Native American Heritage Month was established in 1990. This November, Utah Valley University (UVU) joins the rest of the country as we uplift the many Native and Indigenous cultures within our Wolverine community. As we celebrate the range of different backgrounds and cultures at UVU, all of us gain an intercultural, global understanding of those we learn and work with every day.

We welcome Native American Heritage Month as an opportunity to honor the achievements and traditions of our Native American students, faculty, and community members. Join us at one of our events this month to celebrate.

Charly Lowry
November 1, 2024, 7:30 pm
The Barbara Barrington Jones Family Foundation Dance Theatre

Kick off Native American Heritage Month at The Noorda as we welcome Charly Lowry, an Indigenous singer-songwriter from the Lumbee and Tuscarora Tribes.

UVU Powwow
November 8, 2024, 6 pm
November 9, 2024, 12 pm and 6 pm
Lockhart Arena

Join UVU’s Native Wolverines at the annual UVU Powwow. All students and community members are welcome to join the cultural celebration throughout the weekend. Grand entries will be on Friday at 6 pm and Saturday at 12 pm and 6 pm.

Native American Storytelling Night
November 13, 2024, 7 pm
Young Living Alumni Center

Storytelling Night is a traditional Native communal event that brings the Native American and Indigenous community together. Everyone is welcome to join us for an evening of cultural storytelling.

Film Screening: Scenes from the Glittering World
November 15, 2024, 7 pm
The Scott and Karen Smith Theatre

The Native American Excellence Program is proud to present Scenes from the Glittering World, a documentary that follows three Diné teenagers living and attending school in the Navajo Nation reservation. We will have a Q&A session following the film with the featured students, Granite Sloan, Ilii Neang, and Noah Begay, and director Jared Jakins.

Two-Spirit and Transgender Day of Remembrance
November 20, 2024, 10 am-1 pm
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Join us for a memorial event honoring two-spirit and transgender individuals who have lost their lives to identity-based violence. All students, faculty, staff, and community members are welcome. The memorial will begin at 10 am, followed by a speaker at 11 am.