CU Boulder Indigenous Peoples Day 2025

CU Boulder students, staff and faculty and members of the Boulder community are invited to participate in a community celebration and observance of Indigenous Peoples Day through the keynote and moderated discussion on October 13.

This program provides the opportunity to:

• Honor history and amplify legacy: Uplift the lived histories of Native and Indigenous communities at CU through storytelling, archival recovery and alumni engagement.
• Curate space for critical community dialogue: Explore local and global Indigenous perspectives on pressing issues such as environmental justice, research divestment, language preservation and spiritual resilience.
• Build cultural continuity and collective vision: Engage current students, faculty, staff, and community members in preserving and evolving Indigenous traditions and wellness strategies across generations.

Keynote and Moderated Discussion

UMC Glenn Miller Ballroom

Oct. 13, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

"Stepping Forward, Rooted Deep: Honoring Indigenous Legacies and Envisioning Global Futures"

Keynote Speaker

Lily Gladstone

Award-winning actress and advocate

Blackfeet and Nez Perce Tribal Nations

LILY GLADSTONE (Blackfeet and Nez Perce Tribal Nations) is the first Native American to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress. Her starring role in Martin Scorsese’s KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON opposite Leonardo DiCaprio earned her the 2023 Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Drama Motion Picture and the 2024 Screen Actors Guild Award for Female Actor in a Leading Role. She was also named Best Actress of 2023 by the New York Film Critics Circle and The National Board of Review, to name a few.

Lily can most recently be seen in Andrew Ahn’s reimagining of Ang Lee’s THE WEDDING BANQUET for Bleecker Street. Selected previous film work includes Erica Tremblay’s FANCY DANCE for AppleTV+; her breakout role in Kelly Reichardt's CERTAIN WOMEN, for which she was named Best Supporting Actress of 2016 by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association; and a starring turn in Morrisa Maltz's THE UNKNOWN COUNTRY, which garnered her the Outstanding Lead Performance Award at the 2023 Gotham Awards. She is currently in production on THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR opposite Michael B Jordan, who is also directing.

On TV, Lily can most recently be seen opposite Riley Keough in Hulu’s limited series “Under The Bridge.” Her performance earned her nominations for Best Supporting Actress in a Limited/Anthology Series at the 2024 Emmys, Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series at the 2025 Independent Spirit Awards, and Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series by the Screen Actors Guild. Past TV includes recurring roles on Sterlin Harjo’s acclaimed FX series “Reservation Dogs", HBO’s “Room 104” and Showtime’s “Billions.”

Sponsors

This program is sponsored by the Center for Native American and Indigenous Studies (CNAIS), the Center for Cultural Connections and Community (The Center) and the Office of Leadership Support and Programming.

Parking

Paid public parking is available in Euclid Parking Garage.