Native American Educational
and Cultural Center

2012 Spring Events

NAECC 2012 Spring Events Calendar

Friday, January 20th

NAECC Dinner & Movie Night featuring Christmas in the Clouds

5:30 Dinner, 6:00 Movie Begins  |  NAECC

A classic comedy of mistaken identity and romance set during the holiday season at a ski resort that is owned and operated by a Native American tribe. Shot on location at The Sundance Resort in Utah, this is the first contemporary romantic comedy to feature an almost entirely American Indian cast. Featured at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival, the film went on to receive Best Competition Feature Film at the Austin Film Festival and Best Native American-Theme Film at the Santa Fe Film Festival.   NAECC will provide dinner. 

Friday, February 17th

NAECC Dinner & Movie Night featuring Incident at Oglala

5:30 Dinner, 6:00 Movie Begins  |  NAECC

On June 26, 1975, during a period of high tensions on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota, two FBI agents were killed in a shootout with a group of Indians. Although several men were charged with killing the agents, only one, Leonard Peltier, was found guilty. This film describes the events surrounding the shootout and suggests that Peltier was unjustly convicted.  NAECC will provide dinner. 

Tuesday, February 21st

Wounded Knee Incident: Native American Activisim in the 21st Century

6:00 - 8:00 pm  |  Stewart Center 214AB

Film documentary and discussion centered on the events on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation by the American Indian Movement (AIM) activist group. Featuring the film documentary, “Wounded Knee” as part of the PBS “We Shall Remain” series and followed by Native American speakers engaged in Native American activism and social movement efforts.

Wednesday, March 7th

Native American Rite of Passage:  Film Documentary and Discussion

6:00 - 8:00 pm  |  Krannert Auditorium

The film documentary and discussion will focus on the celebration and historical significance of Native American maturity ceremonies. Featuring the film documentary, “Kinaalada: A Navajo Rite of Passage” and followed by a panel of Native American women who will share their experiences as participants in these traditional ceremonies.

Friday, March 23rd - Saturday, March 24th

AISES Regional Conference - Region VI

Purdue University

The Purdue University student chapter of the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) will host the 2012 Regional Conference.

Friday, March 30th

NAECC Dinner & Movie Night featuring Reel Injuns

5:30 Dinner, 6:00 Movie Begins  |  NAECC

A documentary about the evolution of the depiction of First Nations people in film, from the silent era to today. Featuring clips from hundreds of films, candid interviews with famous Native and non-Native directors, writers and actors, Reel Injun traces how the image of First Nations people in cinema have influenced the understanding and misunderstanding of their culture and history.  NAECC will provide dinner. 

Saturday, April 14th and Sunday, April 15th

Spring Fest 2012

10:00 am - 4:00 pm  |  Purdue Campus (Memorial Mall)

Come out and support the Native American Student Association (NASA) at Spring Fest this coming weekend. NASA members will sell authentic, home-made Indian fry bread and sodas. Also, come out and play Native American Jeopardy and winners will receive free fry bread. The NASA booth will be with the College of Sciences section, specifically the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences’ booth at Purdue Memorial Mall.

Friday, April 20th

NAECC Dinner & Movie Night featuring Rabbit-Proof Fence

5:30 Dinner, 6:00 Movie Begins  |  NAECC

Western Australia, 1931. Government policy includes taking half-caste children from their Aboriginal mothers and sending them a thousand miles away to what amounts to indentured servitude, "to save them from themselves." Molly, Daisy, and Grace (two sisters and a cousin who are 14, 10, and 8) arrive at their Gulag and promptly escape, under Molly's lead. For days they walk north, following a fence that keeps rabbits from settlements, eluding a native tracker and the regional constabulary. Their pursuers take orders from the government's "chief protector of Aborigines," A.O. Neville, blinded by Anglo-Christian certainty, evolutionary world view and conventional wisdom. Can the girls survive?  NAECC will provide dinner. 

Friday, May 11th

NAECC Graduation Celebration

5:30 - 7:00  |  NAECC

Please join us for dinner as we celebrate with our graduates.

(movie descriptions from imdb.com)