A piece of art created by Reese Carter in 2021 for Native American Heritage Month is pictured. (Photo courtesy of Reese Carter)

MARQUETTE — Celebrate Native American Heritage Month at Northern Michigan University with any of its upcoming events.

A documentary on American Indigenous peoples in the American justice system called “Warrior Lawyers: Defenders of Sacred Justice” will be shown at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in Art and Design Building room 165.

After the film, a question-and-answer panel will be held with the filmmaker, Audrey Geyer, as well as two of the featured lawyers, Rich Vander Veen and Karrie Biron.

At 5 p.m. Thursday in the Maple Classroom, professor of Native American Studies April Lindala will host an event on the “Importance of Native American Representation in Media.” Lindala will show two short films, then compare and contrast them. Drinks and snacks will be provided.

This year’s theme of the annual Sonderegger Symposium will be “Perspectives on 1820 and Beyond” based on the current Beaumier Heritage Center exhibit called “Claiming Michigan: The 1820 Expedition of Lewis Cass.”

The symposium will be held in NMU’s Northern Center ballrooms from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and is free and open to the public.

A free screening of “Bones of Crows,” a movie about a Cree woman who survives Canadian Indian residential schools, will take place on Dec. 1 at the Whitman Hall Commons.

Finally, from 1-7 p.m. on Dec. 2, the annual Learning to Walk Together Powwow will be held in the Northern Center Grand Ballroom.