Ikwe Oganawendaan Nibi Miinawaa Manoomin — Women Protecting our Water and Wild Rice — is a symposium held at Shooting Star Casino October 13-15 that will offer an important opportunity for Anishinaabe Nations and the University of Minnesota to learn about shared concerns and responsibilities affecting wild rice and water.
This year’s symposium will have a special focus on the roles that women have in taking care of rice and water for this and future generations.
Speakers this year include Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan, UMN President Joan Gabel, Tom Goldtooth, Brenda Child, Kyle Whyte, and many others.
To register for the symposium: regonline.com/NibiManoominSymposium2019
Schedule at a glance
Sunday, October 13th (at White Earth Tribal and Community College (WETCC) Campus)
2:00 PM – 5:30 PM Participatory experience
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM Dinner
6:30 PM – 9:30 PM Pre-Symposium Workshop
Monday, October 14th (at Shooting Star Casino and Event Center)
7:30 AM to 8:30 AM Breakfast
8:30 AM – 12:00 PM Invocation, introductions, program session
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM – 6:00 PM Sessions
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Dinner
Tuesday, October 15th (at Shooting Star Casino and Event Center)
7:30 AM to 8:30 AM Breakfast
8:30 AM – 12:00 PM Program Session\
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM – 4:30 PM Program Sessions
4:30 PM – 5:00 PM Traveling Song
Lodging
Participants are responsible for making their own hotel reservations. Please make your hotel reservations directly with the Shooting Star Hotel and event center. Request the Nibi and Manoomin Symposium to receive the Symposium rate 1-800-453-STAR(7827). The symposium rate is good for reservations made before October 1. Let the hotel know that you are asking for a room for the symposium (room block 9461) to receive the discount rate for the symposium.