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Support Save the Peaks efforts coming up in the Bay Area this week.
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BAY AREA INDIAN CALENDAR, JAN 4, 2012
Upcoming
San Francisco Arts Commission Native American Arts & Cultural Traditions, Extended Deadline: Wednesday, January 25, 5 p.m., (USPS postmark or hand-delivered by that time). Applicant Workshops: Friday, January 6, 12-2 p.m., and Monday, January 9 6 – 8 p.m., 25 Van Ness Avenue, SF. To attend workshop RSVP to jaime....@sfgov.org. FMI: Jaime Cortez, Arts Program Associate, Cultural Equity Grants Department, San Francisco Arts Commission, 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 345, San Francisco, CA 94102. Also see NAACT guidelines and application.
Sat Jan 7 12pm – 1pm. Peace and Dignity Mtg #2. Update on tasksJob/Role/Cmte DescriptionsJanuary 22 Planning: location, pozole makers, donors, vendors, rafflesorientation/history fundraising goal/volunteer goal sweatlodge. Please RSVP to send you address, peaceand...@gmail.com, FMI: Adriana's Phone 408 250.9245.
January 9, 2012 the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, CA will hear arguments in a legal battle that may decide the ecological integrity of Arizona's San Francisco Peaks, a mountain near Flagstaff, AZ held sacred by over 13 Native American nations in Save the Peaks Coalition et al vs. the United States Forest Service.
The Save the Peaks Coalition is planning a Caravan from Flagstaff, AZ to San Francisco where they will be contesting the environmental & human health impacts of wastewater snowmaking. The Save the Peaks Coalition are fighting the United States Forest Service in a legal battle to protect children from hazardous endocrine disruptors and to protect this sacred site from desecration. The case argues that under the National Environmental Policy Act and the Administrative Procedure Act, the Forest Service failed to adequately consider the impacts associated with ingestion of snow made from reclaimed sewer water in its Environmental Impact Statement. The Forest Service approved reclaimed sewer water for the use of snowmaking at a local Northern Arizona ski resort in 2004. The reclaimed sewer water in question is from Flagstaff's Rio de Flag Sewage Plant that has proven to contain harmful bacteria, and
endocrine disruptors such as pharmaceuticals and hormones amongst other known toxins.
Schedule of Events:
Sunday January 8, 2012; 6PM - 9PM. Evening dinner, welcoming reception, & discussion on environmental injustice impacts and how they affect sacred sites.
8AM: Protect Sacred Sites, Defend Human Rights March from the nearby park going to the James R.Browning US Courthouse - 9th Circuit; 95 Seventh Street; SF, CA.
9AM: Rally & Prayers outside the Courthouse.
9:30AM: Court Hearing. The Save the Peaks Coalition et al vs. the United States Forest Service.
10:15 - 11:00 (Estimated) Press Conference on the steps of the 9th Circuit courthouse afterwards.
JOIN US for the STEP-UP Program! Make this the year you take control of your body!! Jan 9 - Zumba; Jan 16 - Yoga; Jan 23 - Muscle Relaxation. 7pm (instructor will start session). Bring water, workout towel and large towel. Intertribal Friendship House, 523 International Blvd., Oakland, FREEEEEE! Khen Russell, RN MSCS FMI: kenneth...@samuelmerritt.edu or ifh: 510-836-1955.
Tues Jan 10, Join us for the regularly scheduled Lakota Language class with Lakota speaker Willie Underbaggage before he heads East. All invited, healthy potluck, donations welcome. 6:30-8:30 at IFH, 523 International Blvd. Oakland, CA.
January 12, Dakota 38 (rough cut, nearly final version) at the David Brower Center, 2150 Allston Way, Berkeley, (Directions). Doors open at 6, light refreshments in the Atrium. Film starts at 7 with discussion afterward. Presented by Kalliopeia Foundation and partner American Indian Institute of Bozeman, Montana. FMI: 415-482-1043 x 104, clo...@kalliopeia.org. Free but please rsvp Brown Paper Tickets. *** Jim Miller, the Lakota Spiritual leader who inspired the film, his wife Alberta Iron Cloud, and Eric Noyes of the American Indian Institute will all be present to have a conversation about the film after the screening. In the spring of 2005, Jim Miller had a dream that he rode east for many days on horseback, eventually coming to a river, across from which he saw 38 of his ancestors hanged. Jim later discovered that he had dreamt of an actual event from 1862 at Mankato, Minnesota where President Abraham Lincoln
ordered the simultaneous hanging of 38 Dakota men – the largest mass hanging in US history. In December of 2008, Jim and many others retraced on horseback the route of his dream as a means of bringing healing and reconciliation to all people. Dakota 38 is a feature length documentary film by Smooth Feather Productions that tells the story of this ride and the healing.* A trailer of the film can be viewed at: smoothfeather.org/dakota38/.*The film is due to be released in March 2012.
