• MMIP Awareness Walk

    Ukiah Fairgrounds

    MMIP Awareness Walk with the Pinoleville Pomo Nation. Open to the public. May 4, 2025 Walk starts at 10:00am at the Ukiah Fairgrounds (1055 N. State St. Ukiah, Ca 95482) to Alex Thomas Plaza (20290 S. State St. Ukiah, Ca 95482).

  • 2025 Southwestern Tribal Summit: Mountains to the Sea

    The institute invites you to the fourth convening of the Southwestern Tribal Summit, “Mountains to the Sea” on May 7-8, 2025 on Chumash land in Ventura, California. Hosted by the Climate Science Alliance and Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals and in collaboration with Native Coast Action Network, Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples, and Wishtoyo,…

  • Ways of Knowing Native Americans Symposium

    UCR Palm Desert Campus Graduate Center Auditorium 75080 Frank Sinatra Dr., Palm Desert, CA, United States

    Save the Date! UCR presents the “Ways of Knowing Native Americans Symposium.” Presentations: Indigenous History of Southern California; California Indian Genocide and Survival; Native of California and the Southwest; Off Reservation American Indian Boarding Schools; Native American & Indigenous Education; Indigenous Landscapes and Histories Open to the Public

  • 54th Annual Stanford Powwow

    Stanford 450 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA, United States

    The 54th Annual Stanford Powwow will take place May 9-11, 2025 Spend your Mother's Day Weekend at the 54th Annual Stanford Pow Wow as Indigenous communities celebrate their traditions of Drumming, Singing, and Pow Wow dancing. All are welcome!

  • SCIHP Weaving Wellness & Good Medicine Health Fair

    SCIHP Weaving Wellness & Good Medicine Health Fair 3771 Cleveland Avenue, Santa Rosa, California

    SCIHP is holding their Weaving Wellness & Good Medicine Health Fair! Friday, May 9, 2025, 10am-2pm 3771 Cleveland Avenue, SR 95403 Event Highlights:- Traditional Native Demonstration Booths- Games & Prizes- Lunch Provided- Kid Zone- Information Booths- Fun activities for all agesDon't miss out on this unique opportunity to celebrate and learn about traditional Good Medicine…

  • 2nd Annual Progressive Tribal Native Arts Festival

    Windsor Town Green 701 McClelland Dr., Windsor, CA, United States

    Native American Crafts Fair Showcasing Local Native Artists, Craft Makers, Dancers, and Music 10-3pm Windsor, CA Events: 10:00-11:00 AM.  Opening Blessings Join the alliance for a day of blessings and kind words from honored community members. Buffie Schmidt Jackie Lincoln Eric Wilder Adam Villagomez 11:00-11:30 am Tri County Pomo Dancers 11:30-12:00 Indigenous Resistance Drum Group…

  • Balboa Park Powwow – Save the Date!

    Balboa Park President's Way & Park Blvd, San Diego, CA, United States

    The Annual Balboa Park Powwow will take place May 10-11, 2025, from 10 am 6 pm both days. As always, the event will be located at Park Boulevard and Presidents Way in Balboa Park, San Diego, CA. As a Native American, you and your family are eligible to have a vendor’s booth at this event and the…

  • Trinity Heritage Days

    Highland Art Center Meadow 691 Main St, Weaverville, California

    Touching History ! Roll back time for the 6th annual Trinity Heritage Days! Join in the festivities on May 10, from 11am - 4 pm The Nor-Rel-Muk Wintu Nation's Tribal Drums, Tribal Chairperson Tracy Foster-Olstad, and Grand M.C. Lonyx Landry invite guests to the Opening Ceremony at 11:00 a.m. in the Highland Art Center Meadow, 691 Main…

  • Maakon Yowa Art Festival

    Cafe Reyes 11101 CA-1, Point Reyes Station, California

    Maakon Yowa Art Festival is representing Coast Miwok, Southern Pomo, and other Pomo Groups. This gathering features Traditional dancing at 11am and 2pm and cards, prints, crafts, and jewelry for sale. There will also be weaving and acorn processing demonstrations from local culture bearers.

