Indigenous Peoples Day Program Planned for Monday

Doc Bryan Student Services Center
Doc Bryan Student Services Center

The Arkansas Tech University Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Contemporary Student Services will host an Indigenous Peoples Day observance at 1:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 11, at the Doc Bryan Student Services Center.

Activities in the Doc Bryan Courtyard will include cultural demonstrations, a dialogue on language discussions, a land acknowledgement and a discussion about efforts to return land to native tribes who originally owned it. There will also be a display of Cherokee artifacts in the Doc Bryan Rotunda.

Representatives from the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians of Oklahoma will participate in the observance.

Attendance will be open to the public.

Learn more about the ATU Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Contemporary Student Services at www.atu.edu/diversity.