Events
November is Native American History Month
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http://nativeamericanexhibit.com
Wednesday, November 4th
5:30 – 7PM
Join us for free movies and lessons in indigenous American life.
John Trudell an eye-opening documentary about John Trudell, the former Chairman of the American Indian Movement, acclaimed poet, and social activist. “He is extremely eloquent…therefore extremely dangerous.” – FBI memo
Location: Unity Center, food & beverages
Thursday, November 12th
2:00 - 4:30PM
Thunderheart a 1992 American mystery starring Val Kilmer who portrays an FBI agent with Sioux heritage investigating a murder on a Native American reservation. Graham Greene, a full Oneida Indian from Six Nations Reserve in Ontario, Canada, plays tribal police officer Walter Crow Horse.
Location: Unity Center
Monday, November 16th
4:00 - 7:00PM
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee HBO miniseries based on Dee Brown's bestseller, BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE powerfully explores the tragic impact that the United States' westward expansion had on American Indian culture, and the economic, political and social pressures that motivated it.
Location: Unity Center, food & beverages
Tuesday, November 24th
12:00 - 2:00PM
Incident at Oglala-The Leonard Peltier Story This straightforward, illuminating documentary, directed by Michael Apted and produced by Robert Redford, shows the unscrupulous lengths government prosecutors and the FBI went to in order to get their man.
Location: Unity Center, food & beverages
Thursday, November 19th
4:30PM
Visiting Author - Dr. Joel Kovel
The RIC organization Students for Justice in Palestine is honored to host Dr. Joel Kovel author of the critically acclaimed book
Overcoming Zionism: Creating A Single Democratic State in Israel/Palestine. Dr. Kovel is a graduate of Yale University and Columbia University and has published 9 books and over a hundred articles and reviews concerning issues of social reform and justice. The event "The Way Forward In The Struggle for Justice In Palestine" will be held in the Rhode Island College Student Union ballroom . Join us for an evening of enlightenment. Contact
Palestine@so.ric.edu with questions or for more information.