News from Native California

Holiday Sip & Shop
2025-12-18 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | California Indian Museum & Cultural Center, 5250 Aero Dr., Santa Rosa, CA, 95403, United States
🎄🎁 Holiday Sip & Shop at CIMCC!
Thu, Dec 18 | 5–7 PM
Native-made gifts • Free gift wrapping • Festive refreshments • Giveaways + raffle!
📩 RSVP ASAP: cimcc.interns@gmail.com

Men's Peon Tournament
2025-12-17 08:00 - 17:00 | Los Coyotes Indian Reservation, 32537 Camino San Ignacio, Warner Springs, CA, 92086, United States
• MEN’S PEON TOURNAMENT
• SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7TH, 2026
• LOCATION: LOS COYOTES CAMPGROUND
• BUY IN: $500 A TEAM
• CALLING CAPTAINS @ 6:30PM
• WINNER TAKE ALL
• FUNDRAISER DINNER FOR LC GATHERING 2026
• ALL ARE WELCOME!
• THIS IS A DRUG AND ALCOHOL-FREE EVENT
• CONTACT: ANTHONY CHAPPAROSA: (951) – 581-7202

BAAITS 2025 Mini-Grant Two Spirit Artist/Cultural Bearer Showcase
2025-12-13 16:00 - 19:00 | San Francisco LGBT Center, 1800 Market Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
Join us Saturday, December 13th at the SF LGBT Center as we uplift the brilliant offerings of 10 Two-Spirit & IndigeQueer Grantees! From leatherwork to photography, Mayan timekeeping journals, lei making, kink-informed healing, and more! Come witness what community creativity and care can look like in this practice. Free & open to all Light refreshments This is a fully masked event RSVP link and Accessibility info in bio Saturday, December 13 4P-7P SF LGBT Center 1800 Market St, SF

LA NDN Flea Market
2025-12-13 10:00 - 17:00 | The Broad, 221 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
Save the date! The LA NDN Flea Market is BACK! ✨🛍️
Apply to have a booth on Saturday, December 13, 2025, for a full day celebrating Indigenous artistry, creativity, and community. Be part of an incredible lineup of Indigenous vendors, organizations, food, and music at @thebroadmuseum. Stay for an evening of comedy and laughter from @sagebasedwisdom! 🩷💅🏽
Interested in vending? Booths are only $25. Apply by November 8, 2025: bit.ly/landnflea-form
More details coming soon.
The LA NDN Flea will showcase over 40 different booths, each accessible and affordable contemporary Indigenous art, food, jewelry, attire, skincare, zines, literature, and more. And just in time for the Holidays!
Learn about the LA NDN Flea Market at thechapterhouse.org/landnfleamarket

Archery Toy Drive
2025-12-13 10:00 - 14:00 | Boys and Girls Club of UAII, 250 Glendale Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90026, United States
Join us for our final Archery Day on December 13 from 10am to 2pm at the Boys & Girls Club of UAII.
Potluck vibes, all ages welcome, and community all around.
We’re also gathering toy donations for families in our community. New and unopened toys only if you choose to give.
Scan the QR code to RSVP and come celebrate with us. 🎯❤️

Quiet Quail Books & Subversive Verses present "Tiny Desk Night"
2025-12-12 | Quiet Quail Books, 1906 Commercenter E Suite 118, San Bernardino, CA, 92408, United States
SAVE THE DATE – Quiet Quail Books and Subversive Verses are teaming up to produce “Tiny Desk Night” with music and poetry!

Gathering of Makers Yurok Holiday Market
2025-12-09 08:00 - 17:00 | Redwood Hotel and Casino, 171 Klamath Blvd, Klamath, CA, 95548, United States
🎁 Next Friday! Join us for the Holiday Market at the Redwood Hotel Casino, Friday, December 12 from 12–6 p.m. 🎄
Shop local and support small businesses this holiday season. Find unique gifts, handcrafted goods, and more, all in one place!
📍 Redwood Hotel Casino, 171 Klamath Blvd, Klamath
🛍️ Friday, Dec. 12 | 12–6 PM

Indigenous Resistance: A Yurok family's fight to protect their legacy and the Klamath River
2025-12-07 19:00 | Magic City Books, 221 E Archer St,, Tulsa, CA, 74103, United States
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 of the Ridges to Riffles Conservation Indigenous Group, a nonprofit representing Native American tribes in natural and cultural resource matters where she works on advancing tribal sovereignty, water rights, fisheries, and the undamming of the Klamath River. She is also the recipient of the UN’s highest environmental honor, Champion of the World Laureate and has been named to the second annual TIME100 Climate list (2024), featuring the 100 most influential leaders driving business to real climate action

