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The American Indian Student Services Program at Augsburg College is celebrating its 25th anniversary of service to American Indian students. In commemoration of this hallmark and in conjunction with National Native American Heritage Month, we are proud to host the following events:

Tues. November 5th, 12:00 noon, Christensen Center Lobby. Heart of the Earth Survival School Drum and Dance group.

We have a series of Brown Bag (bring your own) lunches planned. All will be from 11:30-1:00 in the Minneapolis Room of the Christensen Center. Many of our speakers represent organizations in the Phillips Neighborhood which "houses" one of the largest urban populations of American Indians in the country:

        Wed. November 6th: "BIA and Parochial Boarding Schools: Experiences of a Sioux" by Dr. Dale Weston, Adjunct faculty in AIS, Augsburg College

        Thurs. 11/7: "Minnesota American Indian Chamber of Commerce" by Executive Director Rich Antell.

        Tues. 11/12: "American Indian Opportunity Industrialization Center" by Executive Director Dr. Lee Antell.

        Mon. 11/18: "Little Earth Housing Project" by Ellie Webster, Director of their Residents Association

        Tues. 11/19: To be announced

        Wed. 11/20: To be announced

Forum on American Indian Issues - Thursday, November 14th, Minneapolis Room, Christensen Center
        8:45 Opening Ceremony, Dave Larsen
        9:00-10:30: "Fetal Alcohol Syndrome", Lynn Frigaard
        10:45-12:15: "Four Agreements - An Intervention Tool for

Sexually Aggressive Adolescents", Deb Peterson
        12:30-1:15: Lunch speaker Sophia Jacobson: "American Indian Education: Past, Present and Future"
        1:30-3:00: "The Importance of Language and Culture Education in the Language Revitalization Project" by U of M Ojibwe language faculty Dennis Jones
        3:15-4:45: "Voices of Domestic Abuse", Lisa Brunner

Please join us for any or all of these events! They are free and open to the public.