From film viewings and performances to cultural events and lectures, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will celebrate American Indian heritage throughout November.
Boasting a variety of events for the Carolina community, American Indian Heritage Month aims to “celebrate indigenous knowledge and bring awareness to the contributions and roles American Indians play on campus, in the state and nationwide,” said Amy Locklear Hertel, director of the UNC American Indian Center.
The month-long celebration will begin Nov. 3 with the 7th annual Michael D. Green Lecture in American Indian Studies as University of Chicago professor Raymond D. Fogelson explores Cherokee metaphysics of life and death. The lecture is sponsored by the American Indian Center; Department of American Studies; American Indian and Indigenous Studies; the Research Laboratories of Archaeology; the Department of Anthropology; and the Department of History.
Other events throughout the month include several Cherokee language immersion sessions; a screening of “Code of Honor: Comanche Code Talkers in World War II” on Nov. 17; a native narrative tour on Nov. 20; and a live story telling program under the dome of Morehead Planetarium and Science Center on Nov. 21
For a complete list of events, click here.
