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ECC to celebrate Native American Heritage Month with a series of events

By Shaw Local News Network
Elgin Community College is celebrating Native American Heritage Month throughout November with movie screenings, storytelling and discussions honoring Native American and Indigenous people and their cultures.

Elgin Community College is celebrating Native American Heritage Month throughout November with movie screenings, storytelling and discussions honoring Native American and Indigenous people and their cultures. (Photo provided by Elgin Community College)

Elgin Community College is celebrating Native American Heritage Month with movie screenings, storytelling and discussions honoring Native American and Indigenous people and their cultures. Events for Native American Heritage Month are at ECC’s Spartan Drive Campus, 1700 Spartan Drive in Elgin. The public is welcome to attend.

Native American Heritage Month events include the following:

Acknowledging Native Americans and the Land: 2 to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 28, in Building B, Jobe Lounge. Joseph “Standing Bear” Schranz, founder and president of the Midwest SOARRING Foundation, will lead a conversation about honoring Indigenous culture.

Stories Are Medicine: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 29, in Building B, Jobe Lounge. Explore the healing power of sharing stories with Hawaiian grandmother Susan Ka’iulani Stanton.

Killers of the Flower Moon: 2 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 30, at Marcus Elgin Cinema. Experience the new film about the Osage Nation, “Killers of the Flower Moon,” during a private screening. This event is closed to the public. Contact Erik Enders at 847-214-7352 or eenders@elgin.edu to register.

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