Media Advisory: UArizona, Arizona Native American Leaders to Celebrate New Native Nations Flag Exhibit

Nov. 10, 2020

Media Advisory: UArizona, Arizona Native American Leaders to Celebrate New Native Nations Flag Exhibit

What: Ceremony to celebrate the Arizona Native Nations Flag Exhibit
When: Thursday, Nov. 12, 3:15-4 p.m.
Where: University of Arizona BookStore at the Student Union Memorial Center, 1209 E. University Blvd.
RSVP: Space for media to attend in person is limited. Please RSVP to Kyle Mittan at mittank@arizona.edu.
Online public broadcast: The event will also be broadcast live at https://www.arizona.edu/live.

TUCSON, Ariz. – Amid Native American Heritage Month, the University of Arizona will hold a ceremony to celebrate a new on-campus display featuring the flags of all 22 Native Nations in Arizona.

The flags are displayed in the University of Arizona BookStore at the Student Union Memorial Center.

Speakers at the event will include:

Robert C. Robbins, University of Arizona president
Ned Norris Jr., Tohono O'odham Nation chairman
Peter Yucupicio, Pascua Yaqui Tribe chairman
Levi Esquerra, UArizona senior vice president for Native American advancement and tribal engagement
Karen Francis-Begay, UArizona assistant vice provost for Native American Initiatives
Jesse Navarro, governmental affairs assistant, Tohono O'odham Nation Executive Office
Jonathan Rios, UArizona graduate student and president of the American Indian Alumni of the University of Arizona
Mary Jo Tippeconnic Fox, research professor and social scientist, UArizona American Indian Studies Program
Benjamin Davis, UArizona undergraduate student and president of the Tohono O'odham Student Association
Alejandro Higuera, communications coordinator, Project FAMILIA in the College of Education

Media are invited to the event but will need to RSVP by emailing mittank@arizona.edu. Only authorized media will be permitted to attend. Space is limited, and those unable to attend in person can view the livestream on YouTube.

There will be no questions taken during the ceremony, but media are invited to interview speakers outside the BookStore lobby after the event. Face coverings are required, and social distancing measures will be in place.

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Media contact:
Kyle Mittan
University Communications
520-626-4407
mittank@arizona.edu

The University of Arizona, a land-grant university with two independently accredited medical schools, is one of the nation's top 40 public universities, according to U.S. News & World Report. Established in 1885, the university is widely recognized as a student-centric university and has been designated as a Hispanic Serving Institution by the U.S. Department of Education. The university ranked in the top 20 in 2018 in research expenditures among all public universities, according to the National Science Foundation, and is a leading Research 1 institution with $687 million in annual research expenditures. The university advances the frontiers of interdisciplinary scholarship and entrepreneurial partnerships as a member of the Association of American Universities, the 65 leading public and private research universities in the U.S. It benefits the state with an estimated economic impact of $4.1 billion annually. For the latest on the University of Arizona response to the novel coronavirus, visit the university's COVID-19 webpage.