Join us in Central Library's West Meeting Room as Sacramento State University professor and anthropologist Terri A. Castaneda discusses her recent book Marie Mason Potts: The Lettered Life of a California Indian Activist (University of Oklahoma Press). Marie Potts (1895-1978) was a Mountain Maidu woman who lived in Sacramento's Oak Park neighborhood from the 1940s…
Hosted by Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian For more information and to register, visit https://wheelwright.org/event/calconvo/
Salt + Spine Live: The State of California Cuisine A Conversation with Leading Cookbook Authors Join us as we bring cookbooks to life with a live recording of the award-winning Salt + Spine podcast, which features compelling cookbook authors in conversation. For this thought-provoking episode focused on the "State of California Cuisine," host Brian Hogan Stewart…
UC Berkeley, which sits on native territory and was built with funds from stolen native lands, has a dishearteningly low representation of Native American undergraduate students, accounting for just 0.04% of the student body. The Native students who do gain admission to Berkeley must confront a culture that often negates indigenous forms of knowledge, all while housing…
Sara Calvosa Olson (Karuk), food writer and editor, in conversation for Chími Nu'am: Native California Foodways for the Contemporary Kitchen moderated by Odilia Romero, Co-Founder and Executive Director CIELO. Book signing and meet and greet to follow.
Gather with us, Sat., Dec. 9, 3 p.m. at Golden Gate Valley Branch for a discussion with Sara Calvosa Olson (Karuk) on Native California Foodways. 🌿✨ Learn about traditional Indigenous cuisine for modern living, from elk chili beans to huckleberry hand pies. Explore cooking seasonally. 🍽️🌾 Don't miss out on this culinary odyssey! Attendees will…
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…
We’d like to invite you to the next Night Out at the Museum: An Evening with author Cheewa James on Saturday April 13 at 7pm, doors open at 6:30pm. Cheewa will discuss her family's and tribe’s history of the Modoc Wars. Cheewa, a member of Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma, researched her Modoc ancestry for years and was…
Please join the college for poetry, art, and photography presented by Native women who produced and contributed to Yaámay: An Anthology of Feminine Perspectives Across Indigenous California. This symposium is free and features free lunch and dinner. Sponsors for this symposium are the Indigenous Futures Institute and the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health & Human…
Welcome to the first FSL Chef-in-Residence Sara Calvosa Olson! Sara Calvosa Olson (Karuk) is a food writer and editor living in the Bay Area with her husband and two teenage sons. Her work dwells at the intersection of storytelling, Indigenous food systems, security, sovereignty, reconnection, and recipe development. Her writing has appeared in News from…
Please join the organiztaion for a special book event with California I CAN's own Malcolm Margolin and 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. The February event with Deborah has sold out so we're taking advantage of Deborah's…
Join exhibition co-curators Daisy Ocampo Diaz (Caxcan) and Lina Tejeda (Pomo) for a walk-through of Fire Kinship: Southern California Native Ecology and Art. The exhibition focuses on the important kinship ties that connect Indigenous communities to the land, and on the inextricable connection between ecological knowledge, spirituality, and creative expression. Daisy Ocampo Diaz earned her Ph.D. in history from the University…
A virtual event featuring the bestselling author of There There and Wandering Stars. Tommy will share his powerful journey as an Indigenous writer, offering insights into his path to success and the challenges he’s overcome along the way. Through his storytelling and personal reflections, Tommy will highlight the importance of centering community, cultural identity, and perseverance…
Native American Alumni Lecture Series: Dr. Olivia Chilcote, “Unrecognized in California: Federal Acknowledgement and the San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians” Join the university for an Alumni Lecture for Berkeley alum and Luiseño Scholar Dr. Olivia Chilcote. Chilcote demonstrates how the state’s colonial history is foundational to the ongoing crisis over tribal legal status.…
Monday, April 14 | 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Ursula Pike discusses her book, An Indian Among los Indígenas, new in paperback published by Heyday, with Sara Calvosa Olson in a virtual event hosted by City Lights Bookstore. Virtual event. Register to receive a Zoom link on the event date. Register here: https://citylights.com/events/ursula-pike/
The Fowler invites you to a poetry reading featuring Emily Clarke and Camary Davalos. Emily Clarke’s poem Womanfire undulates across a wall at the heart of the Fire Kinship exhibition. On this special evening, after a brief walk-through of the show, she and Camaray Davalos will read selections from their poetry. A conversation with Terria Smith will follow.…
April 17, 2025 3:30 - 5:00 PM. UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library, Presentation Room 11348 Please join the institution for a presentation and Q&A with authors Michael Steven Wilson and José Antonio Lucero. Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfCrGEmc8lqbeKKOINR5Bsuc8gvHVemwilE2l7L2ilSmPDMUg/viewform
Book Drop at Sherman Indian High School in Riverside, CA with a beautiful reading from THE SKY WAS ONCE A DARK BLANKET.
Join author and professor Shari Huhndorf for a discussion of her new book Native Lands: Culture & Gender in Indigenous Territorial Claims. This one hour program will explore the use visual and literary arts in Indigenous land back movements through a feminist lens. 6 pm - 7 pm Register here: https://berkeleypubliclibrary.libnet.info/event/13427932
NCIDC is hosting Gathering of Native Americans, weekend in Del Norte for Native youth. Friday the 6th, at 6 pm, come see special guest Tommy Orange (Cheyenne, Arapaho), author of There, There. Register here: DNgona.ncidc.org
THREE-TIME U.S. POET LAUREATE JOY HARJO HEADLINES THIS YEAR’S NATIVE AMERICAN ARTS FESTIVAL WEEK AT IDYLLWILD ARTS, STARTING MONDAY JUNE 16 Idyllwild Arts Native American Arts Festival Week takes place at the Idyllwild Arts campus Monday, June 16 to Friday, June 20, 2025. Led by Executive Director Shaliyah Ben (Diné), this week-long celebration, held every summer for…
This headlining event of the 2025 Native American Arts Festival Week is an intimate staged reading of Joy Harjo’s latest play, “We Were There When Jazz Was Invented,” with the musical accompaniment of Diné Trumpeter, Delbert Anderson. This is the very first time the two renowned Jazz Musicians will hit the stage together. Joy Harjo is…
A 2-Day Free Family Friendly Community Event, Showcasing Indigenous Comic Authors & Artists. Presented by Indigenous Futures Institute, in collaboration with Eyaay Ahuun Foundation and University of California Humanities Research Institute. Join the organization for a celebration of Indigenous sequential art! Indigi-Con features two panels of Native artists and writers, followed by a mixer with…
Join us for a special reading and talk with author-illustrator Weshoyot Alvitre, featuring her heartfelt picture book Brave. The story follows a Native American boy proudly growing out his hair and learning from his family that braids are powerful, beautiful, and deeply meaningful. Told through a tender father–son relationship, Brave explores the painful legacy of…
NOT TO BE MISSED! @amybowerscordalis in conversation with @sterlinharjo. Free and open to all. Amy Bowers Cordalis is a mother, fisherwoman, attorney, and a member and former General Counsel of the Yurok Tribe—the largest tribe in California. Formerly a staff attorney at the Native American Rights Fund, she is the currently the Co-Founder and Co-Director…
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