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January

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Venue:FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA 220

Shamanism is often imagined to be unchanging, drawing on ancestral knowledge and re-enacting ancient rituals. In this talk, Dr. Juliet Erazo challenges some of these assumptions, while highlighting the ways in which shamanism has remained central in Amazonian cultures and political struggles over the past five decades.

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Venue:Graham Center Room 355

Lunch and Learn organized by FIU Student Club – Global Indigenous Group Hear testimony about culture, survival and forgiveness.

February

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Venue:Seminole Hard Rock Arena

Annual gathering of Seminole and tribes from throughout Indian Country for dance, music and arts.

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Venue:Seminole Hard Rock and Hotel

In its 4th run helps create a platform for Indigenous film makers, producers, actors, and writers to show their work and accomplishments and more importantly a message to the community, to the people and to the world.

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Venue:FIU MMC Campus, SIPA 220

Author and Illustrator Dorothy Downs with Lee Tiger, Miccosukee Tribal Member. FIU, Maidique Campus. SIPA 220. For many decades, Dorothy Downs has maintained a close relationship with the Miccosukee and Seminole Indians of Florida. She will discuss her experiences with the people who shared their stories in her new book, Canoe Back in Time. Downs explores the broad spectrum of Miccosukee beliefs, good manners, respect for elders, and the teachings of Breathmaker, or Creator. [...]

April

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Venue:Graham Center Ball Room

People of Miccosukee, Seminole, Quechua, Ainu, Carib, student clubs, faculty, community organizations and others join us to share successes, histories, wisdoms and perspectives. Spokespersons and facilitators will lead us in dance, song, storytelling and interactive learning about contemporary issues to keep everyone engaged. Wear traditional attire. Free and welcome to the public, especially tribal members, families, students and faculty. Please join us for celebration,[...]

May

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Venue:FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Graham Center Ballrooms

The Lummi Nation of Washington State will come to Miami to end their 23-day journey transporting a 16-foot totem pole to bring attention to their kin relationship with killer whales. It is a journey about the trauma and resilience of the killer whale, their unique place in the cosmology of the indigenous peoples and their importance to the natural order. This event is organized by the FIU student club, the Global Indigenous Group.

August

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Venue:MARC 335

From very humble beginnings in a rural indigenous community in the Ecuadorian Andes, Lourdes Tibán Guala managed to obtain a Doctorate in Law, and a master’s degree in social sciences. She eventually became an Assemblywoman in Ecuador's National Parliament as well as a Member of the UN Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues (UNPFII). She represents Latin America and the Caribbean at the UN, while continuing her active participation in the Ecuadorian National Indigenous Confederation [....]

September

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Venue:Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum

Dr. Bina Sengar, a Fulbright Fellow from India affiliated with the FIU Global Indigenous Forum will be the facilitating narrator of the exhibition ‘Many Visions, Many Versions: Art from Indigenous Communities in India’ explaining details about the communities who created the art in the exhibition. The exhibition in itself is an unparalleled opportunity for audiences to view rarely seen contemporary art from four major indigenous artistic traditions in India, Many Visions, Many Versions [...]

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Venue:Fort Lauderdale City Hall - 100 N Andrews Ave, Fort Lauderdale

Public display of Seminole traditional and contemporary clothing, beadwork, necklaces, and arts.

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Venue:Miami Dade College’s Kislak Center Freedom Tower 600 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, FL 33132

The Kislak Gallery’s inaugural exhibition, Culture and Change in the Early Americas, is co-curated by Arthur Dunkelman, director of the Jay I. Kislak Foundation and the nationally-recognized art historian Dr. Carol Damian. The exhibition presents a multidimensional view of the history of the Western Hemisphere beginning with early Native American cultures and extending to modern times. Through the lens of history, visitors will glimpse the process of cultural change and adaptation that continues

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Venue:Miccosukee Resort and Gaming on the Tamiami Trail

Native performances, arts, dance and food. This all day event is FREE. Everyone is invited to the Miccosukee Resort and Gaming on the Tamiami Trail.

October

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Recognition of the contributions, cultures, and perspectives of Indigenous peoples. Activities and events take place throughout the week organized and sponsored by the student club, the Global Indigenous Group (GIG), and the FIU Global Indigenous Forum (GIF).

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Venue:Modesto A. Maidique Campus (MMC) - School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) 220

This talk focuses on agency and Indigenous identity through music performance in Peru and the United States. Presented by members of the Kuyayky Foundation. Hosted by the Global Indigenous Group and co-sponsored by the Global Indigenous Forum.

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Venue:Modesto A. Maidique Campus (MMC) - College of Business (CBC) 254

Panelists will lead a discussion on the many challenges facing Indigenous women globally with topics such as disparate rates of missing and murdered Indigenous women compared to other ethnicities, social status, political influences, positions in academia, roles in society, and roles in the economy.

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Venue:Modesto A. Maidique Campus -School of International & Public Affairs (SIPA) Room 220

Join us as Maalik Papasimbi takes us away from the mainstream idea of "Voodoo" misconstrued by mainstream religion and media giants as an evil magical religion and into traditional Haitian Voudon which is composed of elements from Western African, Haitian and Taino traditional knowledge and cosmology, the true form of Voudon.

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Venue:FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus - School of International Affairs 502-503

The Indigenous workshop creates a space for a dialog between and among undergraduate, graduate students, and faculty about their own culture, and ways to succeed at research working with Indigenous communities.

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Venue:Modesto A. Maidique Campus (MMC) - Graham Center (GC) 118

Lecture by Dr. Sultan Somjee. Religious Studies Alumni Dinner Lecture. Former head of Ethnography at the National Museums of Kenya. Founder of the Community Peace Museums Programme and Foundation, and the Asian African Heritage Trust in Kenya.

November

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Venue:The Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Seminole Indian Museum on the Seminole Indian Big Cypress Reservation
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Venue:The Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Seminole Indian Museum on the Seminole Indian Big Cypress Reservation

The Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Seminole Indian Museum on the Seminole Indian Big Cypress Reservation hosts this annual event focusing on the traditional and contemporary arts, dance and music of the Seminole, Southeastern and other Indian tribes from across the country. A film viewing and panel discussion with the directors for More Than A Word will take place on Saturday from 5-7 pm.

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Venue:FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus - Student Academic Success Center (SASC) 231 - Student Lounge

Learn about indigenous and ethnic communities and how India and United States, two of the largest and among the oldest democracies of the world, have significant indigenous population as part of their national demographics.

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GiveMiamiDay to support the FIU Global Indigenous Forum, November 15, 2018 Join us in making history by supporting programs and activities of the FIU Global Indigenous Forum by participating in the Miami Foundation #GiveMiamiDay. Please contribute to strengthen our efforts to bring the Indigenous voice to FIU, South Florida, and the World on Thursday, November 15 from 12.01 am to 11:59 pm. Donations between $25.00 and $10,000 qualify for a percentage of the bonus pool [...]

December

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Venue:Miccosukee Indian Village in Florida Everglades

Honors the gathering tradition and brings together the South Florida community with First Nations and Aboriginal members of North America. At this weeklong event enjoy authentic foods, alligator demonstrations and the Everglades on airboat rides as well as the cultures and traditions of other tribes.