By: Rikki Tasso Thompson
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At 12:30 a.m. on Nov. 15 The
Gamma Delta Pi Sorority held their first Rock Your Mocs event on the Cameron
University Campus between the Science Complex and the MCC.
Gamma Delta Pi Sorority member as well as Cameron
University student, and fellow Comanche Nation tribe member, Roxie
Oberly-Tenequer says,
“Rock Your Mocs is a national event to raise awareness for Native American Month and let others know that Native Americans still exist and still cherish and celebrate their heritage,” Tenequer said.
“Native American individuals wear moccasins on their feet today and threw out the week of Rock Your Mocs in order to show off the holiday and show awareness for the Native American Month,” Tenequer said.
The Gamma Delta Pi sorority and many others were moccasins which is a type of shoe made out of buckskin and a very thin sole which was made and worn by their ancestors.
The event was full of different events that dealt with the heritage of the Native American culture, beginning with the demonstration of how to set up a teepee and its significance. Gamma Delta Pi Sorority Vice President as well as Cameron University student, and fellow Comanche Nation tribe member, Sissy Singleton says,
“Today’s events is to make people aware of the culture and what Native American month is and that we still practice our culture, the events going on today are varied from the drummers singing Native hums for celebration, a teepee set up which we once stayed in, and the dancers in their regalia to show our pride and our culture to the Cameron Campus,” Singleton said.
“Starting in 2019 the rise of Native American students started showing themselves at Cameron University and started making noise and establishing clubs on campus to show their pride and to show the students and faculty that the Native American community presents are on campus,” Tenequer said.
It first started with the Native American Student Association and then the Gamma Delta Pi sorority which established its first chapter in 2020 and started their events such as Rock Your Mocs and many others.
The main talk and highlighted event so far has been the event that happened on the 15th of November, for it made alot of attraction and lots of noise and that is not just coming from the drummers and singers.
The event turned out to be a highlighted event on campus that caught quite a bit of attraction by passing by students. Many stood around the event curious of the details and pretty colors of the regalia worn by the Native students. One of the sorority members would ask for them to join in the activities but many just wanted to observe but the event was inclusive.
The National wide holiday of Rock Your Mocs is a day for the Native American culture to wear their moccasins to represent heritage and pride for their culture to make Native Americans known and others aware they still exist. It is a way to show some of their regalia and to show they are native.
The holiday is celebrated on a national scale and is supported by many Native American communities and can be found on rockyourmocs.org for information about Rock Your Mocs. Along with if anyone has questions about Gamma Delta Pi and future events or would like more information about events or organization please contact Heather Town Gamma Delta Pi President at heather061499@yahoo.com.
“Rock Your Mocs is a national event to raise awareness for Native American Month and let others know that Native Americans still exist and still cherish and celebrate their heritage,” Tenequer said.
“Native American individuals wear moccasins on their feet today and threw out the week of Rock Your Mocs in order to show off the holiday and show awareness for the Native American Month,” Tenequer said.
The Gamma Delta Pi sorority and many others were moccasins which is a type of shoe made out of buckskin and a very thin sole which was made and worn by their ancestors.
The event was full of different events that dealt with the heritage of the Native American culture, beginning with the demonstration of how to set up a teepee and its significance. Gamma Delta Pi Sorority Vice President as well as Cameron University student, and fellow Comanche Nation tribe member, Sissy Singleton says,
“Today’s events is to make people aware of the culture and what Native American month is and that we still practice our culture, the events going on today are varied from the drummers singing Native hums for celebration, a teepee set up which we once stayed in, and the dancers in their regalia to show our pride and our culture to the Cameron Campus,” Singleton said.
“Starting in 2019 the rise of Native American students started showing themselves at Cameron University and started making noise and establishing clubs on campus to show their pride and to show the students and faculty that the Native American community presents are on campus,” Tenequer said.
It first started with the Native American Student Association and then the Gamma Delta Pi sorority which established its first chapter in 2020 and started their events such as Rock Your Mocs and many others.
The main talk and highlighted event so far has been the event that happened on the 15th of November, for it made alot of attraction and lots of noise and that is not just coming from the drummers and singers.
The event turned out to be a highlighted event on campus that caught quite a bit of attraction by passing by students. Many stood around the event curious of the details and pretty colors of the regalia worn by the Native students. One of the sorority members would ask for them to join in the activities but many just wanted to observe but the event was inclusive.
The National wide holiday of Rock Your Mocs is a day for the Native American culture to wear their moccasins to represent heritage and pride for their culture to make Native Americans known and others aware they still exist. It is a way to show some of their regalia and to show they are native.
The holiday is celebrated on a national scale and is supported by many Native American communities and can be found on rockyourmocs.org for information about Rock Your Mocs. Along with if anyone has questions about Gamma Delta Pi and future events or would like more information about events or organization please contact Heather Town Gamma Delta Pi President at heather061499@yahoo.com.
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