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Celebrating Native American Culture

Black Greek Council sponsors First Friday Fellowship

11/03/09

Erin, a sophomore at Xavier, will talk about her participation with the Cheyenne and their yearly Morning Star Ride remembering The Little Bighorn.

The First Friday Fellowship on November 6 will feature Xavier director of photography Greg Rust and his daughter, Erin. Greg will talk about his participation in The Longest Walk in 1978 during his junior year of college. Erin, a sophomore at Xavier, will talk about her participation with the Cheyenne and their yearly Morning Star Ride remembering The Little Bighorn.

They will present from 3:00 – 3:30 pm in room 280 of the Gallagher Student Center. From 3:30-5:00, “Pow-Wow Highway” will be shown while participants eat a meal provided by the Black Greek Council. Greg and Erin will stay to talk further about the movie and the differences that students can make in Native American issues. The event is free and open to the public.

Rust has a degree in anthropology from NKU and uses that knowledge in his photography. He has done extensive study on Native-American culture and accompanied Xavier students on service trips around the world. His guiding principle is a quote from cultural anthropologist Ruth Benedict: ‘The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences.”

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