BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum - ECPv6.16.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://gichigamiin-museum.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20230312T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20231105T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20240310T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20241103T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20250309T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20251102T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241116T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241116T210000 DTSTAMP:20260519T082659 CREATED:20240603T195712Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260413T134230Z UID:7993-1731780000-1731790800@gichigamiin-museum.org SUMMARY:47th Annual Benefit DESCRIPTION:You’re Invited to the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian\n47th Annual Benefit\nDate: Saturday\, November 16\, 2024 \nTime: VIP Reception and Book Signing-5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. \nGala-6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. \nGuest of Honor: Sean Sherman (Oglala Lakota)\, award-winning chef\, educator\, author\, and activist \nLocation: Palmhouse\, 619 Howard Street\, Evanston\, IL 60202  \nChef Sean Sherman\nFounder/Senior Director of Vision & Strategic Partnerships\, NĀTIFS\nFounder/CEO\, The Sioux Chef and Owamni by The Sioux Chef \nA 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. \nSean 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\ntraining 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. \nSean’s first book\, The Sioux Chef’s Indigenous Kitchen\, received the James Beard Award for\nBest American Cookbook in 2018\, and he was given the 2019 Leadership Award from the\nJames Beard Foundation. In 2021\, Sean opened Minnesota’s first full service Indigenous\nrestaurant\, Owamni\, which received the 2022 James Beard Award for Best New Restaurant\nin America on top of numerous awards nationwide. \nSean has just been named one of the Time 100 Most Influential People of 2023. For more\nvisit his website seansherman.com. \nTickets are available now\, more info and full schedule coming soon! \nFox 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. \nThank you to our Sponsors:\n46th Annual Benefit\nSchedule of Events \n5:00pm – 6:00pm VIP Reception with John Herrington in the Writers Theatre Patrons Lounge\n\n6:00pm – 7:00pm Opening Song Oka Homma Singers\nCocktail Hour\nDinner by Fox Way Native American Foods\nEntertainment with Chickasaw Violinist: Brandi Berry Benson\n\n\n7:00pm – 7:40pm Honor Song: Oka Homma Singers\nWelcome Remarks: Board President April Chancellor\nMitchell Museum Year in Review: Executive Director Kim Vigue\nPaddle Raise\n\n\n\n7:40pm – 8:30pm Keynote and Q&A: Commander John Herrington PhD\n\n\n\n8:30pm – 9:00pm Closing Remarks\nTraveling Song: Oka Homma Singers\n\nBrandi Berry Benson Chickasaw \nAs 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. \nBrandi 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. \nOka Homma Singers \nOka 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). \nSponsorship:\n\n\n\nFor more information about sponsorship\, please contact: jgackstetter@gichigamiin-museum.org | (847) 475-1030 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFor more information about this program\, please contact: info@gichigamiin-museum.org | (847) 475-0911 | www.mitchellmuseum.org \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n Join us for a screening of the film SHANK\, written\, produced\, and directed by filmmaker Jim Terry\, with music by Peckinslaw. Described as “If Monty Python made John Wick with no money”\, SHANK is a bonkers action comedy you can’t miss. After the conclusion of the film\, there will be a brief discussion featuring artists from the film\, moderated by cast member Aaron Golding. The cast and creative team will reflect on the film’s themes and their experience bringing the piece to life. Light snacks and drinks will be available for purchase\, and all proceeds from this event will directly fund future Sweetest Season programming. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Get Tickets \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n More Info \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Donate \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Jim Terry is a Ho-Chunk storyteller who’s called Chicago his home for the last ten thousand years or so. His graphic memoir “Come Home\, Indio” was nominated for an Ignatz and was a finalist for the LA Times Bookprize. His comic-book essay “Paper Cuts”\, done in residency at The Newberry Library\, is currently being taught in several schools and he has worked as a comics illustrator for almost two decades with everyone from Marvel to Heavy Metal. This August his prose will be published in the anticipated “Never Whistle At Night 2: Back For Blood” and he just completed the feature length film “Shank”. URL:https://gichigamiin-museum.org/events/47th/ LOCATION:PALMHOUSE\, 619 Howard Street\, Evanston\, IL\, 60202\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://gichigamiin-museum.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/47th-Annual-Benefit-2160-x-1080-px.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum":MAILTO:info@gichigamiin.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241127T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241127T170000 DTSTAMP:20260519T082659 CREATED:20240619T193858Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241106T224737Z UID:8119-1732701600-1732726800@gichigamiin-museum.org SUMMARY:November Free Day DESCRIPTION:Join us for a day of free admission at the Mitchell Museum on Wednesday\, November 27th\, 2024\, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. \nThank you to our Sponsor Grace Lutheran Church. \nOur monthly Museum Free Days will now include Indigenous Artists Pop-Up Markets! Each month\, visit and shop with different local Indigenous artists. \nFeatured Artists this month:\nChaChaBeads \nBeaded jewelry/shell work \nhttps://www.instagram.com/chachabeads_/ \nSundri Beadwork\, LLC \nhandmade native American beadwork\, ribbon skirts and sell handmade ponchos and sweaters. \nhttps://sundribeadwork.com/ \nGawaapi Studios \nHand made jewelry and T shirts \nhttps://www.instagram.com/gawaapi/ \nOur vendor spaces are full for this month\, please contact Josee at jstarr@gichigamiin-museum.org to reserve your spot for upcoming Free Day Pop-Up Markets. