2021 K-State Indigenous Peoples Day: Introduction and Keynote-Tiana Suazo

October 11, 2021 • Opening Remarks: Storm Brave (Kansa/Kaw), Language Teacher, Kaw Nation • Welcome: o Provost Charles Taber  Acknowledgment of Honorary Doctorate to Herman Mongrain Lookout (Osage), Master Teacher of the Osage Language o LaVerne Bitsie-Baldwin (Diné), Indigenous Faculty and Staff Alliance Co-Chair and Director, Multicultural Engineering Program o Dr. Alex Red Corn (Osage), Indigenous Faculty and Staff Alliance Co-Chair, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership, Coordinator for Indigenous Partnerships, and Executive Director, Kansas Association of Native American Education (KANAE) 9:30-10:20 am: Keynote Title: Empowering Indigenous Youth Speaker: Tiana Suazo (Taos/Jemez Pueblo) – Executive Director, Red Willow Center