23rd Annual UIHS Potawot American Indian Winter Arts & Crafts Fair
2025-12-06 10:00 - 17:00 | UIHS Potawot Health Village, 1600 Weeot Way, Arcata, CA, 95521, United States
23rd Annual UIHS American Indian Winter Arts & Crafts Fair. Saturday December 6, 2025, 10: a.m. – 5:00 p.m., UIHS Potawot Health Village. Please join us at the UIHS Potawot Health Village located at 1600 Weeot Way, off Janes Road in Arcata, CA in celebration of the season and in support of local American Indian artists.

Gabrieleno Native Market
2025-12-06 10:00 - 15:00 | Siban’gna, 203 E Mission Road, San Gabriel, CA, 91776, United States
Join us on Dec 6th for our First Native Market! Please share and we look forward to seeing you there!

Tamale Fundraiser by California Mission Indian Tamales
2025-12-06 - 2025-12-07 | Tony Cerda Park, 400 W. Grand Ave., Pomona, CA, United States
It’s that time of year again!! California Mission Tamles (chicken/pork) $35 dozen
Pickup only at Chief Tony Cerda’s House.
December 6/7 or 14
Help our tribe get to ceremony in the homeland!!

Indigenous Truthtelling Symposium and Art Exhibit
2025-12-02 | UC Riverside, 900 University Ave., Riverside, CA, 92521, United States
The California Center for Native Nations (CCNN), in collaboration with the Department of Media and Cultural Studies (MCS), invites you to the Indigenous Truthtelling Symposium & Art Exhibit. This one-day gathering honors artists, poets, writers, scholars, and journalists who dedicate their lives to truth-telling in the face of ongoing violence. The exhibit features an original installation by CCNN artist-in-residence Weshoyot Alvitre, a Tongva-Scottish artist whose work reflects Indigenous legacies of resistance to displacement and erasure, alongside mosaic portraits and sculptures honoring truth-tellers such as Bisan Owda, Shireen Abu Akleh, and Dr. Refaat Alareer, whose poem “If I Must Die” will appear in multiple languages.

RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdNClz4cQCAl5D1G-yY2HnG2_EjjDCrFDJ7fpkgwMBgqCjRQg/viewform

Small Business Sunday and Concha Sale with Quiet Quail Books
2025-11-30 08:00 | California
⋆𐙚❅🦌*°⋆❆.⛸️ Getting ready for the holidays? Come shop in store with us on Friday and Sunday 11/28 and 11/30! You will get 15% off your entire purchase if you shop with us these days and we will have $3 conchas! Small business Friday and Sunday, get your gifts! And our conchas will be by Leona’s Panecitos again, they will be winter themed!

8th Annual Chico Indian Market
2025-11-29 10:00 - 16:00 | Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. 3rd Street, Chico, CA, 95928, United States
Join us at the Chico Women’s Club for the 8th Annual Chico Indian Market 🛍️ Hosted by the Mechoopda Tribe, this beautiful cultural display of goods will take place on Saturday, November 29th from 10am-4pm.
See you there!

Coyote Christmas Market
2025-11-29 10:00 - 16:00 | Los Coyotes Indian Reservation, 32537 Camino San Ignacio, Warner Springs, CA, 92086, United States

TEK Elderberry Workshop
2025-11-29 10:00 - 14:00 | Crissy Field Center, 603 Old Mason Street, San Francisco, CA, 94129, United States
Join us for making elderberry syrup and creating medicinal herbal tea blends!

