Gila River Festival Events on Campus

Themed One Water, Many Currents, this year’s Gila River Festival includes an on-campus lecture and panel discussion plus an evening event in Regents Square with the Fort Sill Apache Fire Dancers. The keynote speaker, Nuevomexicana writer and biologist Leeanna Torres, will talk tonight at 6 p.m. in the WNMU Global Resource Center auditorium about the Gila as a place of her querencia. Querencia is a word derived from two Spanish words. The first “querer” meaning to desire, or deeply love. The second word “herencia” meaning inheritance or heritage. Then, panelists will examine the indigenous connections to the Gila River. At 6:30 p.m. Saturday, the Fort Sill Apache Fire Dancers with the Gooday Family will present the Dance of the Mountain Spirits "to drive away sickness and evil and bring good health and good fortune.”...

An Autoethnography About Navajo Sweat House Leadership

The WNMU Native American Student Alliance is sponsoring an event at the Student Life Lounge on the thirrd Floor of the WNMU Student Memorial Building on Friday, September 23, from 3 to 4 p.m. Dr. Perry James, WNMU Assistant Professor of Bilingual Education (Navajo), will present "An Autoethnography About Navajo Sweat House...