This charity hike takes place at the Indian Canyons in Palm Springs, Southern California. Proceeds benefits the Richard M. Milanovich Educational Fellowship at The George Washington University in Washington D.C.
Film screening - Manzanar Diverted (6-9 p.m., May 8) Cultural panel (11 a.m. - 2 p.m., May 9)
Featuring traditional Native American bird songs, music, art, and food. For more info, visit http://nativeamericanday.org/
Experience California Native American traditions, culture, and arts! Buy traditionally made baskets, jewelry, and art by California tribal artisans. See demonstrations of basketry, native foods, carvings, traditional games, and more.
Malki Museum is set to host a Facebook Live event featuring birdsingers from across Southern California. The museum is accepting donations at the following page - http://malkimuseum.org/donations/
The Jackson Rancheria Band of Miwuk Indians invites you to attend the annual Chaw’se Day. A weekend long celebration welcoming Spring with Native American games, cuisine, dancing, crafts and much more! Admission is free and open to the public. For more info, visit https://www.jacksoncasino.com/tribal/chaw-se-day
Dancers and singers representing several tribes from Southern California, and many vendors in the ramada booths are Native Americans from all over the southwestern states. For more info visit http://malkimuseum.org/kewet/
A statewide gathering of weavers, museums, public land agencies, ethnobotanists, and funders. For more info, visit https://ciba.org/ Pre-registration forms will be posted during the month of March 2020
Powwow, oral health and wellness fair. Free parking.
Native American singing, dancing, drumming, honoring ceremonies, arts, crafts and food booths, other non profit associations, tipis, story tellers, flint knapping, traditional craft demonstrations. $2 suggested donation for parking, no admission fee.
Birdsinging, dancing, horseshoe tournament, vendors, and youth activities. For more info, call 760-765-0845
Bird singing competition, peon games, vendors. For more info, call (619) 493-5719
Running is My High is a large community event hosted by Native American Health Center that includes a 5k/10k run/walk around Lake Merritt in downtown Oakland and celebrates wellness, physical and mental health, nutrition, and social connection. If you are not a runner/walker, you are still welcomed to join us to enjoy traditional Native American…
Featuring traditional cultural crafts, storytelling, educational programs, live demonstrations, music, and dance celebrating the indigenous California maritime cultures, including Tongva, Chumash, Acjachemen, Costanoan, Luiseno, and Kumeyaay. For more info, visit http://www.aquariumofpacific.org/events/info/moompetam/
"Water is vital to all life on earth yet often is one of our most threatened resources. In California water issues are often publicized and misinformation is rampant. Advocacy in water protection is often informative about current threats to our water-ways, but this series will be action oriented. We will explore five steps for water…
"Join us as we bring together native artists, traditional and contemporary, beginning to professional. From all fields of art. Writers, poets, illustrators, painters, sculptors, weavers, beaders, musicians, graphic designers and more." For more information visit: www.ericwildergraphics.com
Gather is an intimate portrait of the growing movement among Native Americans to reclaim their spiritual, political, and cultural identities through food sovereignty, while battling the trauma of centuries of genocide. The Autry will host a conversation with Sanjay Rawal, director; A-dae Romero-Briones (Cochiti/Kiowa), First Nations Development Institute Director of Programs; and Sammy Gensaw (Yurok) co-founder…
Advocacy & Water Protection in Native California Symposium October 30, 2020 10 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. via ZOOM The now popular discourse “Water Is Life” illustrates the relationships and knowledges Indigenous peoples hold with their water relatives and yet Indigenous peoples across California and the globe are increasingly forced to formulate innovative and powerful responses…
The half-hour independent film "Breath of Life" airs on Northern California Public Media's KRCB-TV on 11/8 at 2:30pm, and on KPJK-TV 11/10 at 9:30pm and 11/14 at 5:30pm Programs are viewable on KRCB via antenna on UHF Channel 22, and digital channels 22-1, 22-2 and 22-3; on Comcast Cable ch. 22 in Sonoma, Marin, Napa, San…
The Autry Museum of the American West, 700 Western Heritage Way, Los Angeles. The largest Native American arts fair in Southern California, the Autry’s American Indian Arts Marketplace features 200 Native American artists from more than 40 nations. Buy sculpture, pottery, beadwork, basketry, photography, paintings, jewelry, textiles, wooden carvings, mixed-media works, and more from top…
Featuring Pamela Villasenor, in a conversation with Professor Jose Paez from California State University Northridge and Tia Chucha’s Board Member. check out the flyer for the links- bit.ly/tiachuchaFB In partnership between Tia Chuchas Centro Cultural and Bookstore, California Humanities, Pukuu Cultural Community Services, and the Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians.
Two days of shopping opportunities for unique and handcrafted items. Vendors call (916) 445-8115 for application. For more info, visit https://www.cihcfoundation.org/special-events
Performances TBA
"Sunbelt Spotlight" is featuring Lucy Parker, descendent of masterpiece basketweaver Lucy Parker Telles. Lucy is a masterpiece basketweaver in her own right. She will share insights about her great grandmother, weaving and designs, and her inspiration for her own basket creations. Register here - https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEscuCvrjwiHNQr7ZvGlucvPwJCjHRMUbOF
A socially distanced fundraising event to benefit Malki Museum. Food, t-shirt sales, raffle. $10 donation for pit BBQ plates (pit beef, potato salad, rice, beans, tortillas, drinks). Bags of meat available for sale.
Join California Indian authors Cindi Alvitre (Tongva), Deborah Miranda (Ohlone-Costanoan Esselen / Chumash), Ursula Pike (Karuk) and Terria Smith (Torrez Martinez Desert Cahuilla) at this Reading/Roundtable event. Curated by Ruth Nolan, Professor at College of the Desert in collaboration with Heyday, News from Native California and the College of the Desert Communication Division Visiting Authors…
The Native Resource Center at San Diego State University is hosting the 1st Native & Indigenous Research Symposium. This will be a 2-day research conference that will take place on April 23-April 24, 2021. Join San Diego State University’s Native and Indigenous students and all students committed to the sovereign identity and progress of Indigenous…
This year's event will take place virtually!
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