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.
Traditional Native American dancers, drum groups, bird singers, and other artists will be present, and vendors will sell food, handmade Native American jewelry, arts and crafts, and other merchandise. For more info, visit https://nasp.ucr.edu/
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/
UC San Diego Kumeyaay Garden Collective and Intertribal Resource Center are set to present a Zoom talk on Traditional & Medicinal Uses of Native Plants. The focus will be on plants in the Southern California region. Presenter: Ami Admire (Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians), Native Connections Coordinator, Indian Health Council, Inc.
Free Event Public Welcome All Pow Wow Drums Welcome All Pow Wow Dancers Welcome Lots of Fun Dances American Indian Craft Vendors Opportunity Drawings Fry Bread and other Food Vendors Open Gourd at Noon Grand Entry at 1pm Contest Dancing Team Dance Drum Contest Flute Contest
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…
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