California Truth & Healing Council

Join the California Truth & Healing Council for its December 2023 Quarterly Meeting in San Diego County! Please note that pre-registration is not required to attend, but we will be sending out parking and other logistical information through Eventbrite. Quarterly Meetings are intended to be a facilitated space for California Native Americans to talk, process…

Holiday Artist Showcase!

California Indian Museum and Cultural Center 5250 Aero Drive, Santa Rosa, CA, United States

Pottery Workshop with Tony Soares

Malki Museum 11795 Malki Rd. Morongo Reservation, Banning, CA, United States

Participants will learn how to make pottery and the methods used during the fire burning process. Workshop at Malki Museum: Saturday, March 16, 2024, 10am-2pm Pick-up Fired Pottery Date: Saturday, March 23, 2024, Between 10am-4pm 10 spaces available

Tending the Land Coachella Valley

The Native American Land Conservancy (NALC) invites you to Tend the Land with us, a volunteer program that encourages community to care for the landscape through the removal of invasive vegetation, trash, and more while learning about the cultural heritage, plants and wildlife of traditional Native lands from NALC staff. January’s Tending the Land event…

New Year NDN Arts Market

The Ruby SF 23rd Street and Bryant Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

Indigenous Women Rising, NDN Girls Book Club, and The Ruby are proud to present a celebration of Indigenous Women and Non-Binary arts and literature! There will be: Poetry Readings Free books by Native writers! Food Merch Special Guests! More event details: Proof of vaccination is required. Masks are encouraged. This event has a suggested donation. No one denied…

Celebrating Civil Rights Heroes

Plummer Park Community Center 7377 Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood, CA, United States

“Celebrating Civil Rights Heroes,” hosted by West Hollywood Poet Laureate Jen Cheng will feature Rudy Ortega Jr., Tribal President of the Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians, as one of the speakers on the panel about Civil Rights Leaders and coalition-building. Other speakers include Shonda Buchanan (author of Black Indian), Martha Gonzalez (Quetzal), Miya Iwataki (Little…

Singing The Birds 2024

Palm Springs High School 2401 E. Baristo Rd., Palm Springs, CA, United States

Singing The Birds presented by the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians. Singing, dancing, food, vendors and exhibitors. Free admission.

Fundraiser for 2024 Peace and Dignity Journeys: Silent Auction, Music, Food and Raffles

Understory Oakland 528 8th St., Oakland, CA, United States

We are excited for our first Fundraising event for the 2024 Journeys! You are all invited! Silent auction, live music, tacos, and amazing raffle items ☺️ RSVP link in bio + Venmo link for the suggested $13 donation. You are welcome to donate as much as you’d like, please use the 🏃🏽‍♀️ emoji.

Founder’s Exhibit Community Input

Malki Museum 11795 Malki Rd. Morongo Reservation, Banning, CA, United States

Stop by Business hours in February. Tuesday-Saturday 10am-4pm

26th Annual Wildhorse Powwow

El Camino College, North Gym 16007 Crenshaw Blvd., Torrance, CA, United States

Free Admission! All Drums and Dancers Welcome! February 3 -4, 2024 Saturday 11 AM - 9 PM, Grand Entry at Noon Sunday 11 AM - 6 PM, Grand Entry at Noon   Head Staff MC: Arlie Neskahi (Dine) Head Man: Jacob Pratt (Dakota/Ojibway) Head Woman: Nanabah Kadenehii (Dine) Host Drum: Sorrel Rider (Siksika Nation) Alberta,…

Peace and Dignity Journeys Bay Area Presents: La Candelaria Boutique

La Reyna Bakery 3114 24 St., San Francisco, CA, United States

We have another fundraising event coming up in San Pancho Come shop at our first la candelaria boutique offering gently worn tradicional and vintage clothing, accessories, books, art and more! We will have danza prayer to open up the event, DJ’s spinning vinyl, and homemade tamales with lots of love!

