AISA Club Calendar
Upcoming Events 2022-2023
Weekly Meetings - @ the American Indian Student Center - Lower Level SUB/Chawnekwhen
AIS Alliance gatherings to meet old & new friends, plan events and talk about challenges & goals of being in college.
Alternating Mondays & Tuesdays at Noon, to accommodate different class schedules - no excuse not to attend! ZOOM link available by request. Contact the American Indian Student Advisor.
SPRING 2023 Semester
Mondays : Jan 9, Jan 23, Feb 6, Mar 6, Mar 20, Apr 10, Apr 24
Tuesdays : Jan 17, Jan 31, Feb 14, Feb 28, Mar 14, [Spring Break], Apr 4, Apr 18, May 2
Thursday Study Lab
11-3pm : Study lab! Don't struggle through your homework alone. Invite a friend or just come get encouragement from new friends & allies, students & staff! Snacks available, too, if you need some nourishment to keep going!
Upcoming Events - 2023
MARCH
March 17-18 - Powwow at Lewis-Clark State College: Join us in the Cardinal Van! RSVP amy.bardwell@nic.edu
March 24 - Indigenous Research Conference: Washington State University, Pullman
APRIL
NIC's Indigenous Heritage Week <updated dates>
- Monday April 17: Traditional Arts Workshop! Peyote Gourd Rattle.
* 10am - 4pm. SUB/Chawnekwhen - Driftwood Bay Room - Materials fee. Discount for current NIC students. RSVP: amy.bardwell@nic.edu
- Tuesday April 18: Speaker - TBD
- Wednesday April 19: Movie "Rumble" about Native Americans in the popular/rock music scene
- Thursday April 20: Concert: Mildred Bailey retrospective by CeCe Curtis-Cook & band
* 6:00pm - 7:30pm SUB/Chawnekwhen - Lake Coeur d'Alene Room
April 22 - Yap-Keehn-Um Beach clean-up on Earth Day with ASNIC Day of Service
April 26 - Regional Native American Graduation Ceremony: Wednesday 6:00pm at Gonzaga University
NIC Graduation Ceremony {Commencement}: Friday May 12, 2023
Water Awareness Week with CDA Tribe: May 2023 <tentative>
Additional Powwows: University of Idaho [April 1], Eastern Washington University [May 6], Spokane Community College [ May 13] : Coeur d'Alene Tribe <TBA>; Spokane Tribe - Labor Day Weekend 2023
October 19-21, AISES: Advancing Indigenous People in STEM - National Conference: Spokane, WA
Community Service : NIC's Yap-Keehn-Um Beach clean-up; Children's Village sponsorship.
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Past Events this school year
Spring 2023
January 11 - ASNIC Club Fair
February 11 - Trip to University of Idaho for IIMOU Student Summit & UI v. EWU Basketball Games
February 21 - International Mother Language Day
March 1 - Zero Discrimination Day
Fall 2022 - Week of Welcome!
Residential School Awareness - Info Table in the SUB - Orange Shirt Day 9/30
Indigenous People's Day @ EWU - van trip & pumpkin fry bread - thanks, Evanlene & EWU NASA!
Diversity Symposium Speaker Matika Wilbur - Keynote Address "Changing the Way We See Native America"
- "Welcome" Picnic Dinner with Matika for AIS Alliance students and local Native American educational community at CDA City Park
- Fry Bread sale at HREI/Art Show Opening: Matika Wilbur, Photographer/Podcaster
WSU-Spokane Health Sciences Information Day - van trip to check out what they offer for transfer students.
Movie Night: "Smoke Signals" at the library lecture hall, co-sponsored with grant from ASNIC
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