Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College

Hand Drumming with Oshkii Giizhik
2025-10-27 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-11-03 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-11-10 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-11-17 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-11-24 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-12-01 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-12-08 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-12-15 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College, 2101 14th Street, Cloquet, MN, 55720, United States
Join us for Hand Drumming with Oshkii Giizhik at FDLTCC.
Mondays starting at 6pm in the Ojibwemowining Resource Center at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College.
Dates: Mondays
Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Location: Ojibwemowining Resource Center, FDLTCC
Open to the public.

Author Talk with Frank Bures - Native Technology and the Greatest Canoe Race in Minnesota History
2025-10-28 14:00 - 15:00
Native Technology and the Greatest Canoe Race in Minnesota History
Date: Tuesday, October 28th
Time: 2 PM
Location: Ruth A Myers Library, FDLTCC
Join award-winning author Frank Bures to hear stories from his new book, Pushing the River: An Epic Battle, a Lost History, a Near Death, and Other True Canoeing Stories. We’ll hear about the unsung heroes of the 450-mile Paul Bunyan Canoe Derby, including Anishinaabe racers like Ben and Jesse Tibbetts, Jim and Bernie Smith and more.

Gigibaaga'adowewin "Carrying the Stickgame with us"
2025-10-30 17:00 - 20:00, 2025-11-06 17:00 - 20:00, 2025-11-13 17:00 - 20:00, 2025-11-20 17:00 - 20:00, 2025-12-04 17:00 - 20:00, 2025-12-11 17:00 - 20:00
Join the Fond du Lac Language Program and FDLTCC for Gigibaaga’adowewin “Carrying the Stickgame with us” every Thursday at FDLTCC!
Dates: Thursdays
Times: 5pm-8pm
Everyone is welcome!
FDLTCC Gymnasium, 2101 14th Street Cloquet, MN 55720
Baaga’adowewin skills, language, & games!
Dinner is provided
*Children must be accompanied by an adult
Contact Naawakwe 218-878-8170
williamhowesiii*AT*fdlband.org

Breaking The Cycle: Healing & Awareness
2025-11-03 11:00 - 15:00
Join us for a day dedicated to mental health awareness, self care, and community support. Brought to you by the FDLTCC Human Services Club
All are welcome and encouraged.
Date: Monday, November 3
Time: 11:00am – 3:00pm
Location: FDLTCC Auditorium
Presenter Schedule:

CASDA “Why Doesn’t She Leave?”: 11am
Break: 12:30pm
PAVSA Human Trafficking Subject Matter Expert Mel Alvar: 12:40pm
Break: 1:30pm
Crisis Response Team Program Supervisor Lexi Wuestneck: 1:40pm

FDLTCC Live! Presents… Gary Farmer
2025-11-04 16:00 - 19:00
Join us for a fantastic evening with Gary Farmer. He will share about his acting career & play some music.
Date: Tuesday, November 4
Time: 4:00pm – 7:00pm
Location: FDLTCC Commons

GARY FARMER BIO
Gary Farmer is an actor and musician, born on Six Nations along the Grand River, Ohsweken, Ontario. He is widely recognized as a pioneer in the development of Indigenous media in Canada and was the founding director of an urban Indian radio network, Aboriginal Voices Radio Network. He also published Aboriginal Voices Magazine from 1993 – 2003.
Gary began performing on stage, working in theater from 1975 – 1987 in Canada. Winning Dora Mavor for best new play in 1989 for Tomson Highway’s, Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing.
Gary has been nominated for three Independent Spirit Awards for Best Supporting Male in the films: Powwow Highway (1989); Dead Man (1995) which won the1996 European Academy Award for Best Foreign Film; and Smoke Signals (1998).
He has also directed several popular short films, both independent and for television, and was the executive producer and a director of the APTN entertainment series Buffalo Tracks.
Recent credits include series regular on Resident Alien, Reservation Dogs, The English, The Curse and Independent films: Quantum Cowboys, Blood Quantum, The Incredible 25th Year of Mitzi Bearclaw, Run Woman Run, Hey Viktor!, An Ode for Leviticus and Major Barbara.
Gary Farmer and the Troublemakers album, Fool For Love, won Best Americana Album at the 2023 New Mexico Music Awards. Sing That Song reached #5 on the Top 40 Indigenous Music Countdown in Canada.
The Troublemakers 7th album, Lucky 7, released June 12, 2023, on Gary’s 70th birthday, features original cover artwork by Travis Shilling. Gary Farmer and The Troublemakers All Stars, featuring two-time Juno Award winner Derek Miller, toured Ontario, Canada July, 2023.
Gary is in the studio recording three new songs to soon be featured on a new album. The Troublemakers’ music can be found on Apple Music, Amazon Music and YouTube.

