Month: May 2025
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After 5 years, EOU’s Spring Powwow returns. This 50th anniversary event, which is coordinated by EOU’s Speel-Ya Native American Student Council and the Native American Program, begins Friday at 7:00 p.m., with multiple events throughout the day on Saturday. It will feature The Black Lodge Singers as the Host Drum alongside Emcee Fred Hill, Arena…
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On February 12th, 2025, I sat at a table at Hoke Union Building for my first beading lesson, surrounded by a jumble of colorful beads. That day, I didn’t just learn a craft; I connected with indigenous culture other than my own, a vibrant community, and the healing power of creation. Shantel Peacock, a member…
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It’s 2011 in La Grande, Oregon: The era of the Lady Gaga Meat Dress, the plague of “Fifty Shades of Gray” and the end of the Oprah Winfrey show. Michael Alvarez has only been working as a custodian at Eastern Oregon University for about three weeks, and he finds himself tip-toeing through a pitch-black basement.…