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Department of American Indian Studies
PO Box 1510
Pembroke, NC 28372

Phone: 910.521.6266
Fax: 910.521.6606
Email: ais@uncp.edu

Location: Old Main, Room 231
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past native american
speakers series

Jesse Oxendine
November 11, 2008
7:00 p.m.
Native American Resource Center

Mr. Jesse Oxendine, a Lumbee from Robeson County who now lives in Charlotte, will speak about his experience as a member of the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division during WWII. Mr. Oxendine experienced combat in France, Holland, Belgium, and Germany, and he participated in the liberation of Wobbelin concentration camp. After the war, Oxendine used his GI Bill to become the first Native American pharmacist in North Carolina. These days, you'll find him cheering on UNCP football. Mr. Oxendine will show a short film about his experience at Wobbelin, and then he'll discuss with the audience. The Native American Resource Center is hosting the event and the Departments of History and American Indian Studies are co-sponsoring.

This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Rose Stremlau at stremlau@uncp.edu.

Patty Loew
November 17, 2008
7:00 p.m.
Native American Resource Center

Patty Loew, a journalist, film maker, and professor, will visit UNCP on November 17th.  The Departments of American Indian Studies and History and the Native American Resource Center are sponsoring a showing of Loew's new documentary Way of the Warrior, which explores the history of Native American service in the American military.  The film begins at 7 pm, and Dr. Loew will answer questions after the viewing.  The event will take place in the Native American Resource Center, which is the first floor of Old Main.  A member of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe, Loew teaches at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, hosts a weekly news and public affairs program that airs on Wisconsin Public Television, and has produced several documentaries and written dozens of articles on Native issues. 

This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Rose Stremlau at stremlau@uncp.edu.

Updated: Friday, October 8, 2010

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