You’re Invited to the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian
47th Annual Benefit
Date: Saturday, November 16, 2024
Time: VIP Reception and Book Signing-5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Gala-6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Guest of Honor: Sean Sherman (Oglala Lakota), award-winning chef, educator, author, and activist
Location: Palmhouse, 619 Howard Street, Evanston, IL 60202
Chef Sean Sherman
Founder/Senior Director of Vision & Strategic Partnerships, NĀTIFS
Founder/CEO, The Sioux Chef and Owamni by The Sioux Chef
A member of the Oglala Lakota tribe, Chef Sean Sherman focuses on the revitalization and evolution of Indigenous foods systems throughout North America. Through his activism and advocacy, Sean is helping to reclaim and celebrate the rich culinary heritage of Indigenous communities around the world.
Sean has dedicated his career to supporting and promoting Indigenous food systems and Native food sovereignty. His goal is to make Indigenous foods more accessible to as many communities as possible through the non-profit North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems (NĀTIFS) and its Indigenous Food Lab professional Indigenous kitchen and
training center. Working to address the economic and health crises affecting Native communities by re-establishing Native foodways, NĀTIFS imagines a new North American food system that generates wealth and improves health in Native communities through food-related enterprises.
Sean’s first book, The Sioux Chef’s Indigenous Kitchen, received the James Beard Award for
Best American Cookbook in 2018, and he was given the 2019 Leadership Award from the
James Beard Foundation. In 2021, Sean opened Minnesota’s first full service Indigenous
restaurant, Owamni, which received the 2022 James Beard Award for Best New Restaurant
in America on top of numerous awards nationwide.
Tickets are available now, more info and full schedule coming soon!
Fox Way Catering is a family-owned and operated business specializing in Native American cuisine that has provided traditional foods to the Chicago area for over 50 years and represents the Omaha Nation of Nebraska, Three Affiliated Tribes of North Dakota, and Odawa from Wiikwemkoong, ON, CA.
Thank you to our Sponsors:
46th Annual Benefit
Schedule of Events
5:00pm – 6:00pm VIP Reception with John Herrington in the Writers Theatre Patrons Lounge
6:00pm – 7:00pm Opening Song Oka Homma Singers
Cocktail Hour
Dinner by Fox Way Native American Foods
Entertainment with Chickasaw Violinist: Brandi Berry Benson
7:00pm – 7:40pm Honor Song: Oka Homma Singers
Welcome Remarks: Board President April Chancellor
Mitchell Museum Year in Review: Executive Director Kim Vigue
Paddle Raise
7:40pm – 8:30pm Keynote and Q&A: Commander John Herrington PhD
8:30pm – 9:00pm Closing Remarks
Traveling Song: Oka Homma Singers
Brandi Berry BensonChickasaw
As a classically trained violinist, fiddler, and composer, Brandi masters musical genres from baroque to bluegrass. She is a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation and will share her new music, Story of Pa I Sha, a musical work based on the stories of her heritage, beginning with her great-grandmother, Pa I Sha. Brandi is on the faculty of Northwestern and DePaul Universities and directs the Bach & Beethoven Experience.
Brandi serves on the faculty of Northwestern and DePaul Universities, where she works with the Baroque Music Ensemble and teaches Baroque Performance Practice and Ornamentation, respectively. For more information about the Bach & Beethoven Experience, visit bbexperience.org.
Oka Homma Singers
Oka Homma – a Chicago-based Drum group, presents intertribal songs of the Southern Plains. Oka Homma formed in March 2023 to contribute to a resurgence of arts engagement needed to mobilize and build community. In addition, the Drum aims to re/introduce cultural practice amongst Chicago’s intergenerational Native American community. Through song, these singers share a small taste of southern plains culture with the Midwest populace. Lead Singer: Niyol Spencer (Mississippi Chata/Diné).
You’re Invited to the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian
47th Annual Benefit
Date: Saturday, November 16, 2024
Time: VIP Reception and Book Signing-5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Gala-6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Guest of Honor: Sean Sherman (Oglala Lakota), award-winning chef, educator, author, and activist
Chef Sean Sherman
Founder/Senior Director of Vision & Strategic Partnerships, NĀTIFS
Founder/CEO, The Sioux Chef and Owamni by The Sioux Chef
A member of the Oglala Lakota tribe, Chef Sean Sherman focuses on the revitalization and evolution of Indigenous foods systems throughout North America. Through his activism and advocacy, Sean is helping to reclaim and celebrate the rich culinary heritage of Indigenous communities around the world.
Sean has dedicated his career to supporting and promoting Indigenous food systems and Native food sovereignty. His goal is to make Indigenous foods more accessible to as many communities as possible through the non-profit North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems (NĀTIFS) and its Indigenous Food Lab professional Indigenous kitchen and
training center. Working to address the economic and health crises affecting Native communities by re-establishing Native foodways, NĀTIFS imagines a new North American food system that generates wealth and improves health in Native communities through food-related enterprises.
Sean’s first book, The Sioux Chef’s Indigenous Kitchen, received the James Beard Award for
Best American Cookbook in 2018, and he was given the 2019 Leadership Award from the
James Beard Foundation. In 2021, Sean opened Minnesota’s first full service Indigenous
restaurant, Owamni, which received the 2022 James Beard Award for Best New Restaurant
in America on top of numerous awards nationwide.
Sean has just been named one of the Time 100 Most Influential People of 2023. For more
visit his website seansherman.com.
Tickets are available now, more info and full schedule coming soon!
Fox Way Catering is a family-owned and operated business specializing in Native American cuisine that has provided traditional foods to the Chicago area for over 50 years and represents the Omaha Nation of Nebraska, Three Affiliated Tribes of North Dakota, and Odawa from Wiikwemkoong, ON, CA.
Thank you to our Sponsors:
46th Annual Benefit
Schedule of Events
Brandi Berry Benson Chickasaw
As a classically trained violinist, fiddler, and composer, Brandi masters musical genres from baroque to bluegrass. She is a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation and will share her new music, Story of Pa I Sha, a musical work based on the stories of her heritage, beginning with her great-grandmother, Pa I Sha. Brandi is on the faculty of Northwestern and DePaul Universities and directs the Bach & Beethoven Experience.
Brandi serves on the faculty of Northwestern and DePaul Universities, where she works with the Baroque Music Ensemble and teaches Baroque Performance Practice and Ornamentation, respectively. For more information about the Bach & Beethoven Experience, visit bbexperience.org.
Oka Homma Singers
Oka Homma – a Chicago-based Drum group, presents intertribal songs of the Southern Plains. Oka Homma formed in March 2023 to contribute to a resurgence of arts engagement needed to mobilize and build community. In addition, the Drum aims to re/introduce cultural practice amongst Chicago’s intergenerational Native American community. Through song, these singers share a small taste of southern plains culture with the Midwest populace. Lead Singer: Niyol Spencer (Mississippi Chata/Diné).
Sponsorship:
For more information about sponsorship, please contact: jgackstetter@gichigamiin-museum.org | (847) 475-1030
For more information about this program, please contact: info@gichigamiin-museum.org | (847) 475-0911 | www.mitchellmuseum.org
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