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: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 BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20260308T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20261101T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250418T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250418T170000 DTSTAMP:20260519T054719 CREATED:20240624T214559Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241203T181431Z UID:8164-1744970400-1744995600@gichigamiin-museum.org SUMMARY:April Free Day DESCRIPTION:Join us for a day of free admission at Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum on Friday\, April 18th\, 2025\, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. \nOur monthly Museum Free Days will now include Indigenous Artists Pop-Up Markets! Each month\, visit and shop with different local Indigenous artists. \nBooth spots are limited\, please contact Josee at jstarr@mitchellmuseum.org to reserve your spot. \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/april-free-day-2025/ 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/April-2025-2.png ORGANIZER;CN="Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum":MAILTO:info@gichigamiin.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250425T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250425T203000 DTSTAMP:20260519T054719 CREATED:20250328T032913Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260413T134618Z UID:10038-1745605800-1745613000@gichigamiin-museum.org SUMMARY:Film Screening: Singing Back the Buffalo DESCRIPTION:In the spirit of Earth Day\, join us for a screening of Singing Back the Buffalo\, an award-winning documentary by Cree filmmaker Dr. Tasha Hubbard. We offer two ways to see the film. Watch the movie virtually at your leisure anytime from April 18-May 2\, 2025\, or join us in person at our watch party followed by a virtual discussion with Singing Back the Buffalo filmmaker Dr. Tasha Hubbard on April 25th from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m at Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum. \n\n\n\n\nIn a time of immense environmental degradation and global uncertainty\, the buffalo can lead us to a better tomorrow. After a dark recent history\, the buffalo herds of North America are awaiting their return\, aided by dedicated Indigenous activists\, leaders and communities\, including award-winning Cree filmmaker Tasha Hubbard (nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up). Together with Blackfoot Elder Leroy Little Bear\, Hubbard weaves an intimate story of humanity’s connections to buffalo and eloquently reveals how their return to the Great Plains can indeed usher in a new era of sustainability and balance. \nOn her journey\, Hubbard explores the challenges faced by buffalo allies and shares the positive steps already taken towards the ultimate – but uncertain – goal of buffalo rematriation. Richly visualised and deeply uplifting\, SINGING BACK THE BUFFALO is an epic reimagining of North America through the lens of buffalo consciousness and a potent dream of what is within our grasp. \n\n\n \nAudience Responses:\n“So magnificent!”\n“My most anticipated movie of the year”\n“Gorgeous!” \nTickets\n\n\n\n\nVirtual – $20 – All links will be emailed before April 24th\nYou can view the film at your leisure anytime between April 18-May 2nd\, 2025. Be sure to join us on Friday\, April 25rd at 8 pm for a discussion with the filmmaker Dr. Tasha Hubbard. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\nIn-Person – $25/single ticket or $45/2 tickets\nJoin us for an in-person watch party of the film Singing Back the Buffalo. A limited number of tickets will be available for this screening on April 25 at 6:30 p.m.\, followed by a discussion at 8:00 pm via zoom with filmmaker Dr. Tasha Hubbard. The watch party will feature light snacks and refreshments at the Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum. Limited Seating Available \n  \n\nDirector’s Statement\nFeel the vibrations from the millions of hooves\, see the immense clouds of dust in the air on your skin\, witness the Buffalo move through their territory. This is being dreamed about by Indigenous peoples across North America. Our relative\, the buffalo\, deserves an epic. Singing Back the Buffalo combines my academic work with my search to tell compelling Indigenous stories in a visual and connective way. It follows key themes: Buffalo Kinship\, Genocide\, Confinement\, Women and Buffalo\, and finally\, Return\, or Rematriating\, the Buffalo to the lands. These form the framework for what I wished to be a layered and interwoven film. I wanted to tell both the history of Buffalo and Indigenous people from our perspective\, as well as the future vision we have for our collective return to living in balance with the land. \nDr. Tasha Hubbard\nDirector & Producer\nCree filmmaker and an associate professor in the Faculty of Native Studies and the Department of English and Film at the University of Alberta. Tasha is from Peepeekisis First Nation in Treaty Four Territory and has ties to Thunderchild First Nation in Treaty Six Territory. She is also the mother of a seventeenyear-old son. She researches and champions Indigenous efforts to restore the buffalo\, has been a supporter of the Buffalo Treaty since 2015\, and is a founding board member of the International Buffalo Relations Institute. Her films Two Worlds Colliding\, Birth of a Family and nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up have screened around the world and won numerous awards\, including the Canadian Screen Award for Best Feature Documentary in 2020. Her work has led to recognition from the Directors Guild of Canada\, who awarded her with the Discovery Award in 2019. Her latest feature documentary is called Singing Back the Buffalo. \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/film-screening-singing-back-the-buffalo/ LOCATION:Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum\, 3001 Central Street\, Evanston\, IL\, 60201\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://gichigamiin-museum.