Sun, Jan 15, 12-2, Decolonize Oakland teach-ins to explore some of the questions raised at the “Occupy Oakland” General Assembly on Oct 28 when the Memorandum of Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples passed by a 97% voting majority, Oscar Grant Plaza Amphitheater, Oakland. FMI: Joanne Barker, jmbr...@gmail.com, Join Us: Facebook Open Group & Page: Decolonize Oakland, Tumblr: Decolonize Oakland, Twitter: DecolonizeOak,
Sunday, January 15, 10:50am, The Spirit Within: Culture and Community Talks by curators James R. Blaettler, S.J. and Tressa Berman, Ph.D. Xavier Hall, Fromm Building, University of San Francisco. in...@manresagallery.org.
Sun, Jan 15, 4-8, event on new natural eating coaching program for preventing and reversing diabetes naturally. at the Happiness Institute in SF. Free, FMI: Micha'el Bedar.(thelivin...@gmail.com).
Tuesday, January 17, 2012, 7- 9:30 pm. Marin American Indian Alliance Gathering and Potluck Supper at First United Methodist Church, , 9 Ross Valley Drive, [downstairs, under the church in the Parish Hall], San Rafael, CA. Marin American Indian Alliance is a non-profit, American Indian, intertribal, cultural, and family organization that has been around since the 1970s. We meet on the 3rd Thursday of every month for a potluck supper, drumming, and fellowship except in November and December and host Drug and Alcohol Free, Clean, Sober, Family Events. website: www.MarinAmericanIndianAlliance.org
Fri, Jan 27, Indigenous Unity March at 10:30 AM, Indigenous Day of Resistance, Indigenous Rights & Rally Forum, Meet at the Human Rights Commission, 25 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco. March to the United Nations Plaza, Indigenous Rights Forum & Rally 11 AM. An Indigenous led Movement to Decolonize and Occupy the United Nations to demand repatriations for the theft of Tribal Lands, gold & other natural resources; and address issues of Civil Rights Violations, Hate Crimes, Broken Treaties, and the Human Rights inherent to ALL Indigenous Peoples. FMI: United Native Americans, Inc., United Native Americans,I...@gmail.com. On FB. Quanah Parker Brightman, http://www.facebook.com/events/255249617872312/, 510.672-7187.
Sat Jan 28, 1-10 pm. Medicine Warriors Dancers/All Nations Singers 12th Annual Anniversary Party with Round Dance and Hand Drum Contest. Singing, dancing, food, raffle, cake walk. Food donated by MWAN includes buffalo, elk, deer, salmon. The rest is Potluck with suggestions of pasta, rice, potatoes, breads, juices, salads, greens, etc. Please no soda or styrofoam. All welcome. Event sponsored by American indian Contemporary Arts, Native American Health Center, and TANF. Not responsible for damages or loss of personal property. Alcohol and drug free event. Fun fitness, Friendship. All Welcome! FMI: Gilbert Blacksmith, 510.827-9744.
Sunday, February 5, at 3pm, The Spirit Within: Curator’s Tour Led by Tressa Berman, Ph.D., Manresa Gallery, St. Ignatius Church, University of San Francisco. in...@manresagallery.org.
Sat, Feb 11, 3-5, Decolonize Oakland teach-ins to explore some of the questions raised at the “Occupy Oakland” General Assembly on Oct 28 when the Memorandum of Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples passed by a 97% voting majority, Oscar Grant Plaza Amphitheater, Oakland. FMI: Joanne Barker, jmbr...@gmail.com, Join Us: Facebook Open Group & Page: Decolonize Oakland, Tumblr: Decolonize Oakland, Twitter: DecolonizeOak,
Saturday, February 18, 2012 12 - 6 pm, Marysville Winter Pow Wow, Allyn Scott Youth & Community Center, 1830 B Street Marysville, CA Open Gourd at Noon Grand Entry at 1:00 pm; Raffle, Team Dance Contest, Craft Vendors, Food Vendors. All Drums Welcome, All Dancers/Public Welcome, Public Welcome, Free. FMI: 530.749~6196, pbe...@mjusd.k12.ca.us. **** Sponsored By: American Indian Education Program of Marysville This Pow Wow does not support the recreational use of Tobacco! No Smoking, Drugs or Alcohol! MC: Val Shadowhawk; Arena Director: Eugene Newman; Host Northern Drum: Northern Eagle Host; Southern Drum: Southern
Express; Other Drums: Feather River Singers American River.