21st Father’s Day Pow Wow by the Sea

21st annual Imperial beach Father’s Day powwow. June 15th and 16th. Everyone Welcome. For more information please contact: grassdancer7@yahoo.com www.oneworldbridge.org Vendor Coordinator: Chuck Cadott (619) 929 2875  

Inaugural Conversations: Basket Starts

Agua Caliente Cultural Museum 140 N Indian Canyon Dr, Palm Springs, CA, United States

A conversation about basketry with basket weavers Rose Ann Hamilton (Cahuilla), Jeanette Saubel (Agua Caliente), and Brianna Duran (Agua Caliente), and experience the new building with Agua Caliente Cultural Museum Executive Director, Steven Karr, Ph.D., to learn about the expressive architectural design and its connection to Cahuilla basketry. Short walkthroughs will take place directly before the talk, calling attention to the…

Water Ceremony

Baker Beach 1770 Gibson Rd, San Francisco, CA, United States

Hello BAAITS community! We are excited to keep sharing information for our week of events. Our next event will be our Water Ceremony for Uniting Resiliency. This will happen on Baker Beach, Thurs Feb 8, 1-4pm, Join us for this special Water Ceremony, lead by Two Spirit IndigeQueer community. We welcome folks from out of…

BAAITS 13th Annual Two Spirit Pow Wow

Fort Mason Festival Pavillion 2 Marina Blvd Suite 260, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, United States

BAAITS 13th Annual Two Spirit Pow Wow! Commemorating BAAITS 25th Anniversary! Saturday February 10, 2024 Fort Mason Festival Pavillion, San Francisco

Second Annual Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples (MMIP) Summit & Day of Action

SAFE Credit Union Convention Center 1401 K Street, Sacramento, CA, United States

Alongside the Yurok Tribe, Wilton Rancheria is humbled to host the 2024 MMIP Summit and Day of Action in Sacramento next month. The purpose of the event is to bring Tribal, state, and local elected leaders and law enforcement together with families affected by the MMIP crisis to raise awareness and work together toward substantive…

Special Pop-Up Book Event with Malcolm Margolin and Deborah Miranda

Earth Island Institute in the David Brower Center 2150 Alston Way, 4th Floor, Berkeley, CA, United States

Please join us for a special pop-up book event with California I CAN's own Malcolm Margolln and our spectacular guest - California Indian poet and author Deborah Miranda (Ohlone/Costanoan-Esselen), author of Bad Indians (Heyday 2012), now available in a special 10th Anniversary edition.   TOMORROW EVENING!  Monday Feburary 12th at 6:00 PM, at the Earth Island Instiute in the David…

Ipai Hellya/2Spirit & Indigiqueer Resilience

Join 'ataaxum Pomkwaan, @unitedataaxum.yc and @jreynoso25 ( @thequeersol ) at a workshop on Ipai Hellyaa, Two Spirit & IndigeQueer Resilience. "Ipai Hellyaa" (ee-pye shlah) means Moon People in the Kumeyaay language, and according to Juan Reynoso “in a modern context, it means genderqueer, gender expansive and anything that exists outside of the binary." We will be learning more about what…

Artist Talk with Gerald Clarke Jr. and Emily Clarke

Benton Museum of Art Pomona College 120 West Bonita Avenue, Claremont, CA, United States

Artist Talk with Gerald Clarke Jr. and Emily Clarke Thursday, February 15, 2024 | 7:00 pm–9:00 pm Artist talk with Gerald Clarke Jr. and Emily Clarke followed by a reception for Continuity: Cahuilla Basket Makers and their Legacies. Details coming soon. Gerald Clarke is an enrolled member of the Cahuilla Band of Indians and lives on the…

Original Stories: California’s First Voices

Maidu Museum & Historic Site 1970 Johnson Ranch Drive, Roseville, CA, United States

The Maidu Museum is proud to present the next Night Out at the Museum program: a panel conversation between four contributors of Know We Are Here: Voices of Native California Resistance on February 17. This new book is a powerful collection that details how California’s Indigenous communities are resisting the legacies of forcible loss of…

41st Annual UCR Pow Wow

UC Riverside Sports Complex 1000 W. Blaine St., Riverside, CA, United States

May 24-26, 2024 University of California Riverside. Riverside Sports Complex: 1000 W. Blaine St. Riverside, Ca, 92507   Parking in Lot 26 *Admission is Free & Open to the Public* All Dancers, Drums, and Bird Singers Welcome

4th Annual Native & Indigenous Research Symposium

San Diego State University 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA, United States

The Native & Indigenous Research & Arts Symposium (NIRAS) serves as an academic space to uplift diverse Native and Indigenous research, narratives, art, issues and knowledges. We are looking for student presenters! Submit a proposal for NIRAS by Friday, February 2nd, 2024!

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