HOLDING RELATIONSHIPS: A GATHERING TO REMEMBER
Student & Alumni Led Community Service 

Shattuck Hall In-Person and Zoom Livestream
Thursday, October 23, 2025
6:00pm-8:00pm 

REGISTER

We invite all Iliff students, alumni, and community members to join us on the evening of October 23rd in-person at Iliff and online at this hybrid gathering. We will hear reflections from several people who have been part of this institutional reckoning over the decades and engage in ceremony that centers the Land and the Lenape ancestor. From 7:30-8:00 pm there will be dessert and conversation.

The focus of the student and alumni-led gathering is to engage in historical remembering and honoring the relationships that have gotten us to this significant moment that we will mark on Friday, October 24th with the Lenape Elders Council at the Memorial Site Ground Blessing Ceremony on-campus at 1pm.

More information can be found here including a letter from President Lee Butler: https://www.iliff.edu/ground-blessing-ceremony/. You can also learn more and find links to the Rocky Mountain PBS documentaries about this multi-generational institutional reckoning and conciliation process here: https://www.iliff.edu/lenape/ 

We invite you to participate as you are moved and able: 

1. Memorial Site Ground Blessing Ceremony with the Lenape Elders Council | October 24 at 1pm in-person at Iliff. Please RSVP by October 17.
2. A hybrid Gathering to Remember with students and alumni | October 23 at 6pm in-person at Iliff or on Zoom. Please RSVP by October 22 to receive the link.
3. Share your stories and photos reflecting on the significance of this moment by filling out this form.
4. Offer your financial generosity to support the Tinker Native Studies Professorship Endowment

We look forward to seeing you and hearing from you.

Questions? Please contact: Iliff Student & Alumni Organization: iliffreckoning@gmail.com