Hosted by The University of La Verne Located at Ann and Steve Morgan Auditorium 1950 3rd St, La Verne, CA 91750 Dr. Deborah Miranda is a Native American writer, poet, and professor. Miranda is a descendant of what are known as “Mission Indians,” indigenous peoples of many Southern California tribes who were forcibly removed…
Originally published in 1994, Flutes of Fire: An Introduction to Native California Languages, Revised and Updated is an approachable, entertaining, and informative classic on Native culture-keeping, an introduction to Native California languages that appears now in a newly expanded edition spotlighting 25 years of intervening linguistic activism keeping Indigenous voice, viewpoint, and tradition alive. Leanne will be…
Visit with Chumash poet and elder Georgiana Valoyce-Sanchez at the Dorothy Ramon Learning Center Learn about Georgiana's first poetry collection, 'A Light to Do Shellwork By' She’ll share her poems, her stories, her cultural memories, and her advocacy for Native languages, cultures, and sacred sites. Located at Dorothy Ramon Learning Center’s San Manuel Gathering Hall,…
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…
FREE • Arts Walk • Thursday, November 2 • 7–8 PM, doors open at 6:30 Riverside Public Library Community Room 3900 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside 92501 Collecting over twenty-five essays written by more than fifteen California Indian authors, Know We Are Here surveys many of the ways California’s Indigenous communities are resisting the legacies of…
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.
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…
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…
Presented in partnership with Litquake. Join Us On Monday, April 8th at 7pm PST when we celebrate the Institute of American Indian Arts with a reading from and by students, alumni, and faculty here at ! Featuring Jennifer Elsie Foerster, Ibe Libenberg, Tracy Abeyta and Jackson Taffa. Masks encouraged for In-Person Attendance or Watch Online…
Federal Acknowledgement and the San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians You are invited to an informative lecture by Dr. Olivia Chilcote who will talk about her newly released book, Unrecognized in California, which tells the story of the San Luis Rey Band’s efforts to gain recognition through the Federal Acknowledgment Process. In the context…
Join the bookstore on Indigenous People’s Day this Monday Oct. 14th @ 6 pm at @vivalaboba in San Bernardino!!! There will be a reading of three children’s books by various Indigenous authors and illustrators! Including @_native_hummingbird new release this year! This will be Quiet Quail’s first story time and a beautiful sharing of some amazing…
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 Books on the Park Monday January 6 for a welcome of Kinslae Drake in celebration of her poetry collection The Sky Was Once a Dark Blanket at 9th Ave! About The Sky Was Once a Dark Blanket The Sky Was Once a Dark Blanket traverses the Southwest landscape, exploring intricate relationships between Native peoples and the natural world,…
READING | $15 | ALL AGES | Join NDN Girls Book Club for a poetry lounge & small Native artisans market on March 29th, 7:30-10pm. The event will feature a lineup of Native women authors with debut books out 2024-2025, a food truck, a live DJ, free books from NDN Girls Book Club, and a…
Book Drop at Sherman Indian High School in Riverside, CA with a beautiful reading from THE SKY WAS ONCE A DARK BLANKET.
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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