Sun, Mar 11, 12-2, Decolonize Oakland teach-ins to explore some of the questions raised at the “Occupy Oakland” General Assembly on Oct 28 when the Memorandum of Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples passed by a 97% voting majority, Oscar Grant Plaza Amphitheater, Oakland. FMI: Joanne Barker, jmbr...@gmail.com, Join Us: Facebook Open Group & Page: Decolonize Oakland, Tumblr: Decolonize Oakland, Twitter: DecolonizeOak,
EXHIBITS
Nov 13 – Feb 12, The Spirit Within: Creation, Community and Renewal in Indigenous Art, 650 Parker Avenue, San Francisco, 415.422.6639 www.manresagallery.org in...@manresagallery.org. Artists: Colleen Cutschall, L. Frank, Kieren Karritypul, Gracie Kumbi, Frank LaPena, Judith Lowry, Patricia Marrfurra, Mario Martinez, Dominica Mullins, Marita Sambono,
Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann. Hours: Sunday 2-5pm + by appointment Please call 415.422.6639 to schedule a viewing. The Spirit Within: Creation, Community and Renewal in Indigenous Art emerges from the theme of dadirri, what Aboriginal artist Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann – a renowned educator and artist from the Daly River community of Australia – describes as the deep spring that resides in all of us, a quiet contemplation or awareness that enriches our lives. As close observers of their environment, other Daly River artists join in the colorful play with nature, family, community and cultural retrieval through their art. In response to the inter- relatedness that this spirit within evokes, Native American artists reflect their own cultural standpoints through selected works that invite contemplation and cross-cultural dialogue. The visual exchange also connects us to the artists' concerns with homeland
and healing as important dimensions of creation, community, and renewal.
“We Are Still Here,” the Alcatraz occupation exhibit on the island. With photographs of the 40th anniversary occupation celebration; an audio landscape with excerpts from interviews of Alcatraz veterans and native activists; a collage of contemporary and archival footage; contemporary Native American poetry; and original art, the exhibit will be housed in the cellblock basement until February 2012 and will then move to another location on the island. FMI: Phil: 415.531-6890, pkl...@igc.org.
Sep 20, 2011–Jan 6, 2012 California Crossings: Stories of Migration, Relocation, and New Encounters. Mon-Fri with exceptions | 10 am-4 pm | Bancroft Library, Gallery, UC Berkeley. Selected from Bancroft’s voluminous collections, the original manuscripts, drawings, paintings, photographs, rare publications and
prints highlight the often contradictory and competing claims to history from the points of view of the original peoples and the national interests that set in motion California’s coming of age. Includes section from the Bay Area American Indian Community History Center, including images and early ‘70s article by Ilka Hartman. FMI: banc...@library.berkeley.edu, 510.642-3782. (Closed: Nov 11, 24, 25; Dec 26-30).
California Indians: Making a Difference, The California Museum, 1020 O St., Sacramento. The first statewide project to emphasize Native voices in California. visitors will be immersed in California Indian culture through displays of artifacts, oral histories, photographs, maps, and contemporary art. FMI: 916.653-7524 or www.californiamuseum.org.
ANNOUNCEMENTS/OPPORTUNITIES
Patrick Landeza will be performing at Carnegie Hall Jan 8 in NYC as a member of Listen for Life's "Power of 8" performance, a concert for peace. They have a fundraising goal of $3,000. Please go to http://www.crowdrise.com/listenforlife and make a donation. No donation is too small!! This is what your donation will get
you! $50 -copy of my new release Kama`alua; $100 -copies of Pu`unaue, Ma Ka Home, Ku`u Honua Mele, Kama`alua; $500 -all of the above plus a hosted (group) brunch in Concord, Ca (you can bring up to 10 people); $1000 -All the Cd's, 1hour performance and catered dinner by me for 30 persons (Northern California only) Mahalo and Happy New Year!!! Patrick has been very busy this past year, as he received a HOKU nomination (1st mainland born/based artist to do so), a Hawaii Music Award, started a Hawaiian music venue in Concord, Ca, co-founded the non-profit group Ho`olupa Hawaiian Culture Foundation (that will begin a music series on Moloka`i this winter) and have produced Hawaiian shows all around the place bringing it to the different communities at affordable prices. Your support is much appreciated!
Join the Free Peltier Now Coalition mailing list, hosted by the Leonard Peltier Defense Offense Committee. Visit the Web site http://www.whoisleonardpeltier.info to learn about efforts to win freedom for Leonard Peltier and find out how you can help.
