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Kate Kirwan | Monday, February 27, 2023
This past Thursday, Notre Dame students, South Bend community members and tribe members of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi, filled Geddes Hall coffee house, gathering to celebrate the unveiling of the permanent installation of the Pokagon art collection. The installation is a part of the Center for Social Concerns’s Arts of Dignity series and features
Letter to the Editor | Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Perhaps covering the murals, studying them elsewhere in reproductions, is the right thing. I cannot speak for Native Americans on this. I do know that when I brought a gentle Menominee friend of mine through the Main Building a few years ago, he couldn’t talk for a half hour. It was as if he had
Hanna Kennedy | Monday, February 18, 2019
You may have seen the posters on campus — they’re hard to miss. In the black and white photographs reproduced on the posters, images of Native American men have been annotated, edited and — quite literally — revised in red ink. These images depict a series of works by the artist Wendy Red Star (Apsáalooke/Crow),
Megan Uekert | Friday, September 23, 2016
Every year on the fourth Friday of September, Native American Day is celebrated to honor the culture of indigenous people, past and present. It’s a culture that’s very much a part of the local community, Aaron Moe, assistant professor of literature at Saint Mary’s, said. “In Indiana and up in Michigan there’s the Pokagon Band
Emma Borne | Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Notre Dame is gearing up to celebrate Native American Heritage Month this November. Multicultural Student Programs and Services (MSPS) and the Native American Student Association of Notre Dame (NASAND) have collaborated to sponsor several events throughout November in celebration of Native American Heritage Month, according to Iris Outlaw, director of MSPS. The first event was a MSPS
Observer Editorial Board | Friday, November 21, 2014
Everyone in the Notre Dame is well aware of the University’s French heritage and Irish identity. However, although Notre Dame has a rich history with Native Americans, few members of the campus community know or can recount these stories. Three prominent murals on the second floor of Main Building depict Christopher Columbus and his interactions