We are honored to be hosting TCC’s TEK Elderberry Educational Workshop at the Crissy Field Center, Saturday, November 22, 2025.
Join us for hands-on learning about the healing and medicinal properties of the elderberry. Learn about drying and processing elderberry, create immune-strengthening syrup, and choose your own medicinal herbal tea blend grown at Heron Shadow. Discuss cultural uses and getting acquainted with this plant relative.
ALL AGES WELCOME! This a family-friendly, intergenerational event and we encourage you to bring youth and elders. Youth under 18 must be accompanied by an adult.
Hosted by The Cultural Conservancy at the Crissy Field Center Tunnel Tops area in Presidio National Park in San Francisco, CA. Many thanks to OXO for their sponsorship of this event.
SCHEDULE
9:30am-10:00am: Arrival and check-in guests
10:00am-12:00pm: Elderberry teaching and syrup making
12:00-12:30pm: Lunch break
12:30-2:00pm: Medicinal tea blend making
REQUESTS & REMINDERS

PARKING IS LIMITED and carpooling is recommended! Enter at the first gate, and our team will be there to help you find a designated parking spot.
The gathering will be outdoors; please dress in layers for changes in weather.
Please bring your reusable water bottle and/or mug to reduce paper and plastic usage.
We are not able to accommodate pets at this time.

Thank you in advance for respecting this Indigenous space and for bringing good intentions and reflection during your time with us!

INSTRUCTORS
Redbird Willie (Pomo, Paiute, Wintu and Wailaki) is a native ecologist and educator. Redbird teaches Traditional Ecological Knowledge, fire ecology, permaculture, and ancestral skills, to people of all ages. He has in recent years been a core organizer of the annual Buckeye Gathering, a gathering in support of ancestral arts. He has been an adjunct instructor for Weaving Earth, an organization dedicated to reconnecting humans to each other and to the Earth. Also an artist (drawing, painting, and sculpture), he has recently illustrated a children’s book, The Adventures of Two Coast Miwok Children.
Amythest Faria (Lakota, Irish, Welsh) is a regenerative farmer, herbalist, educator, mother and grandmother. Born in Berkeley and raised off grid in the mountains and valleys of the ancestral lands of the Kashia Pomo and the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, she grew up close to the land, creeks and forests of Sonoma County learning about the wild edible and medicinal plants that grew in abundance around her. Throughout her career she has focused on youth and adult education utilizing traditional land practices and food sovereignty to uplift and encourage healthy lifeways. Over the years, she is honored to have developed curriculum for various regenerative agricultural programs throughout the region, medicinal plant workshops, naturalist trainings, organic gardening, and land stewardship, and to be continuing to grow and deepen that work with TCC.

Small Business Friday
2025-11-28 09:00 - 18:00 | Quiet Quail Books, 1906 Commercenter E Suite 118, San Bernardino, CA, 92408, United States

Indigenous Peoples Sunrise Gathering
2025-11-27 04:15 - 06:00 | Pier 33 and Alcatraz Island, Pier 33 Suite 200, San Francisco, California, 94111
The Indigenous Peoples’ Day Sunrise Gathering on October 13th and November 27th are organized by the International Indian Treaty Council commemorating the 1969-71 occupation of Alcatraz by the Indians of All Tribes. It is one-day events and is not the standard Alcatraz Island tour; all areas except for where the ceremony takes place will be closed and inaccessible to the public.
Please note there is absolutely no sale of merchandise of any kind allowed on Alcatraz Island, at Pier 33 Alcatraz Landing, or on the sidewalk outside of Alcatraz Landing.
Walk-up tickets will be available for purchase the morning of the event. However, tickets are limited and we can not guarantee availability the day of the event.

Schedule

October 13, 2025:
Departure Times: 4:15 AM, 4:30 AM, 5:00 AM, 5:15 AM
November 27, 2025:
Departure Times: 4:15AM, 4:30AM, 4:45AM, 5:00AM, 5:15AM, 5:30AM, 5:45AM, 6:00AM

Dress Code

The weather on Alcatraz is unpredictable and subject to change unexpectedly, so be sure to dress in layers…bring along a light jacket or sweater, no matter how nice the day begins! Follow this link for more information.
Where to Meet

Pier 33 Alcatraz Landing
Pier 33 Alcatraz Landing is the launch site to Alcatraz Island.
Alcatraz Landing includes the Ticketbooth and waiting and boarding areas, all of which are accessible. Accessible bathrooms are found at Pier 33 Alcatraz Landing and on all Alcatraz Cruises vessels.
Please note: there are no wheelchairs available for loan either at Pier 33 Alcatraz Landing or on Alcatraz Island.

