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BAY AREA INDIAN CALENDAR, OCT 19, 2011
UPCOMING
Thurs-Sun, Oct 20-24 , Stanford Alumni Reunion Homecoming, Friday, Oct 21, Noon: Lunch and Conversation with Dr. Stephanie Fryberg, 1:00-3:00: Open House NACC Lounge, 524 Lasuen Mall, 4:00-6:00, 17th Annual Multicultural Hall of Fame Reception and Inductions, Including Stephanie A. Fryberg, MA '00, PhD '03 (Tulalip), Associate Professor, Psychology/Affiliate Faculty, American Indian Studies, University of Arizona, at Tresidder Union, Oak Lounge, 6:00, Student and Alumni Dinner at the Native Theme House, With Special Guest, Dr. Fryberg, Hall of Fame Inductee, Limited to House Residents, Alumni Ticketholders and Guests, at Muwekma-Tah-Ruk, 524 Lasuen Mall, FMI: Denni Woodward, denni@stanford.
Thurs, Oct 21, 5:30 -7 pm, IFH Annual Community Meeting, 523 International Blvd, Oakland. Hear board candidate speeches, update by IFH Director, convening IFH progress and challenges this year. Nominated candidates: Ron Legget (Pomo), Charlotte Mendoza, Kiowa, Sophia Taula-Leiras, Confed Tribes of Umatilla, Iona Mad Plume, Blackfeet, Janet King, Lumbee. Drum and Dance practice follow at 7 pm, IFH, 523 International Blvd, Oakland. Voting Dates and Times: Thurs, Dec 1, and Fri, Dec 2, 6:30-8:30 pm and Sat Dec 3 11 am - 1 pm.
Thurs, Oct 20, LandezaPresents Fundraiser Gala Live at the Cue! 1835 Colfax St. Concord, Doors open at 6:30pm Showtime: 7:30pm, Tickets $50 Buffet Dinner featuring performances by Hawaiian Music Festival Artists! FMI: 510.423.3051 www.landezapresents.com
Fri, Oct 21, 1st Annual Hawaiian Music Festival, Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse, 2020 Addison, Berkeley, $36-50 door. www.thefreight.org or 410.644-2020. Dennis Kamakahi, Kawika Kahiapo, Waipuna, Patrick Landeza, Keale, Mahealani Uchiyama, Steven Inglis, Faith Ako and more tba plus workshops and talk stories. FMI: Landeza Presents 510.423-3051.
Fri, Oct 21, 7 -10 pm, Working Together To End Violence, Native American Student Development and Gender Equity Resource Center's empowerU present Hearing Radmilla a film by Angela Webb. Doors open at 6:30 seating is limited. 155 Dwinelle Hall, UC Berkeley. Q & A with Radmilla Cody and Angela
Webb to follow. This is a drug and alcohol free event. Wheelchair Accessible. Resource Fair Before Screening.
Sat, Oct 22, Nov 19, 11 am - 2 pm. Free to low incomers w/o medical insurance: Acupuncture, Chiropractic, Chinese Medical Exams, Blood Pressure Check. Registration starts at 10 am in person. 10124 San Pablo Ave, El Cerrito. Thanks to our volunteer medical staff and donors. FMI: Fountain Project Foundation, 510.524.1057. www.foundatinproject.org.
Sat Oct. 22, 12-4 PM. Oakland Library’s Celebrating 20th Annual Native American Culture Day, Brad Walters Auditorium, Main Library, 125 14th St. Oakland. Films on Black Native Americans, Sacred Sites, Alcatraz, Ishi and other topics, Medicine Warriors Dancers, All Nations Singers, Jane DeCuir, Native singer and drummer, Ohlone Clap Singer Wicah Piluta, history of the library’s American Indian Project, Children’s Art and Raffle. FMI: rch...@oaklandlibrary.org or OPL 510-238-3134.No scented products please. To request sign interpreter: 510.834.7446 5 days before event.
Sat, Oct 22, 2-8 pm, Celebrate Intertribal Friendship House 56th Anniversary Birthday Party! What's for dinner? Buffalo, venison, salmon, wild rice, blue corn tortillas, green Chile stew, fry bread, etc. Sound good? Join you friends, family and community in celebrating 56 years of Community! Wtih MC Michael Horse and screening “Making the River” in memory of Jimmy Simmons, and Welcoming the Sacred Hoop. 523 International Blvd, Oakland. FMI: 510.836-2955.
