Southeastern's Native American Symposium set for Nov. 3-4
Press Release Date: 10-19-2011
DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern Oklahoma State University will host the Ninth Native American Symposium and Film Festival -- "Where No One Else Has Gone Before" -- on Nov. 3-4.
The community, the Indian Nations, students, scholars, educators and all who are interested in studying and sharing the experience of the Native American culture are invited to attend.
The event features presentations on Native American literature, history, sociology, education, science, art, and film. Scholars, artists and members of Indian Nations from across the United States will come together to discuss topics related to the Native American experience.
All symposium sessions and films except the keynote banquet are free and open to the public.
The keynote speaker this year is distinguished educator and scholar Dr. Henrietta (Henri) Mann. A leading advocate of tribal education, she is currently serving as founding president of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribal College, temporarily located at Southwestern Oklahoma State University.
Mann also holds an endowed chair in Native American Studies at Montana State University and has taught at several other major universities, accumulating a long list of prestigious honors and awards.
She has always been aggressively focused on inspiring young Native Americans to set the highest goals for themselves so that like her, they too can go "Where no one else has gone before."
Mann’s appearance is made possible by a grant from the Cultural and Scholastic Lectureship Fee Committee, a fund collected from and administered by the students of Southeastern.
The banquet is scheduled for 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 4, in the Visual and Performing Arts Center. Tickets are required and may be purchased for $20 each.
The keynote speech is set for 7 p.m. in the VPAC. There is no charge for those wanting to hear the speech and the event is open to the public.
For further information, contact Dr. Mark Spencer at 580-745-2921 or mspencer@SE.edu. Disability accommodations cannot be guaranteed without adequate advance notice. Please visit http://www.SE.edu/nas/ for a complete list of films, speakers and topics.