Elevating Untold Stories & Native Resilience Through Art & Placekeeping in Yelamu

Join the American Indian Cultural District (AICD) for the opening reception and film screening of “Elevating Untold Stories & Native Resilience Through Art & Placekeeping in Yelamu,” marking the opening of the Mapping Genocide Exhibition at the San Francisco Public Library’s Koret Auditorium on Wednesday, September 9, 2026, from 5:00–7:00 PM.

RSVP here: https://tinyurl.com/j6pzhaks 

The Mapping Genocide Exhibition, on view September 4, 2026–January 21, 2027, examines San Francisco’s legacy of commemorating the ideologies and individuals who spearheaded the genocide and displacement of American Indians through public art in the San Francisco Civic Art Collection, as well as through street and place names throughout San Francisco.

Through visual art by artists Jackie Fawn and Edward “Redbird” Willie, physical mapping, and documented interviews, this interactive exhibition examines whose histories have been celebrated and memorialized in San Francisco’s public realm—and whose have been erased.

Centering Native perspectives, Mapping Genocide confronts difficult truths about the city’s history while elevating American Indian cultures, histories, lived experiences, and resilience. At the same time, the exhibition invites audiences to reimagine the future of public art, monuments, memorials, and place names through an Indigenous lens, creating space for community dialogue about truth, healing, representation, and placekeeping.

Special Contributions:
American Indian Cultural District staff
AICD American Indian Monuments and Memorial Advisory Committee
San Francisco Public Library

Event Details

Date: Wednesday, September 9, 2026
Time: 5:00 – 7:00 PM | Doors open at 4:45 PM
Location: San Francisco Public Library, Main Library — Koret Auditorium
100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102

Exhibition Dates: September 4, 2026 – January 21, 2027