-Levering Hall) from 12:00pm-1:30pm, in which, the program will have key featured intertribal dances. The evening lecture at Interfaith Center from 6:00pm-8:00pm will open with an intertribal performance.