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Marking its milestone 50th annual event, the American Indians Reaching for Opportunities (AIRO) Powwow will be held at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point on Saturday, May 3. The event will take place in Skyward Fieldhouse, 2050 Fourth Ave., Stevens Point. General admission is $7, admission with a UWSP student ID is $5, and elders over […]

The Wisconsin Science Festival welcomes people of all ages to discover the wonders of the sciences, arts and more. Events are planned statewide for the annual celebration from Oct. 14-20.  Statewide and at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, events will be offered for people to celebrate curiosity about this year’s festival feature, agriculture.   The week’s […]

An international multidisciplinary collective of artists called “Take Me to The River” will offer a wide variety of Stevens Point events beginning the week of Sept. 20, through a partnership between the city and the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. The guest artist residency is designed to engage students from kindergarten through 12th grade, university students, […]

Several events that honor Native American peoples and culture will be held at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point this week, including the dedication of a mural that memorializes Native Americans buried on campus and the annual Pow Wow. Held from 4:30-6:30 p.m., Friday, May 5, the dedication of the memorial mural will be held on […]

A journey that started in Lac Du Flambeau, led to the South and West then to Stevens Point may lead University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point graduate student Candace Thompson right back where she started. A member of the Ojibwe Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and the Tohono O’odahm Nation of Arizona, Thompson is […]

Two free, public events will be held in November at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point to mark Native American Heritage Month. From 4:30-7:30 p.m.  Thursday, Nov. 17, the event “Decolonizing Gender: A Two Spirit Celebration,” will take place in the Encore Room of the Dreyfus University Center (DUC), 1015 Reserve St., Stevens Point. A talking […]

A free, public event that marks Indigenous People’s Day through music, history and Native American presentations will be held at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point on Monday, Oct. 10. “Impact” will be held in the Allen F. Blocher Planetarium on the second floor of the UW-Stevens Point Science Building, 2001 Fourth Ave., Stevens Point. Shows […]

Having not been held since 2019, the American Indians Reaching for Opportunities (AIRO) Pow Wow returned for its 47th rendition Saturday at UW-Stevens Point. Wisconsin is home to eleven federally recognized American Indian tribes. The pow wow is organized and put on by UWSP students as a culmination of Native American Awareness Week. “We’re actually […]

Events dedicated to Native American education and culture will be offered at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point to mark Native American Awareness Week, May 2-7. Sponsored by UW-Stevens Point’s Native American Center, all events are open to the public. There is an admission fee for Saturday’s pow-wow, other events are free of charge. “The Native […]

Native American women are murdered at a rate 10 times the national average. Learn about the work underway to protect and fight for the rights of these women at a free panel discussion at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point on Tuesday, April 12. “Indigenous Women Pursuing Safety and Justice: A Conversation with Advocates” will be […]