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Listen to interviews with Jerilyn DeCoteau on:
Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2024
Sponsored by Right Relationship Boulder and Creative Nations
Sunday, October 13, 2024
Time: 12:30 pm to 5:30 pm
Location: Dairy Center for the Arts, Boulder
S C H E D U L E
12:15 Doors open (Gordon Gamm Theater)
12:30 “Welcome” by Jerilyn DeCoteau (Turtle Mountain Chippewa) and Christine Yoshinaga-Itano, RRB
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” by 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” by 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 by 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.