April 26, 1999
A 5 p.m. reception in the Malott Room of the Kansas Union precedes the banquet. About 300 students, their parents and faculty and staff are expected to attend the 1999 event sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs.
Mann is a full-blood Cheyenne enrolled with the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma. She teaches Native American studies at the University of Montana. Earlier, she taught at Haskell Indian Nations University. She has a Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, in 1982.
In 1991, Rolling Stone magazine listed Mann as one of the 10 leading professors in the nation. The National Women's History Project poster series has featured Mann as one of five 20th-century women educators.
Mann serves on the board of directors for NATIVE ACTION, whose headquarters are on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in Lame Deer, Mont.; and on the board of directors for the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian. She is also on the Council of Elders for the American Indian Science and Engineering Society in Boulder, Colo. Mann is a frequent consultant for documentaries and films on American Indians.
In keeping with the tradition of having the banquet focus on one of the four protected minority cultures, this year's banquet will focus on Native American culture, food, art and music. Wayne Wildcat of Wildcat Studio in Lawrence will have paintings on exhibit during the banquet. The Haskell Dance Performers, directed by Manny King of Haskell Indian Nations University, will perform.
Graduates are invited as honored guests and receive free tickets. Tickets are $12.50 and available at the Office of Minority Affairs and the SUA Box Office. For additional information, contact Tashia Bradley, KU Multicultural Resource Center program assistant, at (785) 864-4303.
Story by Mary Jane Dunlap, University Relations, (785) 864-8853