San Francisco Arts Commission Native American Arts & Cultural Traditions, Extended Deadline: Wednesday, January 25, 5 p.m., (USPS postmark or hand-delivered by that time). Applicant Workshops: Friday, January 6, 12-2 p.m., and Monday, January 9 6 – 8 p.m., 25 Van Ness Avenue, SF. To attend workshop RSVP to jaime....@sfgov.org. FMI: Jaime Cortez, Arts Program Associate, Cultural Equity Grants Department, San Francisco Arts Commission, 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 345, San Francisco, CA 94102. Also see NAACT guidelines and application.
The Native Cultures Fund provides support for supporting California’s original peoples and their art with grants of $1,000 $7,000. Types of work include theatre, visual, multi-media, storytelling, radio and video productions, and sacred site rehabilitation or construction. The art may be created and shared in a home, on a river bar, at a roundhouse, theater, community center, city wall or plaza. Individuals and partnerships (with other artists or orgs, native or non-native) may apply. The professional artists may reside outside of the service area but the project must occur within the service area. Urban and rural communities of California from the Tolowa peoples near the Oregon border, inland to the western Nevada border, and south to the Chumash peoples of the Santa Barbara area. Applications must be
received at the Humboldt Area Foundation by 5 p.m. on Monday, January 23, 2012 or postmarked on or before that date.
Some 200 Indigenous people and supporters recently marched to the home of John Nady, a millionaire who is desecrating Rattlesnake Island, the spiritual center of the Elem community of Southeastern Pomo. John Nady, who invented the wireless microphones used by many A-list musicians, purchased the island eight years ago for a reported $2.5 million. Since then, Nady has been pushing to build two so-called "sustainable vacation homes" on the island. During last weeks demonstration, the protesters took part in several group march and rally chants, sending a clear message that John Nady needs to stop what he's doing and leave
Rattlesnake Island alone. * More videos and pictures from the protest can be found here To learn more about the struggle to protect Rattlesnake Island, visit http://elemmodun.org/ and http://friendsofrattlesnakeisland.org/ What You Can Do To Help 1. Please make a donation to help cover costs of legal measures to STOP construction and development on Rattlesnake Island. Checks can be made out to: Friends of Rattlesnake Island and sent to P.O. Box 1185, Lakeport, CA 95453. You can also donate online. 2. Send a letter to the Lake Co. Board of Supervisors expressing your objection to the decision to permit grading and construction without full EIR. Click here to send to the Lake County Board of Supervisors. 3. File a Complaint with the County of Lake. Click here for a sample letter. 4. Visit and "like" the Protect Rattlesnake Island page on Facebook. Posted: 21 Dec 2011 11:31 AM PST at intercontinentalcry.org.
Seva Foundation seeks Program Manager for Native American Community Health Program. FMI: www.seva.org.
Truly CA of KQED seeks well-crafted documentaries to feature on selected Sundays at 6pm on KQED TV, with repeats on KQED's other digital channels and Comcast Video on Demand. Seek entries that featuring compelling characters, about California in some way, primarily shot in California, and preferably made by California's talented, independent, documentary filmmakers. Season Eight submission deadline Mon, Jan 9, 5pm.
Creative Capacity Fund Quick Grants. Individual SF or LA based artists receive up to $500 and arts organizations receive up to $1,000 in professional development reimbursement grants to build administrative capacity and hone business skills. Applications due by 15th of the month for notification on the 15th of the following month. To apply: http://www.cciarts.org/ccf/quickgrant.htm
Lehman Brightman Healing Fund. Monetary gifts are greatly appreciated and can be mailed to: United Native Americans, Inc., 2434 Faria Avenue, Pinole, CA 94564. FMI, unitednative...@gmail.com or 510.672-7187.
Petitions:
Free:
ONGOING
TV:
San Jose, Channel 15, Native Voice TV, Sat 4-5 pm. Hosts Cihuapili and Michael New Moon. Also 1st, 3rd, 4th MON, 8 pm courtesy La Raza Round Table.
Radio:
Native Way, 2nd/4th Sun, 1-3 pm, David Romero/Veronica Gonzales. San Jose.
On Native Ground - Where Art Speaks! kdvs.com, 90.3 fm,Thurs 8:30-9:30 am, Jack Kohler / Patrice Pena. Sovereignty Sound, DJ Ya-nah, Sun 3-6 am, 916.380-2818. Davis.
Calendars/Newsletters:
Arts in Oakland, Emeryville, Berkeley & Richmond: 510arts.com.
