Friday,
November 1
Windtalkers Film Premiere
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Student Activity Center (next to Thai restaurant Auke Bay)
Description: This film is based on actual events during WWII where
the Navajo code talkers relayed top-secret messages in their language, putting
themselves in grave danger.
Special Feature: Woocheen is proud to present Gloria Gorman of the
Navajo Tribe. Gloria will introduce the film Windtalkers with personal insight
due to her family's involvement with the code talkers of World War II.
Organizer: Dave Klein
Wednesday, November 6
Native Art Tour
Time: 4:00 pm
Location: UAS Egan Library
Description: A narrated tour will be presented on selected pieces
of Native Alaskan art in the Egan Library.
Organizer: Jenni-Hotch Hill
Friday, November 8
Film Presentation: The Business of Fancy Dancing starring
Gene Tagaban of Juneau
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Student Activity Center
Description: A poetic story of growth, death and the choices that
define us, The Business of Fancydancing reunites Spokane Reservation best
friends Aristotle Joseph (Gene Tagaban) and Seymour Polatkin (Evan Adams)
sixteen years after their high school graduation.
"VIVID and INSIGHTFUL. Full of great music
and strong performances. Every filmmaker should have such talent."
Sheila Benson, Seattle Weekly.
Special Feature: The UAS Wooch.een Cultural Club will organize
a reception with possible guest appearance by Gene Tagaban.
Organizers: Janice Jackson & Dave Klein
Friday, November 15
Tlingit Elders Lunch Talk at UAS
Time: 11:00 - 2:00
Location: Lake room at UAS
Description: Local Tlingit elders will share in a discussion of
the origins of Auke Lake and the land area on which UAS resides.
Organizers: Yarrow Vaara and Jenni Hotch-Hill
Thursday, November 21
Native
Alaskan Poetry and Writing with Nora & Richard Dauenhauer
Time: 12:00 noon
Location: Lake Room at UAS
Description: Noted authors Nora and Richard Dauenhauer will do
a reading of their poetry and writing, and lead a discussion about Native
Alaskan Poetry and Writing.
Organizer: Janice Jackson
Friday, November 22
Luci Tapahonso, Internationally recognized Navajo Poet presents
at the Egan Friday Night Series
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: UAS Egan Library
Description: Tapahonso writes her poems and stories in English
peppered with Dine (Navajo), but has originally conceived and/or performed
many of her works in her Native tongue… Often her public readings
include Navajo song.
Organizer: Jim Hale
Monday, November 25
The Voices of Native Students at UAS:
Stories, Poems & Research by UAS Native Students
Time: 12:00-2:00
Location: Lake Room at UAS
Description: Hear the Stories of Native students on Campus. Students
will present research about Native Alaskan culture, as well as stories
& poetry created in honor of Native American Heritage Month.
Organizers: Janice Jackson, Dan Monteith
For more
information contact Janice Jackson at 465-6454.
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