  • Author Talk: Shari Huhndorf

    Berkeley Public Library North Branch 1170 The Alameda, Berkeley, California

    Join author and professor Shari Huhndorf for a discussion of her new book Native Lands: Culture & Gender in Indigenous Territorial Claims. This one hour program will explore the use visual and literary arts in Indigenous land back movements through a feminist lens. 6 pm - 7 pm Register here: https://berkeleypubliclibrary.libnet.info/event/13427932 

  • Traditional Indian Health Gathering: Wellness Rising

    Pala Rey Youth Campground 10779 Highway 76, Pala, CA, United States

    Traditional Indian Health Gathering: Wellness Rising Join the organization May 16-18 at the Pala Rey Youth Camp for the 22nd Traditional Indian Health Gathering: Wellness Rising! Event starts at 5pm Friday and ends Sunday at 10am. Camp under the stars Friday and Saturday nights! Explore cultural practices for healing and learn about programs and services…

  • Sierra Mono Museum Open House

    Sierra Mono Museum 33103 Rd 228, North Fork, CA, United States

    Open house at the Sierra Mono Museum for community members! Light refreshments will be served.

  • 18th Annual Dancing Feathers Powwow

    Friendship House 56 Julian Ave, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Save the Date! The Friendship House is putting on their annual Dancing Feathers Powwow! May 17, 2025 56 Julian Ave.  San Francisco, CA 94103 For more information, contact: Lukas Aguilar (650) 758-7749 lukasa@friendshiphousehealing.org Jason Loyosa (530) 774-4384 jasonl@friendshiphousehealing.org

  • 2025 California Indian Market

    Black Oak Casino Resort 19400 Tuolumne Road North, Tuolumne, CA, United States

    Featuring sales and demonstrations by California Native American artists!

  • Indigenous Red Market

    Native American Health Center 1443 Derby Ave., Oakland, CA, United States

    Mark your calendars! The 2025 Indigenous Red Market dates are here: May 18th, 2025, and July 6th, 2025. With only two dates next year, you won’t want to miss them. Expect exciting performances, local Indigenous vendors, delicious food, and more!

  • UC San Diego 13th Annual Powwow

    UCSD Price Center Price Center, La Jolla, California

    Save the Date for UCSD’s 13th Annual Powwow on Sunday May 18th, 2025!   Vendors, deadline to apply is Friday April 4th. Link to apply is here: https://tinyurl.com/ucsdpowwowvendor2025 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/UCSD_ITRC Any questions can be directed to powwow@ucsd.edu

  • UC Santa Cruz Pow Wow 2025

    Kaiser Permanente Arena 140 Front Street, Santa Cruz, California

    The UCSC American Indian Resource Center (AIRC) and the Student Alliance for North American & Indigenous Peoples is honored to invite you to the UC Santa Cruz Pow Wow 2025, on Sunday, May 18th, 2025 at the Kaiser Permanente Arena in downtown Santa Cruz, California. Traditionally, the AIRC hosts an annual event called Indigefest during…

  • Spotlight Sundays: Screening of The School: The Legacy of Hintil Ku’u Ca and Panel Talk with School Participants and Film Director

    Oakland Museum of California 1000 Oak Street, Oakland, CA, United States

    Join the museum for the premiere of The School: The Legacy of Hintil Ku’u Ca, a powerful film created and directed by an all-Native team. This documentary traces the origins of Oakland’s first urban Native child development center, which began during the All-Tribes occupation of Alcatraz Island (1969-1971) and is still in operation today. The…

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  • 42nd Annual UCR Pow Wow

    University of California, Riverside Riverside Sports Complex 1000 W. Blaine St., Riverside, CA, United States

    May 23-25, 2025 University of California, Riverside Riverside Sports Complex 1000 W. Blaine St. Riverside, CA 92507 Parking in Lot 26 *Admission is Free & Open to the Public* All Dancers, Drums, and Bird Singers Welcome!!! More Pow Wow information TBA

  • Weaving Wellness

    Da Gou Rou Louwi' Cultural Center 417 2nd Street, Eureka, California

    Da Gou Rou Louwi' Cultural Center is putting on cultural classes for Wiyot tribal members! 4th Saturday of each month! March - May For more information contact the cultural center at: 707-798-1949

