Film Series
Monday, September 21, 7pm
Goodell Lounge
Smoke Signals (1998)
Film Series
Monday, September 28, 7pm
Goodell Lounge
American Outrage (2007)
Pizza and Prof with Prof. Kathleen Brown-Perez
Tuesday, September 29, 6:30pm
Goodell Lounge
Prof. Kathleen Brown-Perez, an enrolled member of the Brothertown Indian Nation and a Federal Indian Law attorney, will provide an introduction to American Indians and tribes from the perspective of both American Indians and the U.S. government, including the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Congress, and the Supreme Court. She will also answer questions on these and related issues.
Honors Seminar Series Author Visit
Thursday, October 1, 4:30pm
Fine Arts Center
Sherman Alexie is the National Book Award-winning author of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Face, Ten Little Indians and more than a dozen books of fiction, short stories, poems and screenplays. He lives in Seattle, WA, with his wife and two sons.
Film Series
Monday, October 5, 7pm
Goodell Lounge
Trudell (2005)
Honors Seminar Series Panel Discussion
Tuesday, October 6, 6:30pm
Goodell Lounge
Faculty from the Five College Native American Studies Program and the UMass departments of Anthropology, History, English and Comparative Literature will convene a panel discussion centered on “Ten Little Indians” and author Sherman Alexie.
Weekly Wednesday Workshop
Wednesday, October 7, 5:30pm
Goodell Lounge
Join Professor Kim Wolfson as she describes public speaking tips for oral defenses, Commonwealth Honors Seminar presentations, and general life experiences.
Film Series
Monday, October 19, 7pm
Goodell Lounge
Skins (2002)
John Trudell
Wednesday, November 18, 7pm
Campus Center Room 101
John Trudell (Santee Sioux) is an acclaimed poet, national recording artist, actor and activist. He was a spokesperson for the Indian of All Tribes occupation of Alcatraz Island from 1969 to 1971, then worked with the American Indian Movement (AIM), serving as chairman of AIM from 1973 to 1979.