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n Join us for a screening of the film SHANK\, written\, produced\, and directed by filmmaker Jim Terry\, with music by Peckinslaw. Described as “If Monty Python made John Wick with no money”\, SHANK is a bonkers action comedy you can’t miss. After the conclusion of the film\, there will be a brief discussion featuring artists from the film\, moderated by cast member Aaron Golding. The cast and creative team will reflect on the film’s themes and their experience bringing the piece to life. Light snacks and drinks will be available for purchase\, and all proceeds from this event will directly fund future Sweetest Season programming. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Get Tickets \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n More Info \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Donate \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Jim Terry is a Ho-Chunk storyteller who’s called Chicago his home for the last ten thousand years or so. His graphic memoir “Come Home\, Indio” was nominated for an Ignatz and was a finalist for the LA Times Bookprize. His comic-book essay “Paper Cuts”\, done in residency at The Newberry Library\, is currently being taught in several schools and he has worked as a comics illustrator for almost two decades with everyone from Marvel to Heavy Metal. This August his prose will be published in the anticipated “Never Whistle At Night 2: Back For Blood” and he just completed the feature length film “Shank”. URL:https://gichigamiin-museum.org/events/november-free-day-2024/ LOCATION:Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum\, 3001 Central Street\, Evanston\, IL\, 60201\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://gichigamiin-museum.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/November-2024.png ORGANIZER;CN="Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum":MAILTO:info@gichigamiin.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241130T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241130T170000 DTSTAMP:20260519T082659 CREATED:20241101T165145Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241127T195237Z UID:8898-1732960800-1732986000@gichigamiin-museum.org SUMMARY:Dagwaagin(Fall) Artist Market - Small Business Saturday DESCRIPTION: \n\n\n\nDagwaagin (Fall) Artist Market – Small Business Saturday \nThis program honors Native American entrepreneurs and brings together innovative Native artists\, business owners\, leaders\, and creators with community members\, buyers\, and potential clients. Participating Indigenous artists and entrepreneurs will have the chance to share their arts and crafts\, contributions\, accomplishments\, and professional services with the public\, allowing guests to support these Indigenous-owned companies by purchasing items or fostering future business opportunities.  \nAdmission is FREE \n\n\n\nNative Artists and Small Businesses\nStart your holiday shopping early and show your support for local Native American Small Businesses this Small Business Saturday. \n\nTootsie’s Tea \nTootsie’s Tea offers unique & tasty loose leaf teas\, made with vibrant indigenous ingredients. These blends are unlike anything you’ve ever sipped. \nFox Way Designs \nBeaded jewelry\, ribbon skirts\, quill work\, birchbark art \nLe’Ana Asher Studios LLC \nart cards\, art prints\, small originals \nChaCha Beads – ig\, fb\, \nBeadwork and shellwork \nVanish Studio – ig \nhand carved linoleum prints\, linoleum printed greeting cards\, small stationary & beadwork \nBonita Brady \nJewelry \nPiñabeadwork \nHandmade beadwork/jewelry\, i.e.\, earrings and wristlets \nMy Ribbon Closet (Anna’s Essentials) \nI make Ribbon Skirts/Shirts\, upcycle Ribbon dresses\, fleece blankets medicine bags\, some beading and finger weaving \nGawaapi \nArt\, t-shirts\, jewelry\, and crafts \nSky Woman Beadwork \nBead work \nAuntie Eva’s \nSalve\, lotion\, Essential rollerballs\, and natural body products. Also handmade jewelry. \nLivlovesbeading \nBeaded Necklaces\, Bracelets\, Earrings\, and Rings. \nFirekeepers Crafts\nBeaded jewelry\, apparel\, holiday items (cards and ornaments) small accessories \nSaturday Only\nStone’r Designs \njewelry\, necklaces\, earrings\, bracelets. \nSunday Only\nSundri Beadwork\, LLC –  \nBeaded earrings\, jewelry\, beadwork\, blankets\, totes\, and more \nChief Oshkosh Native American Arts \nSterling Silver jewelry and beadwork \nFor more information about this program\, please contact: \nJosee Starr | jstarr@gichigamiin-museum.org | (847) 475-0911 \nwww.mitchellmuseum.org/events \n\n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n Join us for a screening of the film SHANK\, written\, produced\, and directed by filmmaker Jim Terry\, with music by Peckinslaw. Described as “If Monty Python made John Wick with no money”\, SHANK is a bonkers action comedy you can’t miss. After the conclusion of the film\, there will be a brief discussion featuring artists from the film\, moderated by cast member Aaron Golding. The cast and creative team will reflect on the film’s themes and their experience bringing the piece to life. Light snacks and drinks will be available for purchase\, and all proceeds from this event will directly fund future Sweetest Season programming. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Get Tickets \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n More Info \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Donate \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Jim Terry is a Ho-Chunk storyteller who’s called Chicago his home for the last ten thousand years or so. His graphic memoir “Come Home\, Indio” was nominated for an Ignatz and was a finalist for the LA Times Bookprize. His comic-book essay “Paper Cuts”\, done in residency at The Newberry Library\, is currently being taught in several schools and he has worked as a comics illustrator for almost two decades with everyone from Marvel to Heavy Metal. This August his prose will be published in the anticipated “Never Whistle At Night 2: Back For Blood” and he just completed the feature length film “Shank”. URL:https://gichigamiin-museum.org/events/fall-market-2024/ LOCATION:Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum\, 3001 Central Street\, Evanston\, IL\, 60201\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://gichigamiin-museum.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/fall-market-2024-cover.png ORGANIZER;CN="Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum":MAILTO:info@gichigamiin.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR