The Maidu Museum & Historic Site (MMHS) is thrilled to announce the opening of Momím Wené | Medicine Water: Flowing Throughout California Indian Country a contemporary art exhibition featuring 29 regional Native American artists. The exhibition will run April 12-September 14, 2025. Momím Wené | Medicine Water explores the complex relationship between essential waterways and…
The Gualala Arts Lecture Series will host a special evening program, “Voices of the Land: Stories and Songs of the Kashaya Pomo,” featuring Tribal Elder Eric Wilder on Thursday, July 31, at 7 p.m. at the Gualala Arts Center. Admission is $5 at the door. Wilder, a former chairman of the Kashaya Band of Pomo…
Join the organization for the 1st Annual Indigenous Stories Film Festival on August 1st, 4–9PM at the Rincon Government Center! Celebrate Indigenous voices through powerful films, art, and conversation—including the premiere of We Thrive's intergenerational discussion video featuring youth, parents, and elders. Enjoy food, raffles, guest speakers, panels, and a night filled with community and…
Public welcome, food & craft vendors, dance competition! A Pow Wow, or cultural celebration, as it was called in former times, is a truly family event growing out of the economic, social, and cultural experiences of many Native American tribes. Pow Wows allow people to come together to sing, dance, make friends, renew old friendships,…
The McKinnon Family: From Basketry to Bowls Curated by Dennis McKinnon Dennis McKinnon, Yurok Honoring Heritage Through Woodworking Dennis McKinnon is a proud Yurok Tribe member with Tolowa and Yurok ancestry. He spent his early years along the Klamath River on McKinnon Hill and in Klamath, Ca., Del Norte County. In 1962, the McKinnons moved…
The Fresno City Hall will be hosting the 8th Annual Honor Your Elders and Mentors Art Exhibit, featuring the art of international selling Choctaw Artists Bobby Von Martin and James Martin. This is a free family friendly event showcasing art that honors basketweavers!
Dorothy Ramon Learning Center's Dragonfly Gala is a special annual community gathering to celebrate Native American cultures, and this year, the event is honoring those who have saved and shared the beautiful and timeless arts of basketry, the Southern California basketweaving group, Nex'wetem. WHEN: Saturday, August 9, 2025 WHERE: Morongo Community Center, 13000 Malki Rd.,…
DCA is a proud supporter of Los Angeles’s 2025 Native American Heritage Month Celebration. This celebration will promote and encourage an awareness of the significant contributions made by our City’s Native American community members in culture, education, politics, business, technology, and the arts. As part of this celebration, the Department is publishing a comprehensive calendar…
Create your own necklace using materials from nature like abalone, beads and pine nuts! All materials will be provided. Participants may bring additional elements to embellish their creations. Taught by Native American jewelry maker, Joann Denys (Costanoan Esselen Ohlone).
Native Story Works An Afternoon of In-Progress Staged Readings Presented by the Luke Madrigal’s Indigenous Storytelling Nonprofit in partnership with the Dorothy Ramon Learning Center Join the organization for an afternoon of staged readings from Native artists—writers, actors, dancers and musicians. These works-in-progress explore love, loss, memory, and cultural resilience, honoring the storytelling traditions of Indigenous…
Before the summer ends head over to IFH and discover amazing, authentic Native American crafts handmade by local Native artisans! From intricate beadwork to unique clothing and more, every item is a celebration of culture and creativity. Come shop, support Native artisans, and take home something truly special.
Indigenous play Shuuluk Wechuwvi: Premiers August 23 in San Diego! Rooted in elder wisdom, creation story, and cultural continuity, Shuuluk Wechuwvi – Where Lightning Was Born, presented by the Eyaay Ahuun Foundation, emerges as a radiant act of resistance and remembrance. This project—part of the KNAPP-Tijuana and Otay River Valley revitalization effort—confronts the decades-long degradation…
Part of the reimagining of the de Young's Arts of Indigenous America galleries, this is the first in a series of exhibitions that highlights specific regions of Native California. This installation explores the interconnections between art, ceremony, and the land in the Karuk, Yurok, Hupa, Tolowa, and Wiyot communities of northwestern California. The exhibition presents…
This exhibition brings together two seemingly distinct art forms: Pueblo pottery and classic cars. In 2014, Rose B. Simpson, a mixed-media artist from Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico, refurbished a 1985 Chevy El Camino, transforming it with a black-on-black Tewa pottery motif. Simpson titled her work Maria in honor of renowned artist Maria Martinez (San Ildefonso Pueblo,…
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