Ancestral Teachings for Times of Unprecedented Change

These events are free and open to the public

Times have been set aside to allow Evergreen Academic Programs and Staff Teams to schedule sessions with the indigenous council members

• Program faculty and directors/supervisors of staff teams may reserve 60-90 minute blocks.
  Select the "Session Request Form" link to reserve time.

These events are not open to the general public

Traditional Salish Welcome Ceremony and Public Presentation by the Grandmothers

1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Olympia Campus, 2nd Floor Library Lobby
Groups of six or more are encouraged to register using the Public Event Registration Form.

Special Dinner Hosted by Haboo

1:00 PM
(Evergreen Native Student Organization)

Longhouse Community Lunch

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Conversation with The President's Staff

With the four council members
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

College-wide Faculty and Staff Dialogue

With the four council members
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Location: Seminar 2, A-1105

Dialogue with Ecology of Language and Place

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Location: Seminar 2, D-1105

Public Address by Agnes Baker Pilgrim (Takelma Siletz) and Rita Long Visitor Holy Dance (Oglala Lakota)

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Topic: "Ancestral Teachings for Times of Unprecedented Change"
Location: Tacoma Campus (live)
Lecture Hall 1, Olympia Campus (Via Video Teleconference)
Groups of six or more are encouraged to register using the Public Event Registration Form.

Seminar for Evergreen Program "Living in the Sacred Garden"

With Mona Polacca (Hopi/Havasupai/Tewa) and Rita Pitka Blumenstein (Yup'ik)
1:15 PM - 3:00 PM
Location: GRUB

Public Address by Mona Polacca (Hopi/Havasupai/Tewa) and Rita Pitka Blumenstein (Yup'ik)

Topic: "Ancestral Teachings for Times of Unprecedented Change"
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Location: Olympia Campus Lecture Hall 1 (live)
Tacoma Campus (Via Video Teleconference)
Groups of six or more are encouraged to register using the Public Event Registration Form.

Seminar for the Sustainability and Justice Academic Cohort

Featuring Mona Polacca (Hopi/Havasupai/Tewa) and Rita Pitka Blumenstein (Yup'ik)
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: Recital Hall, Communications Building

Incarcerated Youth Meet with Agnes Baker Pilgrim (Takelma Siletz) and Rita Long Visitor Holy Dance (Oglala Lakota)

12:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Location: The Green Hill State Juvenile Institution, Chehalis, WA

Incarcerated Youth Meet with Rita Pitka Blumenstein (Yup'ik)

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Location: The Maple Lane State Juvenile Institution, Rochester, Washington

Public School Students Visit with Agnes Baker Pilgrim (Takelma Siletz) and Rita Pitka Blumenstein (Yup'ik)

Lunch at Skokomish Tribal Center
The Hood Canal School (K-8th Grades) aims to help students develop the tools and motivation necessary to build a solid foundation of skills in order to realize their full potential and become lifelong learners.
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Location: The Hood Canal School, Shelton, WA

Public School Students Visit with Rita Long Visitor Holy Dance (Oglala Lakota)

Lunch at Chehalis Tribal Center
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Location: Oakville School

Dialogue with Health Services Staff, Mona Polacca (Hopi/Havasupai/Tewa)

10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Location: Evergreen Health Center

Synergy Conference Seminar with Mona Polacca (Hopi/Havasupai/Tewa)

The Synergy Conference engages students in sustainability education, enabling people of all backgrounds to join together for a common goal: implementing sustainability and positive social change.
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Location: Seminar 2, E-1105

(For Synergy Conference information visit http://www2.evergreen.edu/wikis/synergy/index.php?title=Main_Page)

Middle School Students Visit with Mona Polacca (Hopi/Havasupai/Tewa)

Jason Lee Middle School's AVID elective class is proud to welcome Grandmother Mona Polacca as their guest presenter. Jason Lee, located in Tacoma's Hill Top neighborhood, became an AVID school this year in order to focus students on getting to college.
8:50 AM - 3:00 PM
Location: Jason Lee Middle School, Tacoma, WA

Seminar: Agnes Baker Pilgrim (Takelma Siletz), Rita Pitka Blumenstein (Yup'ik) and Rita Long Visitor Holy Dance (Hopi/Havasupai/Tewa) with Evergreen's Masters in Teaching and Masters in Education Students

The MiT Program is an innovative, two-year teacher education program that leads to Residence Certification and a masters degree.
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Location: Seminar 2, A-3105

Closing Ceremony and Reception

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Location: Seminar 2, E-1107

Sweat Lodge with Native American Youth

With Mona Polacca (Hopi/Havasupai/Tewa)
10:00 AM -  3:00 PM
Location: TBA