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COCC honors Native American Heritage month with various events
Central Oregon Community
College is celebrating Native
American Heritage Month with
a program of community events
in November, including:
• A scholar’s talk on Indigenous resiliency on Sunday,
Nov. 2
• An online Native American
history game from Monday,
Nov. 3 to Friday, Nov. 14,
• Native beading classes
on Wednesday, Nov. 5 and
Wednesday, Nov. 19, and
• Discussions of the novel
“A Grandmother Begins the
Story” on Tuesday, Nov. 11 and
Thursday, Nov. 20.
Visit www.cocc.edu/multi
cultural for details and registration.
Throughout the month,
COCC’s campuses will have
displays about the importance
of Native American Heritage
Month and brief histories of
Oregon’s tribes.
‘Beautiful Strength’
The COCC Foundation’s Nancy R. Chandler
Lecture Series, in cooperation with the High Desert
Museum, is presenting
“Beautiful Strengths of
Indigenous Communities”
at 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 2
in Wille Hall on the Bend
campus.
The University of Oregon’s Michelle Jacob,
Ph.D., professor of Indigenous studies and co-director of the Sapsik’wałá
Program, will speak about
how Indigenous history
must go hand-in-hand
with celebrating the contemporary contributions
of Native peoples. Tickets
are on a self-determining
sliding scale, $0-$15. Visit
cocc.edu/foundation/cls.
Event locations
Displays will be located at
the Coats Campus Center in
Bend, Technology Education
Center in Redmond, and the
front lobby of the Prineville and
Native American history
game
From Nov. 3-14, an informative game about Native American history will
post to the events section of
Learn to bead
Free beading workshops with
Amy Cullen, whose heritage is
Métis (Ojibwe, Cree and western
European), will include a talk on the
history of Native beading and her
own history with the art form. Participants will take home their own
companied by a caregiver.
• 10:30 a.m. to noon
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Wednesday, Nov. 19 at La
Pine Library, 16425 1st
that brings you enjoyment and Street, La Pine
connection while you make a
positive contribution.
Common Cooking
• 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 14 Problems and How to
at Sisters Library, 110 North Overcome Them*
Cedar St.
From soggy vegetables
• 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15 at to dried-out meat, learn to
Sunriver Library, 56855 Ven- fix common kitchen fails.
ture Lane
Hear a brief instruction of
how to overcome common
Pop-Up Exhibits with the
cooking problems, like
Children’s Museum of
everything sticking to your
Central Oregon
pans, burning your food,
Solve problems of physics and under-seasoned food.
and engineering with hands-on We then combine all these
building and play. Check out concepts and make a dish
the Children’s Museum of Cen- to enjoy together. Registratral Oregon’s favorite exhibits tion required.
during this open playtime.
• 6 p.m. Wednesday,
Intended for children ages Nov. 19 at Arome, 432 SW
0–11; all children must be ac- 6th St., in Redmond
Exploring Central Oregon’s
Ungroomed Ski Trails
Join Eric Ness and Sue Sullivan
from the Central Oregon Nordic
Club (CONC) for a presentation
on how to enjoy the freedom of
cross-country skiing.
Get a look at the essential equipment, key preparations, and the best
places to find solitude on Central
Oregon’s abundant ungroomed
trails.
• 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 19
at the Downtown Bend Library, 601
NW Wall St.
For more information about these
programs, please visit the library
website at www.deschuteslibrary.
org.
People with disabilities needing accommodations (alternative
formats or auxiliary aides) should
contact Liz Goodrich at lizg@de
schuteslibrary.org or 541-312-1032.
Library
Madras campuses.
Participate in free book chats to
discuss ‘A Grandmother Begins
the Story.’
cocc.edu/multicultural. Participants
will be notified through email when
answers are posted.
ning author Michelle Porter,
which follows five generations
Celebrate Native
of women and bison as they
American Heritage
reach for the stories that could
Month
remake their worlds and rebuild
their futures, is the focus of two
Events take place from
free book chats.
Nov. 2 to Nov. 20.
Part one on Zoom (link sent
to registrants): Tuesday, Nov.
Visit www.cocc.edu/mul
11, noon-1 p.m.
ticultural for details and
Pa r t t w o o n C O C C ’s
registration.
Redmond campus, RTEC,
Room 124: Thursday, Nov. 20,
2-3 p.m.
beaded piece. Space is limited.
Copies are available to check
Beginner class: Wednesday, out on each COCC campus,
Nov. 5, 3-4 p.m. Intermediate with digital copies obtainable
class: Wednesday, Nov. 19, 3-4 through COCC’s Barber Lip.m. Both classes are at the brary.
Bend campus, in Mazama 207.
For more information on
these events, contact Jeremiah
Award-winning author
Rector, Native American Pro“A Grandmother Begins the gram coordinator, at 541-318Story,” a novel by award-win- 3782 or jrector@cocc.edu.
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Thank you!
–Ed the Skunk
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