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/GoodDocs-Thumb.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum":MAILTO:info@gichigamiin.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250426T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250426T170000 DTSTAMP:20260519T054719 CREATED:20250414T194113Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250418T200039Z UID:10083-1745661600-1745686800@gichigamiin-museum.org SUMMARY:Community Day: Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum & Block Museum DESCRIPTION:Save the date for a festive day exploring the Block Museum of Art and the Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum in celebration of exhibitions Woven Being: Art for Zhegagoynak / Chicagoland and Living Stories: Contemporary Woodland Native American Art. Shuttles will run between each museum from 12-5pm\, so that attendees can easily attend events at both museums. Enjoy open galleries\, storytelling and scavenger hunt activities\, and more.  \nCo-presented with the Block Museum of Art.   \nFor full schedule and to RSVP\, visit https://www.blockmuseum.northwestern.edu/events/2025/community-day-gichigamiin-indigenous-nations-museum-block-museum.html. \nContact The Block Museum of Art: (847) 491-4000 or email us at block-museum@northwestern.edu \nContact Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum: (847) 475-0911 or email us at info@gichigamiin.org \nFull schedule of activities:\nFree shuttles between the Block and the Gichigamiin depart from each museum every 30 minutes at 12:00\, 12:30\, 1:00\, 1:30\, 2:00\, 2:30\, 3:00\, 3:30\, 4:00\, 4:30\, and 5:00 pm. There is also free parking on Northwestern’s campus and at the Gichigamiin. \n  \nAt the Gichigamiin:\nThe Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum is located at 3001 Central Street in north Evanston.  It will be open from 10 am-5 pm. \n10:30 am-11:30 am: Storybook reading by author Maria DesJarlait (Arikara) \nMaria “White cedar woman” Des Jarlait is an indigenous woman from the Arikara tribe of Fort Berthold reservation in North Dakota and Ojibwe from Red Lake\, Minnesota. She was raised on the reservation in North Dakota and went on to college in Chicago\, IL where she earned her bachelor’s degree in early childhood education and English as a second language. She teaches preschool in Illinois\, where she has seen the need for books that represent Native American children as people of today. She writes her books based on her experiences as a child with her grandmother and her two daughters’ experiences with their adventurous grandmother Peggy as well. She hopes to inspire more Native American children to dream big.  \n1:00 pm-2:00 pm: Artist talk by muralist Sergio Ceron (Otomi-Pame) \nSergio Ceron is from Elgin\,IL. He comes from the Otomi-Pame peoples of central Mexico.  He is a powwow singer\, beader\, painter\, tattoo artist\,feather worker and bone carver. “Growing up in what is traditionally Great Lakes indigenous land\, I feel a responsibility to give thanks to those spirits through my art and incorporate them into my life. I seek to preserve the old craft culture of my ancestors and apply them and the teachings they hold in today’s world. Tlazohcamati (thank you).” \n  \nAt the Block:\nThe Block Museum of Art is located at 40 Arts Circle Drive\, Evanston\, IL 60208 and will be open from 12-5pm.  \n12:00 pm-1:00 pm: Storybook reading with Terra Foundation Woven Being Fellows\, Teagan Harris (Cherokee) and Marisa Cruz Branco (Isleta Pueblo/Portuguese) \n  \n3:00-4:00 pm: Artist talk by Nora Moore Lloyd (Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe)  \nNora Moore Lloyd (Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe\, born 1947) was trained as a photographer and videographer. She works in multiple mediums to create artworks that document the stories of Indigenous elders and to connect with cultural practices related to harvesting birch bark and wild rice. Nora has been an active member of Chicago’s Native American community for decades.  \n  \nAt the Aloha Center:\nThe Aloha Center is located in the annex building next door to the Gichigamiin\, at 3009 Central Street. \n1:00 pm-1:30 pm: Haki Kino hula class \n1:45 pm-2:15 pm: Powere Uke lesson \n2:30 pm-3:00 pm: Keiki ‘Ohe Kapala children’s workshop \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/community-day-gichigamiin-indigenous-nations-museum-block-museum/ LOCATION:Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum\, 3001 Central Street\, Evanston\, IL\, 60201\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://gichigamiin-museum.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/2025-Gichigamiin-x-Block-Museum-Community-Day-Flyer.png ORGANIZER;CN="Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum":MAILTO:info@gichigamiin.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR