NSU Celebrates Women’s History Month with Talk by Jena Choctaw Chief Elizabeth Rogers

March 6, 2025

REBECCA L. RIALL, Associate Professor
Pre-Law and Paralegal Studies Coordinator
American Indian & Indigenous Studies Coordinator

NATCHITOCHES – When early women’s history in the U.S. is spoken of, it is often in terms of the women’s voting rights movement. But for many American Indian nations, women exercised political power—serving as clan mothers, chiefs and other leaders—long before the women’s voting movement, and matrilineal power remains strong and respected today.

This month, Northwestern State University will celebrate Women’s History Month with a talk about Native Women’s Leadership from Chief Elizabeth Rogers, chief of the Jena Band of Choctaw Indians.  The talk is open to the public and will be held at 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 19, in the Lucile Hendrick Room in the NSU Student Union, and will interest anyone who wants to know more about women’s history and leadership in the U.S.

The event is sponsored by the Gail Metoyer Jones Center for Inclusion and Diversity, the American Indian and Indigenous Studies minor and the Native American Student Association.

For more information, contact Dr. Rebecca Riall at [email protected] or (318) 357-6963.

Chief Rogers Talk NSU 20250319 2.pdf