Local News - Feb. 17, 2017

HRDC closing for Presidents’ Day

District 4 Human Resources Development Council will be closed Monday in observance of President’s Day. HRDC will resume normal business hours Tuesday at 8 a.m.

Transit buses stop for Presidents’ Day

North Central Montana Transit announced its buses will not run Monday in observance of Presidents’ Day.

The buses will resume their normal schedule Tuesday.

Northern showing ‘Bajo la Misma Luna’ Tuesday

From Montana State University-Northern

The movie “Bajo la Misma Luna (Under the Same Moon)” will be shown Tuesday at 6 p.m. in Hensler Auditorium in Montana State University-Northern.

This movie tells the story of a 9-year-old, Carlitos, who embarks in the journey of looking for his mother traveling by himself from his little town in south Mexico to Los Angeles.

This movie is appropriate for all ages, and there will be a discussion after the exhibition.

The movie is spoken in both English and Spanish and has English subtitles.

The showing of “Bajo la Misma Luna” is an activity sponsored by the MSU-N Spanish Speaking Group. People who would like more information can contact the Office of Diversity Awareness and Multicultural Programs at [email protected] or by calling 406-460-0445.

Northern hosts IndiVisible: African-Native American Lives in Americas

From Montana State University-Northern

The Chancellor’s Lecture Series of Montana State University-Northern is presenting “IndiVisible: African-Native American Lives in the Americas” in the Vande Bogart Library Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. 

“IndiVisible” is the Smithsonian Institute’s traveling exhibit that reveals unique information about the little-known history of people with dual African-American and Native American ancestry. It is a display of large panels that discuss the cultural integration of these blended marriages and the ancestors caught between preserving their individual heritage and embracing both cultures.

Speaker Yvonne Tiger’s tribes, Cherokee, Creek, Seminole, are intrinsically linked into this history and features in the “IndiVisible” display. As a legal assistant for her tribal nations, she has worked on Freedmen issues in the past and understands federal policies about Indians.  This conversation includes the cultural integration of these blended marriages and the ancestors caught between preserving their individual heritage and embracing both cultures.

This presentation is free and open to the public.