West of Bay (Peninsula)
Bay Area American Indian Two Spirits. Learn powwow and honor songs. 1st Tues 7:30-9:00 pm, at LGBT Center, 1800 Market Street, SF. Ask for BAAITS drum practice; Jaynie Weye Hlapsi aka (Jaynie Lara) leads the classes, sings and drums on Sweet Medicine Drum.
Cantor Arts Center, Stanford. 650-723-4177. “Living Traditions: Arts of the Americas,” Northwest Coast, California, Southwest, and Mesoamerica collections. Wed–Sun. Free.
Mission Dolores. 3321 16th St, SF, 415.621-8203, Andrew A. Galvan, (Ohlone), Curator. SF’s oldest intact building. The only intact Mission Chapel of the original 21. Final resting place of 5,000 First Californians. Native plants/artifacts.
North of Bay (To Sacramento)
Sacramento Powwow Dance Class & Potluck, Mon, 6:30 - 8:30 pm, Sierra 2 Center: Curtis H all, 2791 24th Street, Sacramento. Free/open to all ages and levels. Bring your drum if you have one and sing! Potluck 2nd/4th Mon. FMI: Shonnie Bear: 916-747-5133, Frances Rocha: 916-544-7121, Jup McCloud: 916-704-4864, Email: sac.pw.da...@gmail.com On FB.
California Indian Museum, 1020 O St, Sacramento. “American Masterpieces: Artistic Legacy of California Indian Basketry,” Through early 2010, Admission.
Vallejo Inter-Tribal Council. Mugg’s Coffee Shop, Ferry Building, 495 Mare Island Way, Vallejo. 707.552-2562 or 707.554-6114. Call to confirm Thur 6:30 pm meetings.
Vallejo Inter-Tribal Council. Lakota Language Class, 2nd Wed/4th Wed, 6-8 pm, Native American Studies, 301 Wallace St, Vallejo. FMI:, Midge 707.226-1234. Community, adults and especially youth welcome. Free. Janeen Antoine teaches 2nd Wed, Midge Wagner 4th Wed.
East of Bay (To Tuolumne)
Four Directions AA Meetings, Suns at 2, IFH, 523 International Blvd, Oakland. Meetings: 1st Sun: Birthdays; 2nd Sun: As Bill Sees It; 3rd Sun: Step Study; 4th Sun: Basket Drop. Children welcome, open meeting. FMI Vermaine 415-933-1259.
Lakota Conversation Class, Tues, 6:30 - 8:30 pm, IFH, 523 International, Oakland. FMI: Janeen. Healthy potluck, donations. Lila wopila IFH, AICLS, Community Futures Collective, AICA and AICRC for helping our tiyospaye learn Lakota. Thanks also to our teacher and mentor Willie Underbaggage.
Medicine Warriors All Nations Dance Practice. Free, open to all. Thurs, 7-9 pm, IFH, 523 International, Oakland. “Friendship, Fitness, Fun.”
San Leandro Thurs Nite Powwow Class, 6-8 pm, on FB.
Intertribal Friendship House, 523 International Blvd, Oakland. 510.836-1955. Classes: Tues: 6-9 pm, Beading Circle w Gayle Burns, 6:30-8:30 Lakota. Thurs: Medicine Warriors/All Nations Dance, Fri: Talking Circles, Sat: Gardening, Parenting. Library open some Tues/Thurs.
South of Bay (To Santa Cruz)
IHSCV Dance and Drum Class Tues, 5-7:30, Roosevelt Community Center, 901 E. Santa Clara St, San Jose; Youth Empowerment Program tutoring Wed 4-7 and Thurs 4-6; and Youth Empowerment Program Thurs, 6-8, 25 N 14th Street, Ste 140, San Jose, CA 95112. FMI: 408.445-3400 x 330, ahern...@ihcscv.org. Funded by One With All Substance Abuse Prevention program of the Indian Health Center of Santa Clara Valley.
Four Directions Nat Am AA Meeting, every Fri 8 pm, 749 Story Rd, San Jose FMI: Linda W, 408/564-3895.
ANNUAL EVENTS
MAR 25, SAT, 6th Taking Care of the Tribe/NAAP Powwow, Location tbd, Anna Leroy.
Dates from 2011:
May 13-15, Fri-Sun, 3rd Pit River "Big Time" Powwow.
Jun 18, Ohlone Big Time, Yerba Buena Gardens, SF.
Sep 10-11, Tuolumne Acorn Festival, Tuolumne, CA.
Sep 23, 4th Fri, California American Indian Day.
Nov 20, Honoring Sobriety Powwow, San Jose.
Nov 24, IITC/AICA Sunrise Ceremony, Alcatraz Island, Mark Anquoe.
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