Giikiwidoodaa (Advancing local Anishinaabemowin efforts) - FDL Language Advisory Board Community Meeting & Feast
2025-11-05 17:00 - 20:00
Join the Fond du Lac Advisory Language Board and FDLTCC for a community meeting and feast on Wednesday, November 5.
Date: Wednesday, November 5
Time: 5:00pm – 8:00pm
Location: FDLTCC Commons
The keynote speaker will be Migizi (Mike Sullivan) PHD, an Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) linguist from the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe Reservation (LCO) in northern Wisconsin. He is currently the Native Studies Faculty Director at LCO Ojibwe University and previously served as the Resident Linguist for the Waadookodaading Ojibwe Language Immersion School.Feast will include the following: Wildrice Meatballs, roasted potatoes, salad, vegetable, and dessert.Questions?
Contact Getaabines (Alex Dufault), Langauge Board Secretary at (218)878-7138 or AlexDufault*AT*FDLBand.org

Giving Thanks and Veterans Feast
2025-11-13 17:00 - 19:00
Join us for a wonderful event honoring FDLTCC students, faculty, staff, and community members who are military veterans or are currently on active duty. The free event will feature a delicious feast and is open to the public.
Thursday, November 13
5:00pm – 7:00pm
FDLTCC Commons
Questions: Jesse Stirewalt, jstirewalt*AT*fdltcc.edu

Sasha Cooke - Performance and Q&A
2025-11-19 12:00 - 12:45
Join us for an exciting event with world-renowned mezzo soprano, Sasha Cooke!
Sasha Cooke will be giving a short concert with piano in the FDLTCC Commons area followed by a question-and-answer period.
Free to the public
Date: Wednesday, November 19
Time: 12:00pm
Location: FDLTCC Commons

13 Moons Cultural Gathering
2025-11-21 17:00 - 2025-11-22 16:00
Join us for the 13 Moons Cultural Gathering, November 21 and 22, 2025. The two-day event will include storytelling and a wide variety of workshops including beaded earrings, moss bags, yoga class, medicine pouches, and wreath making.
This great event is free and open to the public.
Dates:
Friday, November 21
Meal, 5:00pm
Storytelling, 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Saturday, November 22
Workshops, 9:00am – 4:00pm
Lunch, 12:00pm
Saturday Agenda:
9:00am

Moss Bags with Wendy Savage
Beaded Earrings with Tracy Shaw

12:00pm

Lunch

1:00pm

Wreath Making with Lurinda Defoe
Medicine Puch’s with Joyce Laporte
Moose Bone Needles with Dylan Savage
Yoga with Caitlyn’s Creations

Bake Sale Fundraiser - FDLTCC Human Services Club
2025-11-25 10:00 - 16:00
Join us Tuesday, November 25, for a delicious bake sale hosted by the FDLTCC Human Services Club. All proceeds will support the 2025 Holiday Celebration.
Date: November 25
Time: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Location: FDLTCC Commons

Poetry Slam
2025-12-02 17:30 - 19:30
Come and get inspired, share your writing, and enjoy some snacks with Poetry Slam events at FDLTCC! These events are free and open to the community.
Dates:

December 2, 2025
February 3, 2026
March 2, 2026
April 6, 2026

Time: 5:30pm – 7:30pm
Location: Ruth A. Myers Library, FDLTCC
Questions: oliviahaman*AT*s.fdltcc.edu

FDLTCC Community Drum Practice
2025-12-04 17:00 - 19:00, 2025-12-11 17:00 - 19:00, 2025-12-18 17:00 - 19:00
Baaga’akokwedaa. Minotaagozi.
Join us for the FDLTCC Community Drum Practice, Thursday evenings in the FDLTCC Commons. Come and sing, come and listen, come and hang out.
Questions: Blair Powless, blair.powless*AT*fdltcc.edu
Dates: Thursdays
Time: 5:00pm – 7:00pm
Location: FDLTCC Commons

Honoring Our Veterans - Coffee Hour
2025-12-05 13:00 - 14:00
Join us for coffee and light refreshments to honor community members who are military veterans or are currently on active duty. This event is free and open to the public.
Questions: Ariel Johnson, ariel.johnson*AT*fdltcc.edu
Learn about Veterans Resources at FDLTCC

FDLTCC Holiday Choir Concert
2025-12-08 17:30 - 19:00
Join us for a evening of beautiful music with the FDLTCC Concert Choir in our amphitheater!
Date: Monday, December 8
Time: 5:30pm
Location: FDLTCC Amphitheater
Gloria by Antonio Vivaldi with Parick Russell, piano
All performed by the combined choirs of Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College & Lake Superior College
Followed by a private music student showcase
Followed by Holiday selections as performed by The Trans-Siberian Orchestra

Holiday Celebration
2025-12-12 17:30 - 19:30
Celebrate the holiday season with the 2025 Holiday Celebration hosted by the fantastic FDLTCC Human Services Club! The event will include food, games, drawings and so much more. Plus, every child will receive a gift from Santa!
Date: Friday, December 12
Time: 5:30pm – 7:30pm
Location: FDLTCC Commons

FDLTCC Live: Unorthodox
2025-12-19 17:00 - 20:00
Release your inner zombie with FDLTCC multimedia production students at FDLTCC Live: Unorthodox.
Hear feral Christmas music & take part in a short film made by FDLTCC Multimedia Production students and join us for an open mic following filming.
Date: Friday, December 19
Location: FDLTCC Commons
Schedule:

Filming: 5:00pm
Open Mic: 6:00pm

Questions: jeremy.gardner*AT*fdltcc.edu
