This post was written by Hatchet reporter Evelyn Tibbetts
Contemporary Native American music filled Columbian Square Wednesday, kicking off GW’s second Native American heritage month.
Artist Michael Jacobs played acoustic guitar and wooden flute for dozens of students seated in J Street, singing about peace and social justice.
“My songs, unlike a lot of performers, don’t deal with specifically Native issues,” Jacobs, a member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, said. “I’m not so much interested in just being a token Native American.”
The Tennessee resident said he hopes his songs will help people unite around a common humanity.
“If they just come away from the concert going, we all have the same hopes and dreams and aspirations and heartaches, and hopefully I can change the world that way,” he added.
Founder of the Native American cultural group, Sarah Jackson, said she hoped the musical performance would bring “a little bit of culture to Columbian Square.”
The event, co-sponsored by the Multicultural Student Service Center and Sodexo, included traditional Native American food.
Events for this year’s Native American Heritage Month include a Pie Party, which will sell individual slices and whole pies to benefit Native American youth; tutorials to make a Beaded Amulet Bag and a Thanksgiving dinner.