  • Kewet

    Malki Museum 11795 Malki Rd. Morongo Reservation, Banning, CA, United States

    Malki’s annual Fiesta is a time of gathering together to share culture and traditions. It is also the major fundraising event for the Museum. Each year hundreds of both natives and non-natives come to participate in this unique event which has been an annual celebration since 1966, when the Kewét (the Cahuilla word for fiesta)…

  • Native American and Indigenous Research Symposium 2025

    UCSD Intertribal Resource Center 9460 Russell Ln, La Jolla, California

    Join the center for the Native American and Indigenous Research Symposium 2025 at UC San Diego! Date: May 27, 2025 Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Location: Intertribal Resource Center This symposium is an opportunity for students to share their research while uplifting Native and Indigenous perspectives on knowledge and community.

  • RUN4SALMON – Save the Date

    RUN4SALMON SAVE THE DATE Chief Caleen said, "the prayer must continue until the salmon come home" so many things need to be stood for and spoken for, if we don't speak up and stand to protect the Sacred things, salmon and clean water will become extinct. In 2022 the tribe held a historic ceremony to…

  • Caring For Our Lands: California Public Domain Allottees Conference 2025

    Rolling Hills Casino and Resort 2655 Everett Freeman Way, Corning, California

    Caring For Our Lands: California Public Domain Allottees Conference 2025 This conference aims to support public domain allottees in California in accessing and stewarding their lands in a changing climate. About the Conference: The organization's annual public domain allotments conference will be held in collaboration with the University of California in Davis at Rolling Hills…

  • Caring For Our Lands: California Public Domain Allottees Conference 2025

    Rolling Hills Casino and Resort 2655 Everett Freeman Way, Corning, California

    Join the organization on May 30-31, 2025 at the Rolling Hills Casino and Resort for a transformative gathering aimed at supporting California’s public domain allottees in accessing and stewarding their lands. First-time attendees will be prioritized for travel funding, so don’t miss your chance to be a part of this crucial conversation. Register here: https://www.capdaa.org/events…

  • Eel River Wailaki’s 2nd Annual Big Time

    Southern Humboldt Community Park 1144 Sprowl Creek Rd, Garberville, California

    It's official! Mark your calendars for May 31st 2025! Eel River Wailaki's 2nd Annual Big Time is happening! This one day event will be full of traditional Native dancing, Workshops & Demonstrations, Vendors, and their kitchen will be offering delicious Fry Bread meals again this year! For more info, email: events@eelriverwailaki.com Vendors fill out application…

  • Run4Salmon Presents: Standing Above the Clouds

    Cosumnes River College 8401 Center Pkwy, Sacramento, California

    The organization invites you to a double film screening and panel discussion led by Chief Caleen Sisk & Pua Case. Come on out to this special evening!

  • Mural Workshop with Tori McConnell

    NCIDC Nest Youth Center 233 F St., Eureka, California

    Join NCIDC for a Mural Workshop with Tori McConnell!Learn how to create your own mural from start to finish and have it hung up at the The Nest Youth Center!Register at : NestMural.ncidc.orgJune 4th, 11th, and 25th 5:00-7:00PM at The Nest Youth Center - 233 F st. Eureka, CA.

  • 4th Annual Northern Circle Big Time

    Mooretown Rancheria 1 Alverda Drive, Oroville, CA, United States

    Where: Mooretown Rancheria 175 Alverda Drive, Oroville, CA 95966 When/Time: Friday, June 6, 2025 - Begins at 5:00pm Saturday, June 7, 2025 - Begins at 10:00am The Northern Circle Indian Housing Authority (NCIHA) and Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California will be hosting the 4th Annual Northern Circle Big Time celebration and gathering at Mooretown Rancheria. Everyone is welcome, and encouraged to bring their own water bottles and chairs.

  • Gathering of Native Americans

    Del Norte County Fairgrounds 421 US-101, Crescent City, CA, United States

    NCIDC is hosting Gathering of Native Americans, weekend in Del Norte for Native youth. Friday the 6th, at 6 pm, come see special guest Tommy Orange (Cheyenne, Arapaho), author of There, There. Register here: DNgona.ncidc.org  

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