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Jasleen Kaur, DEI reporter
![Students, faculty, and community members posing for a group photo in The Engrained Restaurant Thursday, March 9, 2023 in honor of Native American Culture Week. Native American students make less than one percent of Sacramento State’s student population, according to Native American Studies professor Nia Gregory. These events are pathways for everyone to connect to one another.](https://statehornet.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/lead-IMG_0021-900x676.jpg)
Community gathers to commemorate Native American Culture Week
Despite Native center still not being open, Sac State’s Native community comes together
![Mic in hand in the Sac State University Ballroom, one woman chokes back tears opening up about experiences with ongoing violence against people of color by police during the Ending the Epidemic of Racial Violence Forum Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. Few attendees are seen in the crowd at the forum, set up to provide healing and discussion for those triggered by Tyre Nichols’ death at the hands of Memphis police.](https://statehornet.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/lead-900x600.jpeg)
Sac State students mourn and react to loss of Tyre Nichols
Community members call for systematic change