The Native American Society is hosting Native American Heritage Week this week.
There will be events like a caf take over and a meeting with a representative from Comanche.
Wednesday is the caf take over, where students can enjoy buffalo meat, grape dumplings and fry bread.
There will be a meeting with a representative from Comanche with campus ministries at 5:30 p.m. Thursday in the basement of Bishop W. Angie Smith Chapel. Food will be provided.
An Indian taco sale to close the week is on Friday.
“This is our way of showing what it’s like to be Native American, and they can experience our culture if they so choose,” said Brittony Tiger, theater performance junior and vice president of NAS.
Native American Heritage week is also a way for NAS to reach out to the campus.
“We are looking for a chance to help NAS grow,” Tiger said. “If you are interested come to the basement of the chapel at 5:30 every other Thursday.”
In honor of Native American heritage, and to honor the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre in Colorado, the Homecoming worship service featured a United Methodist bishop who has studied the massacre.
The service was at 10:45 a.m. on Sunday in Bishop W. Angie Smith Chapel.
The service included tribal songs sung by a children’s choir from the Clinton Indian Church Community Center at the El Reno Indian United Methodist Church.
Following the service, there was a gathering in Watson Lounge. Indian tacos were served.
“It’s important to celebrate other people’s heritages,” said Chandler Hardy, cellular and molecular biology freshman. “This week is important because not a lot of people appreciate what our country was like before other nationalities immigrated here.”
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