56th Annual California Native American Day

California State Capitol 1315 10th St, Sacramento, CA, United States

This event is hosted by the California Tribal Chairpersons’ Association in partnership with the State of California, and is a great opportunity to celebrate the rich history and culture of California Tribes. This year’s theme is “Protecting Our People Through Sovereignty: Past, Present, and Future.”

Native American Health Center’s 2023 Powwow

International Community School 2825 International Blvd, Oakland, CA, United States

Native American Health Center is excited to announce its 2023 Powwow will take place on September 23rd—the Saturday following California Native American Day! Vendor Contact: NAHCevents@nativehealth.org Powwow Coordinator: Valerie Arnold (510) 485-5907

Community Gardening Day!

2 Fort Mason 11, SF, 94123

Also happening on October 14th, Location TBD.

AB 1314 Feather Alert Implementation

LA County County Department of Education 9300 Imperial HWY, Downey, CA, United States

LA County has the largest population of Native American people of any county in the nation. My team and I will be in LA Co. on September 26th from 5:30pm to 8:30pm for our Roundtable Implementation event for AB1314, the Feather Alert. After an already successful execution of the alert in June, come learn how…

2023 Tule River Powwow

Eagle Mountain Casino Events Center 1850 West Street, Porterville, CA, United States

Chumash Intertribal Powwow

The Chumash Intertribal Powwow is a 2-day event with more than 300 Native American dancers and singers representing many of the tribes from Canada and the United States who attend annually to participate socially and competitively. POWWOW LOCATION: Corner of Meadowvale Road and Hwy 246 in Santa Ynez, Calif.

31st Annual Berkeley Indigenous Peoples Day Pow Wow & Indian Market

Martin Luther King Way and Civic Center Park Martin Luther King Way and Civic Center Park, Berkeley, CA, United States

531 years of Resistance and Renewal 1492-2023 Native American foods, Arts & Crafts and American Indian culture. Gourd Dance, Rounddance, Committee Specials and Intertribals. 10 am: Exhibition Dance. 12 Noon: Land acknowledgement.1 pm: Grand Entry. MLK Civic Center Park, Allston Way, Berkeley. Free. Wheelchair accessible. Information: (510) 595-5520 or www.ipdpowwow.org

Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration

Idyllwild Arts 52500 Temecula Road, Idyllwild, CA, United States

Join the Idyllwild Arts community for a day of in-person programming including performances, lectures, exhibition, film, food, and more. All events are free and open to the public.

16th Annual Auburn Big Time-Pow Wow

Gold County Fairground 1273 High Street, Auburn, CA, United States

The Auburn Big Time-Pow Wow (ABTPW) attracts people from diverse indigenous nations to gather for the purpose of honoring the traditions of their ancestors. This event inspires cultural pride and provides an opportunity for tribal families to come together to celebrate significant life events; exchange arts and crafts; and to sing, dance, and teach tribal…

Free

Native Arts Expo 7

Mendocino Art Center 45200 Little Lake St, Mendocino, CA, United States

The Native Arts Expo features both emerging and experienced Native Artists and offers an opportunity to learn about traditional and contemporary Native Art in an intimate setting. Contemporary and traditional native artists - jewelry, apparel, textiles, graphic art, painters, glass works, baskets Musical performances Traditional Pomo dancing Exhibits and workshops (basket weaving, painting, tule boat…

Inlandia Institutes presents – Know We Are Here: Voices of Native California Resistance

Riverside Main Library 3900 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA, United States

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…

American Indian Film Festival

The American Indian Film Festival showcases feature films, shorts, documentaries, animation, music videos and public service works of Native American/American Indians by filmmakers all around the world.

Los Angeles Pow Wow

The Autry Museum of the American West 4700 Western Heritage Way, Los Angeles, CA, United States

The United American Indian Involvement (UAII) is gathering people in Los Angeles for a one-day contest POW WOW! Featuring amazing vendors, artists, musicians, community orgs, and some amazing drums and dancers all highlighting the best of Southern California. All Vendors, Dancers, and Drums are welcome! For more information, contact LAPOWWOW@UAII.org

Gathering Under The Stars

UCR Palm Desert Campus 75080 Frank Sinatra Drive, Palm Desert, CA, United States

Cultures of Environmentalism: Read Aloud & Artmaking

Riverside Art Museum 3425 Mission Inn Ave., Riverside, CA, United States

For this closing day public program in association with the pop-up exhibition of Climates of Inequality, families are invited to join Lorene Sisquoc (Mountain Cahuilla/Fort Sill Apache), Curator at Sherman Indian Museum to learn about and make baskets.

ThangsTaken: Rethinking Thanksgiving

La Pena Cultural Center 3105 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, CA, United States

Our annual event challenges and reshapes the colonial “thanksgiving” narrative by celebrating native resistance through art, music, dance, ancestral knowledge, and oral storytelling. We will have a powerful lineup of cultural bearers, activists and allies advocating for land rematriation and Indigenous sovereignty locally, nationally, and globally! Please come join us. Below are the incredible speakers…

Unthanksgiving and National Day of Mourning

West Valley College, Campus Center 14000 Fruitvale Ave, Saratoga, CA, United States

The Muwékma Ohlone Tribe of the San Francisco Bay Area is collaborating with West Valley College and Mosaic America for the UnThanksgiving and National Day of Mourning / Hummingbird Circle - Ohlone Celebration! Register Today at: tinyurl.com/wvc-unthanksgiving-23 >>> Event Details: 📆 Date: November 20, 2023 ⏰ Time: 12pm-2pm 🅿️ Parking: Free in lots 4 &…

Winter Solstice & Holiday Boutique

Chumash Indian Museum 3290 Lang Ranch Parkway, Thousand Oaks, CA, United States

Join us with your friends and family this year for our annual Winter Solstice & Holiday Boutique. We will have a wide selection of Native vendors, frybread, and entertainment!

Holiday Artist Showcase!

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

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.

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

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…

Missing & Murdered Indigenous Peoples

The Autry Museum of the American West 4700 Western Heritage Way, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Join us in honoring our stolen sisters and relatives in a supportive beading circle! Our community partner, Keely Linton, with @strongheartednativewomen will facilitate our discussion focused on advocacy, sharing, and healing! Our relative, Birdie Pulskamp (@ndn.birdie), will lead us in a beading project designed for community members to complete during the afternoon workshop! Our community beading circle…

2024 San Diego State University Pow Wow

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

The San Diego State University Powwow is a cultural and social event that is held annually to bring together the Native American community to SDSU. SDSU has the reputation of having one of the longest running powwows ran by a university in California. This event is open to the public and is a partnership between…

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