Cabazon XLII Indio Powwow
2025-11-26 08:00 - 17:00 | Fantasy Springs Resort & Casino, 84-245 Indio Springs Dr, Indio, CA, United States
The annual celebration includes Native American dance contests for all ages, bird singing, and drum contests. A wide variety of traditional Native American food, handcrafted jewelry, dream catchers, and other arts and crafts will also be available. This is a drug and alcohol free event.
Event Schedule
Friday, Nov. 28: 5 p.m. – gates open, 5 p.m. – bird singing, 8 p.m. – grand entry
Saturday, Nov. 29: 11 a.m. – gates open, 1 p.m. – grand entry, 5 p.m. – bird singing, 8 p.m. – grand entry
Sunday, Nov. 30: 11 a.m. – gates open, 12 p.m. – grand entry

Thangs Taken: Rethinking Thanksgiving
2025-11-23 17:30 - 21:00 | La Pena Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, CA, United States
Thangs Taken: Rethinking Thanksgiving 2025
Now in its 18th year, Thangs Taken continues to challenge and reshape the colonial “thanksgiving” narrative by centering Native resistance, rematriation, and collective healing through art, music, dance, ancestral knowledge, and storytelling.
Guided by Indigenous organizers, this annual gathering is both medicine and movement, creating space for truth-telling, reflection, and solidarity.
Sliding scale tickets $15–$60 are on sale now! This event sells out every year, get yours early at Lapena.info/ThangsTaken.
Sunday, November 23, 2025 | 5:30-9 PM
Huchiun, Berkeley, CA
@lapenaculturalcenter

Rise Resist Reclaim
2025-11-23 12:00 - 17:00 | The Ebell Club Long Beach, 290 Cerritos Avenue #203, Long Beach, CA, 90802, United States
🌟 Here’s your guide to Rise, Resist, Reclaim!
Find out what organizations and vendors are going to be there, and learn more about our panelists!!**
We can’t wait to see you this Sunday!!
📅 Nov. 23rd, 2025 | 🕠 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
📍 The Ebell Club Long Beach (290 Cerritos Ave. #203, Long Beach, CA)
*Vend0r applications are now full.
**Entrance is first come, first served basis for registered guests only.

Register Here!
Sign up to volunteer here!

2025-11-23 12:00 - 17:00 | Intertribal Friendship House, 523 International Blvd, Oakland, CA, United States
SAVE THE DATE!

We got another Craft Fair coming up just in time for the holidays!
If you’re looking to support your fellow Native artists and vendors while grabbing gifts for the fam, come on down to IFH.

Support local and spend the day with community.

Seasons of Wellness - Intro to Nutrition: Three Sisters Stew
2025-11-22 14:00 - 16:00 | Sacred Path Indigenous Wellness Center, 5800 S Eastern Ave Suite 500, Commerce, CA, 90040, United States
Join us this week for stew making class!!! We will be making a 3 sister stew! 🥘🥘🥘😋😋😋
RSVP Here

The First People and Traditional Games of San Diego Tribal Communities, Through a Payomkawichum Lens
2025-11-22 13:00 - 16:00 | Steele/Burnand Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center, 401 Tilting T Drive, Borrego Springs, CA, 92004, United States
🌿 Honoring Our First People & Traditional Games 🌿
Join us for a powerful and immersive workshop exploring the traditional games of San Diego Tribal communities—shared through a Payomkawichum lens. This is a beautiful opportunity to learn, reconnect, and celebrate Indigenous knowledge and teachings.
📅 Saturday, November 22, 2025
⏰ 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
📍 Hosted by the Anza-Borrego Foundation
🔗 Register here: theabf.org/events/the-first-people-and-traditional-games-of-san-diego-tribal-communities-through-a-payomkawichum-lens/
Let’s gather, learn, and honor the cultural traditions that continue to shape our communities today. ✨

From Erasure to Rematriation: A Journey of Healing and Reclamation
2025-11-22 13:00 - 16:00 | Redwood Day School, 3245 Sheffield Avenue, Oakland, CA, 94602, United States
Join Redwood Day School, Good Guest Dimond, and Sogorea Te’ Land Trust for a day of learning and exchange.
With Keynote speaker Corrina Gould, Lisjan Nation Tribal chairperson, youth presentations, refreshments and more!
Saturday 11/22/25
1:00-4:00pm
Redwood Day School
* RSVP* http://bit.ly/redwoodday

