5TH ANNUAL CALIFORNIA NATIVE WAYS FESTIVAL

The California Institute for Community, Art & Nature presents our

5th Annual California Native Ways Festival

A free community event featuring traditional California Indian Arts & Culture

Saturday, June 22nd, 2024 • 10:30 AM – 5:00 PM
 Ohlone Park • between Grant & Mc Gee Streets • Berkeley

10:30 AM – Official Welcome by local Ohlone Representatives

11:00 AM – 5:00 PM – Cultural Demonstrations & Artisan Vendors

1:00 PM – Special Book Event with Deborah Miranda,
author of Bad Indians — A Tribal Memoir (Heyday 2024)

2:00 PM – Special Panel Presentation on the Successful Campaign to Save the West Berkeley Ohlone Village and Shellmound Site and Next Steps

3:00 & 4:00 PM –  Storytelling for All Ages

Interactive California Indian Games Throughout the Day

Curated by one of California I CAN’s resident cultural advisor, Northern Sierra Mewuk basketweaver Jennifer Bates, this year’s festival will feature 19 California Indian culture bearers demonstrating traditional arts and crafts and another 15-20 artisan-vendors offering their unique and beautiful one-of-a-kind creations.

Please donate here to support this year’s festival!

Scenes from previous years’ festivals. All photos by Austin Stevenot (Northern Sierra Mewuk) for California I CAN.

This year’s festival will feature both a plank canoe and a tule canoe—with the boat designer-builders—L Frank Manriquez (Tongva/Ajachmen) and Redbird Willie (Pomo/Wailaki/Wintu) present on site to share their stories of gathering materials, constructing, and launching their canoes.

This Year’s Featured California Indian Artist-Demonstrators include:

L Frank Manriquez (Tongva/Ajachmen)—Ti-aat (Plank Canoe Construction)
Julia Parker (Miwok, Pomo, Coastal Miwok)—Twined Basketry
Lucy Parker (Miwok, Pomo, Coastal Miwok)—Twined Basketry
Meyo Marrufo (Eastern Pomo, Clear Lake)—Illustration
George Blake (Hupa/Yurok)—Hupa Bow Making
Dixie Rogers (Karuk/Modoc)—Basketry,
Eric Wilder (Kashiya Pomo)—Graphic Design and Storytelling
Carson Bates (Northern Sierra Mewuk)—Cordage Making
Lois Conner-Bohna (Mono/Chukchansi)—Acorn Processing
Austin Stevenot (Northern Sierra Mewuk)—Clapperstick Making
Rico Miranda (Ohlone)—Interactive Native Games (great for kids!)
Redbird Willie (Pomo/Wailaki/Wintu)—Tule Canoe Construction
Kimberly Stevenot (Northern Sierra Mewuk)—Basketry
Fred Velaquez (adopted Central Sierra Miwok)—Shell Bead Making

Featured Organization and Information Tables Include:
Alliance for Felix Cove
Campaign to Save the West Berkeley Shellmound
California Institute for Community, Art & Nature
Friends of Ohlone Park
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For more information or to volunteer, please contact them at info@californiaican.org.

Thank you so much for being a supporter of the
California Institute for Community, Art & Nature.