Nov. 5, 2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

This month, Cape Fear Community College invites the public to celebrate Native American heritage and culture throughout the month of November by attending and participating a number of events.

Cape Fear Community College’s Native American Heritage Month Committee is dedicated to the continued recognition and preservation of the local, state, and national cultural traditions of Native American communities.

According to CFCC geology instructor, Phil Garwood, who coordinates the events, CFCC is “honored to host a series of cultural events every November as we pay tribute to the original peoples of this land.”

All events are free and open to the public.

The events include:

• Native American “Water” Tribes of the Louisiana Gulf Coast and the Impact of the BP Oil Spill
  Cape Fear Student Sociological Society Presentation
  Tuesday, Nov. 9th
  CFCC L-107 (3pm – 4pm)

• Artifact Workshop with CFCC Anthropology Students
  Call for reservations: 254-5278
  Wednesday, Nov. 10th
  CFCC L-228 (12pm – 4pm)

• Forum: Native American Holocaust with CFCC Humanities Students
  Hosted by Rabbi Apple, with guest Teddy Draper, Jr.
  Thursday, Nov. 11th
  CFCC S-002 (6pm – 8pm)

• A Conversation with Teddy Draper, Jr.
  Visiting Navajo Artist & Scholar
  Monday, Nov. 15th
  CFCC N-202 (3pm – 4:30pm)

• Native American Heritage Month Program Children’s Museum of Wilmington Craft Activities
  Nov. 16th – Nov. 19th
  116 Orange St. (3:45pm – 5pm)

• Forum: Climate Control
  Wednesday, Nov. 17th
  CFCC Auditorium S-002 (1pm – 3pm)

• Waccamaw-Siouan Dancers
  Friday, Nov. 19th
  CFCC Library (2:30pm)

• Native American Heritage Month Program Children’s Museum of Wilmington
  Youth Parade Closing Ceremony with the Waccamaw-Siouan Dancers
  Friday, Nov. 19th
  116 Orange St. (4pm)

• Point/Artifact Identification
  Saturday, Nov. 20th
  CFCC Library (10am – 2pm)

• A Campus Art Show Celebrating Native American Heritage Month
  CFCC Library
  Friday, Oct. 29th through Tuesday, Nov. 23rd

For more details, contact 362-7111 or email nahm@cfcc.edu.

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