Exhibition Walk-through: Fire Kinship
2025-11-21 13:00 - 14:00 | The Fowler Museum at UCLA, 308 Charles E Young Drive North, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, United States
Join us for a special exhibition walk-through of Fire Kinship with Silvia Forni, Shirley and Ralph Shapiro Director of the Fowler Museum at UCLA. The exhibition focuses on the important kinship ties that connect Indigenous communities to the land, and on the inextricable connection between ecological knowledge, spirituality, and creative expression.
Silvia Forni joined the Fowler Museum as Shirley and Ralph Shapiro Director in December 2022. At the Fowler she is leading a team of dedicated scholars and museum professionals deeply invested in presenting underrepresented artists and art histories and curating exhibitions and programs with and for the international communities of greater Los Angeles. Before moving to LA, she served as senior curator of global Africa and deputy vice president of the Department of Art & Culture at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. She is also associated faculty in the department of anthropology at the University of Toronto and the department of art history at UCLA.
Photo credit: Installation view, Fire Kinship: Southern California Native Ecology and Art, 2025, Fowler Museum at UCLA. Photo Elon Schoenholz

Sovereignty and Unacknowledged California Tribes
2025-11-17 19:00 - 20:30 | San Jose State University, One Washington Square, San Jose, California, 95192
Join us for a conversation about sovereignty as it relates to California Tribes without federal recognition status. Isaac Bojorquez serves on the Native American Heritage Commission, a state agency that supports the protection of California tribal cultural resources. He is the only representative from a California tribe without federal recognition. He held several positions at the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation between 2000 and 2021, including Director of Cultural Resources. Bojorquez is an enrolled member of and has been Tribal Chairman for the KaKoon Ta Ruk Band of Ohlone-Costanoan Indians of the Big Sur Rancheria since 2018. Sponsored by the Native American and Indigenous studies program at San Jose State University.
Native American and Indigenous Student Success Center
(Formerly Spartan Memorial Chapel)
San Jose State University
One Washington Square
San Jose, CA 95192-0126
Paid parking is available on campus at the West Garage, 350 S. 4th St., San Jose, CA 95112. The Native American and Indigenous Student Success Center is a 4 minute walk from the West Garage.
Cost: Free

UAII Powwow
2025-11-16 10:00 - 20:00 | Shane’s Inspiration Griffith Park, 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, CA, 90027, United States
Celebrate Native culture at UAII’s Pow Wow—an inclusive, cultural event open to all. Join us for a day of tradition!

Join us for United American Indian Involvement, Inc.’s Annual Pow Wow—a culturally centered, family-friendly event that’s open to all.
Enjoy a full day of traditional dancing, drumming, Native arts and crafts, delicious food vendors, and community connection.
📍 Location:
Shane’s Inspiration (Griffith Park)
4730 Crystal Springs Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90027
🕙 Time:
Saturday, November 16, 2025
10:00 AM – 8:00 PM

RSVP today: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/uaii-pow-wow-2025-tickets-1511040957179?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

💡 What to Know:
• Free admission
• Open to the public
• All ages welcome
• Please bring sunscreen, water, and cash for vendors
• Traditional regalia encouraged
• No alcohol, drugs, or pets permitted
♿ Accessibility:
• ADA-compliant venue
• Accessible restrooms and seating areas
• Parking and drop-off zones available
For questions or accommodations, please contact vedwards@uaii.org.
Let’s come together and celebrate Native heritage, LA style. We can’t wait to pow wow with you!

POSTPONED - 2025 CINC Gathering Under the Stars
2025-11-15 16:00 - 19:00 | UCR Palm Desert Campus, 75080 Frank Sinatra Drive, Palm Desert, CA, United States
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO PROJECTED SEVERE WEATHER CONDITIONS
Save the Date: CINC Gathering Under the Stars event
November 15th, 4PM-7PM
Interested vendors, please contact: Gathering@CINCollege.org

Donation Call Collaboration
2025-11-14 18:00 | Herbaceous Mixx KAVA & Herb Klub, San Bernandino, CA, United States
📦💓 WE ARE FEEDING AND SUPPLYING OVER TEN FAMILIES THIS NOVEMBER!!! help us get additional supplies to them as the government shut down continues to leave people UNPAID and with less than their normal SNAP or food resources!! we are teaming up with @herbaceousmixx next friday for their event to do drop off donations!! swipe right for the flyer and rsvp at the link in their bio for more information for address! we are looking for: clothes, shoes, tarps, blankets, shelf stable food, hygiene, cleaning supplies, rice, beans, potatoes, bread!! 💗💗💗 we will be there at the event doing a Pacific Islander read a loud with books 📚
RSVP Here for the Full Location
