Please join us to celebrate FM Indigenous Peoples Day Opening Ceremony. Oct 12. MONDAY AT 10 AM CDT – 11 AM CDT Live Stream:
Join us for a livestream of this year’s Indigenous Peoples’ Day opening ceremony and groundbreaking of the new Grandmother Earth’s Gift of Life Garden location on NDSU's campus. #FMIPD2020
SCHEDULE:
Welcome:
Lenore King, Native American Commission Chair
Dean L. Bresciani, NDSU President
Opening Prayer & Blessing:
Willard Yellow Bird, Spiritual Leader
Buffalo River Singers
Reading of the Resolution:
Sharon White Bear, Native American Commissioner
City Mayors:
Fargo Mayor Mahoney
Moorhead Mayor Judd
West Fargo Mayor Dardis,
Dilworth Mayor Olson
Gladys Ray Award Presentation:
Amber Mattson, Gladys Ray's Granddaughter
Words of Support:
Heather Keeler, NDSU Assistant Director for Multicultural Recruitment
NDSU's Grandmother Earth's Gift of Life Garden Groundbreaking:
Dean L. Bresciani, NDSU President
Isnala Roan Eagle, NDSU Student
Closing:
Ruth Buffalo, ND State Representative
Heather Keeler, NDSU Assistant Director for Multicultural Recruitment