Students gathered at the University of New Mexico’s Cornell Mall to watch Pueblo dancers and musicians and shop from Indigenous artist vendors during American Indian Student Services’ first annual feast day on Thursday, Nov. 13.
The feast day was hosted by American Indian Student Services and featured dancers from the pueblos of Ohkay Owingeh and Zuni, and artists from the Navajo Nation and Pueblos of Acoma, Kewa and Cochiti, among others.
AISS Director Andrew Yazzie said the event was a moment to celebrate Indigenous culture on campus and offer a feast day for students who might not be able to travel home for different events…