Join us to kick off Native American Heritage Month and celebrate First Gen Week with an unforgettable night with Frank Waln, an award-winning Sicangu Lakota music artist, speaker and educator from the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota. Known for blending powerful storytelling with genre-defying music, Frank has been featured on MTV, CNN, NPR and ESPN, and his writing has appeared in publications like School Library Journal and the New York Times bestseller "American Like Me."

Currently a professor at Western Michigan University, Waln teaches about music production, Native American history and Indigenous soundscapes — and now he’s bringing that energy to campus. 

This event features a 45-minute live music performance followed by an open Q&A, where you’ll hear directly from Waln about his work, resistance through art and what it means to reclaim narrative through music. 

Dinner will be provided by Qdoba.

Come for the music. Stay for the message. Leave inspired. 

Register today!