5:00–7:30 p.m.
Please join the BEseries as we welcome Natalie Ball, Artist, Activitst, Klamath Tribes Tribal Council member,and UO Alumni! ASL Interpreted.
Natalie Ball was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. She has a Bachelor’s degree with a double major in Indigenous, Race & Ethnic Studies & Art from the University of Oregon. She furthered her education in Aotearoa (NZ) at Massey University, where she attained her Master’s degree with a focus on Indigenous contemporary art. Ball then relocated to her ancestral homelands in Southern Oregon and Northern California to raise her three children. In 2018, Natalie earned her M.F.A. degree in Painting & Printmaking at Yale School of Art. Her work has been shown nationally and internationally, and she is the recipient of many art accolades, both local and national. Natalie Ball is now an elected official serving a second term on the Klamath Tribes Tribal Council.
Social media: @natalie_m_ball
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Doors & Dinner: 5:00pm buffet style, EMU Ballroom
Presentation: 6pm-7:00pm followed by Q&A 7-7:30pm
For details and more info on how to reserve a free dinner table for a group or a seat for you: message the team @uo_beseries Instagram.
Full list of BE Series event dates:
- October 14, 2024
- November 25, 2024
- January 20, 2025
- February 24, 2025
- April 14, 2025
- May 19, 2025
Native American and Indigenous Studies Calendar
The Department of Native American and Indigenous Studies events calendar is regularly updated.
Indigenous Peoples Day
The origins of Indigenous Peoples Day date back to 1989 when the South Dakota legislature passed legislation changing the second Monday in October from Columbus Day to Native American Day, celebrating the day for the first time in 1990. The state of Oregon voted to recognize the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples Day in a new bill passed in 2021 by the Oregon Legislature. University of Oregon holds a tribal flag raising ceremony in the EMU Amphitheater each October.
Native American Heritage Month
Film, lectures, workshops, theater, colloquiums, panels, and gatherings happen across campus and the community throughout November.
UO Native American Student Union
NASU meets regularly at the Longhouse and holds events, speakers, and meals.
Native American and Indigenous Studies
This College of Arts and Sciences department hosts speakers, films, colloquiums, and other events.
Mother's Day Powwow
This annual event takes place over Mother's Day weekend in May on campus. 2018 marked the 50th year and the powwow was honored with an Oregon Heritage Tradition designation from Oregon State Parks.
Native American Strategies Group
This group is a volunteer coalition of faculty, staff, administrators, students, alumni, and community members who meet to communicate, plan, and facilitate a holistic vision of scholarship and service for Native students and Native American and Indigenous studies on campus. They meet on the first Friday of the month, noon-1:30 p.m. in the Longhouse.
Native American Law Student Association
NALSA holds occasional events.
Events subject to change.