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.
The Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival and partners are set to host "Parallel Words" on Tuesday, June 30 on Zoom. To register, visit - https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_O2RcA1pOTqOj4Gxt-UeAzw
California Indian Scholars and Allies Respond and Reflect Registration required: https://bit.ly/cmsconference Zoom meeting ID: 375 481 4783 Speakers include Deborah Miranda (Ohlone Costanoan Esselen/Chumash), Caroline Ward-Holland (Fernandino Tataviam), Yve Chavez (Tongva), Olivia Chilcote (Luiseño, San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians), Val Lopez (Amah Mutsun), Renya Ramirez (Ho-Chunk/Ojibwe), Cutcha Risling Baldy (Hoopa Valley), Stan Rodriguez…
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.
This is a pop-up webinar hosted by Old Money New System and EPIP DC as a part of our Old Money New Systems webinar series. In this online meeting we will be learning more about Dr. Cutcha Risling Baldy's (Hoopa Valley Tribe) work rooting Native Indigenous Women's rituals and customs as an opportunity to lift…
Native American Student Development at UC Berkeley announces its first Summer Speaker Series event with Sage LaPena. The theme for the series is Paths to Wellness. Please RSVP for event: https://tinyurl.com/Sage-LaPena-RSVP
For more info, call (619) 478-2113
Leading in the pursuit of understanding and addressing the ongoing trauma created by the US Indian Boarding School policy, NABS was created to develop and implement a national strategy that increases public awareness and cultivates healing for the profound trauma experienced by individuals, families, communities, and Tribal Nations resulting from the U.S. adoption and implementation…
Birdsinging, dancing, horseshoe tournament, vendors, and youth activities. For more info, call 760-765-0845
This session invites a panel of California leaders, researchers, and archivists to provide context and feedback on a variety of issues related to Indian Boarding School records, including where records might be, what types of records should be searched for, and what should be done with the records. NABS will introduce finding aides, inventories, and…
Offering valuable context for the experiences and histories of Sherman Institute, this session features the work of the Sherman Indian Museum led by curators, Lorene Sisquoc and Amanda Wixon. Though Sherman Institute was the first off-reservation boarding school in California under the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the museum exists today as a non-federally operated entity.…
Bringing together the community and sharing more of the Nisenan culture with the community - food, cultural dancers, as well as craft vendors and artisans.
Bird singing competition, peon games, vendors. For more info, call (619) 493-5719
Bird singing and dancing contests, drumming and dancing. For more info, call (619) 445-6002
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/
About the Exhibition (*from The Autry website) Beginning with the occupation of Alcatraz in 1969, California became a beacon of creative freedom, individual expression, and social activism for Native peoples across the country. The region quickly transformed into a place where Native artists engaged with cultural diversity, historical traditions, and contemporary art to critique its colonial past. As…
California Indian Law Association is pleased to announce that the 20th Annual California Indian Law Conference and Awards Celebration will be held virtually October 15-16, 2020. During this two day conference, the California Indian legal community will gather safely via video conferencing for informative panel presentations and the honoring our 2020 Outstanding Accomplishment in California Indian…
"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…
Part 2: From Land-grab to Land Acknowledgement and Beyond Wide-scale U.S. higher education began in 1862 when the Morrill Act provided each state with “public” lands to sell for the establishment of university endowments. The public land-grant university movement is lauded as the first major federal funding for higher education and for making liberal and…
"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
San Diego State University Assistant Professor Olivia Chilcote (San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians) has been a Critical Mission Studies Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of History at UC Riverside over the past year. She will be giving a presentation on her research on October 29, at 4PM. This will be a Zoom event,…
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…
Before Los Angeles’ name was first written on a map, there was Tovaangar: a gathering place and nurturing home to the Tongva people. Co-curated by Kenny Ramos, Jessa Calderon, and Kelly Caballero, Tovaangar Today is a virtual celebration of the Native artists and cultural creators who still thrive in the region working as poets, actors, emcees, multimedia…
The 45th annual American Indian Film Festival continues the American Indian Film Institute’s tradition of premiering the best of movies, music videos and original entertainment by, for and about American Indian and First Nations people, Nov. 6-14, 2020. This year – with 102 films, 55 world premieres, nine days of virtual/online screenings from November 6-…
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