(Logo designed by the American Indian Youth Leadership Institute) 

Indigenous Peoples Day 2024

Sponsored by Right Relationship Boulder and Creative Nations

Sunday, October 13, 2024

12:30-5:30 pm

Dairy Center for the Arts, Boulder

S C H E D U L E 

12:15     Doors open (Gordon Gamm Theater)

12:30    “Welcome”  — Jerilyn DeCoteau (Turtle Mountain Chippewa)

                                     — Christine Yoshinaga-Itano, Right Relationship Boulder 

12:50     Native American Flute, Steven Halsey-Williams (Standing Rock Sioux)

1:00      “How Colorado Land was Stolen from Native Nations: The Costs, the Consequences,

               and What We Can Do Now” 

               Rick Williams (Oglala Lakota/Northern Cheyenne), President, People of the Sacred

               Land 

2:00       Break 

2:10      “How Cities and Tribes are Building New Relationships” 

               Boulder: 

               Fred Mosqueda, Arapaho Coordinator of the Language and Culture Program,

               Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes

               Dan Burke, Director, City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks Department

               Longmont:    

               Clina Longtime Sleeping, Northern Arapaho Nation 477 Biixoo3etiit’ Program

               Jennifer Diaz-Leon, Community Coordinator, Longmont Children, Youth, and Family

               Service

               Wolfstar Duran, Longmont Sister Cities Program

               Broomfield: 

               Frank Medicinewater, Resource Specialist of the Language and Culture Department,

               Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes

               Dean Bennett, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Team, City and County of Broomfield 

               David Allison, History Coordinator, City and County of Broomfield 

3:10      Break             

3:20      “Demonstration of Indigenous Dances” — Rocky Mountain Indigenous Dancers

4:10       Break

4:20      “How Local Native Organizations Strengthen Tribal Nations and Contribute to our Community” 

               Benny Shendo, Jr. (Jemez Pueblo), Associate Vice Chancellor for Indian Affairs, University of Colorado

               Dr. Andy Cowell, University of Colorado’s Center for Indigenous and Native American Studies

               Nikki Borchardt Campbell (Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah/Ute Indian Tribe), Executive

               Director, National American Indian Court Judge Association 

               Marty Strenczewilk (Ojibwe), Executive Director, Creative Nations                 

5:20      Closing – Jerilyn DeCoteau

This organization is funded in part by a grant from the City of Boulder’s Boulder Arts Commission and the Human Relations Fund.