• 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…

  • Many Nations One Land

    La Escuelita Gym/Great Room 1050 2nd Ave., Oakland, CA, United States

    A cultural festival featuring Native American musicians, dancers, cultural activities, food vendors and a Native artisan market. This community gathering is: FREE All-ages Open to the public Lineup Includes: The Bobby Young Project (Blues Band) Jackie Keliiaa (Comedian) Lyla June (Musician) Aaron Miller (DJ) The Chinle Valley Singers (Navajo Social Singers) Marshall-Lieras Girls (Round Dance Songs) John Paul Hodge (Musician)…

  • National Heirloom Expo

    Ventura County Fairgrounds 10 E Harbor Blvd, Ventura, California

    Come hang out with the Wishtoyo Chumash Foundation at the National Heirloom Expo going on from September 10th through 12th! Wishtoyo will be talking about the exciting and impactful work they're doing to rematriate the land and restore Native food systems. They will be discussing local native plants and their importance to Chumash culture. It’s…

  • Steps to Landback: A Community Film Night

    Butte College 3536 Butte Campus Dr, Oroville, California

    The resource group invites you to a special community film night and gathering at Butte College! Sponsored by the Native American Center at Butte College, in collaboration with Happy Valley Film Co. and Redbud Resource Group, the film highlights the Konkow Band of Maidu Indians on their journey to Land Reclamation & Cultural Revitalization. 📅…

  • Table Mountain Rancheria’s 21st Annual Pow-Wow

    Table Mountain Casino Resort Pow Wow Grounds 777 Jackpot Lane, Friant, California

    It’s Pow-Wow time! Join the Table Mountain September 13th - 15th for Table Mountain Rancheria’s 21st Annual Pow-Wow! Admission is free and open to the public! There will be food and craft vendors and plenty of dancing! View the full schedule of events at tmcasino.com/powwow. For more information, call 559-316-6399.    

  • 2024 California Native Creations Art Show

    Finley Community Center 2060 W College Ave, Santa Rosa, California

    The art show will again be hosted by the City of Santa Rosa, and held in the beautiful Person Senior Wing of the Finley Community Center in Santa Rosa. ​ Show opens to the public on Sept. 16  – Thursday, Nov. 21. Reception:  Friday, October 4,  from 5p.m. – 7p.m. Tri-County Pomo Dancers will join the event. Show…

  • Community Blessing

    Native American Health Center 1443 Derby Ave., Oakland, CA, United States

    All are welcome to come to the center's next Community Blessing at their Janet King Ceremonial Space on September 18th. Join them for blessings from Traditional Healing Practitioner MarTan Martinez, (Pomo/Wappo), and build connections with your community. For further details, reach out to DallasW@nativehealth.org #CommunityBlessing #BayAreaNatives #CommunityHealth #CultureIsPrevention

  • California Indian Day Celebration: In Collaboration with Sherman Indian High School

    Sherman Indian High School 9010 Magnolia Ave, Riverside, CA, United States

    Next week, September 19th, join the center for their California Indian Day celebration in collaboration with Sherman Indian High School. They will be set up in the Kellogg Plaza, where they will host CA native food tastings, intertribal drum, bird singing, dancing and more! Come out and join in!

  • California Indian Day 2024

    Join the college for an afternoon of September 26th to learn about California Indian Day. Register here: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEvd-igrDoiEtd07eAlI7K26kJKPIC77GC3 California Indian Day is observed annually on the fourth Friday of September. This state holiday not only honors tribal communities but also offers a chance to explore the diverse tribal cultures, history, and heritage of California. The…

  • Prayer Run

    Bullseye Lake DIRECTIONS: Heading east on Hwy 89 from McCloud, take Harris Springs Road to Medicine Lake Road. Follow signs for Payne Springs and Bullseye Lake. Camp will be flagged with signage.

    📍 Bullseye Lake to Elk Flat 🗓️ Fri, Sept. 27 to Sun, Sept. 28 Camp will be open to non-runners; runners will leave at sunrise on Saturday morning. Indigenous Justice will be offering youth activities throughout the weekend, including drummaking, dreamcatchers, and more. 🪶🌱 DIRECTIONS: Heading east on Hwy 89 from McCloud, take Harris Springs…

  • Indigenous Science Weekend

    Sue-Meg State Park (Red Alder and Suemeg Village campsites) 4150 Patricks Point Dr, Trinidad, California

    Cal Poly Humboldt and CA State Parks present the Indigenous Science Weekend at Sue-Meg State Park SEPTEMBER 27-29th, 2024.This is a weekend for participants to improve their understanding of the existential crisis faced relating to climate change. Emerging technologies will be explored (i.e., other ways of meeting energy needs), including the local Off Shore Wind…

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