Oct 22 - Nov 6, Diablo Canyon to Sogorea Te/Glen Cove, Vallejo. Join a two-week interfaith peace walk from the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant near San Luis Obispo to the Bay Area. With the tragedy of Fukushima in our hearts, we will walk 15-18 miles a day looking into the safety of land and people along our route, the still-present danger of nuclear weapons, the poisonous nuclear fuel cycle and how to end the nuclear nightmare in California and worldwide. We need help with lodging, food, organizing local community events, modest expenses, media/communications, and shuttle-transport. Sponsors: San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace; Indian People Organizing for Change, organizers of the Shellmound Walks in the Bay Area and a successful 109 day vigil to protect the sacred site at Sogorea Te/Glen Cove; Nipponzan Myohoji Buddhist Order. FMI: www.CAnuclearwalk.com
Tues, 25 Oct, 11:30 AM, Rally in SF: Tell Obama to Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline. Across the St from the W Hotel, corner of 3rd and Howard Streets in San Francisco. (Map) Host: Elijah Zarlin, Public, open for RSVP, 375 Guests (Max 800), *Note: The rally will begin at 12, but we want to start building a crowd at 11:30, as fundraiser attendees arrive.* We're greeting President Obama at his high-dollar fundraiser in SF with a big rally to deliver a simple message: It's time for the change you promised - you must stop the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. Please RSVP so we know how many signs to print. http://act.credoaction.com/event/events/event.html?r=231631&event_id=2304&id=28848-1149127-eB_2SEx.
Thurs, Oct 27, ¡Viva México! (documentary film about the Other Campaign) - La Peña Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, 7:30 PM. The filmmakers are touring the US. (Admission $10.00, Students $8.00)
Oct 27-30, 26th Annual California Indian Conference, At CSU, Chico.
An annual event for the exchange of views and information among academics, educators, California Indians, students, tribal nations, native organizations and community members. Program Info online.
Oct 27-30, The 2011 SACNAS National Conference "Empowering Innovation & Synergy Through Diversity", San Jose, CA. Scientific research presentations, professional development, networking, exhibits, culture, and community. offers an venue for the advancement of scientists and science students. Program info online.
Sat Oct 29, 9 pm - 12 am, SACNAS Powwow, San Jose Civic Auditorium across from the convention center. free, open to public.
Sat, Oct 29, La Catrina: Keeping the Spirits Alive, at the Concourse Exhibition Center, 8th and Brannan Streets in San Francisco. A benefit for The Mexican Museum's annual fund with Cocktail and Hors D'oeuvre Reception, Dancing, Entertainment, a Live Auction, and a Costume Contest. Tickets: http://themexicanmuseumsf.eventbrite.com/, General $100, Includes: Two drink tickets and reception, VIP $150, Includes: Six drink tickets, VIP and general reception, reserved parking. FMI: 415.202-9700 themexic...@gmail.com.
Sunday, October 30 - Día de los Muertos in Oakland's historic Fruitvale District. Music, Altars, Food, Fun for Kids, Crafts and Zapatista Artesanía. Check out: http://www.unitycouncil.org/ddlm/.
Nov 1, Smokin’ Fish, a humorous documentary about Tlingit identity and family, airs on PBS. To check station carriage in your area, see www.pbs.org/stationfinder.
Fri-Sun, Nov 4 - 6, first annual Women's Earth Alliance 2011 Advocacy Training by Women's Earth Alliance North America Program, in partnership with Indigenous Environmental Network, at the David Brower Center, 2150 Allston Way, Berkeley. Featuring over 20 Indigenous presenters, the training will build capacity among advocates for strategic collaboration with North American Indigenous women on environmental justice. FMI: Caitlin Sislin: cai...@womensearthalliance.org, or www.womensearthalliance.org.
Fri, Nov 4 Sat, Nov 12 - The American Indian Film Institute (AIFI), founded in 1975, proudly announces the 36th annual American Indian Film Festival, with public screenings and events from Nov. 4-9 at the Landmark Embarcadero Center Cinema, One Embarcadero Center, Promenade Level; and conclude Nov. 10-12 at the Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon St.@Bay Street, both in San Francisco. This year’s premiere selection of over 70 innovative feature films, shorts, public service, music videos and documentaries of USA American Indian and Canada First Nation communities continues to celebrate the Festival’s tradition for excellence and diversity with powerful performances and new cinematic expression by cutting-edge media makers. FMI: americanindianfilminstitute.com. On FB.
Nov 11 & 12, DQU Veteran's "Big Time Pow-Wow". Friday morning sunrise service honoring all veteran's and an evening open mic from 6-10 featuring Good Shield. Sat - 11 am 10 pm: Big Time Pow-Wow with American Indian arts vendors, dancers, drums, Indian tacos, and singers. wheelchair accessible, free, open to the public, no drugs or alcohol. D-Q University, 33250 County Road 31 in Yolo County, between highway 113 at Davis, and interstate 505 near Winters. FMI: Marge 209. 304-5474 or Ya-nah 530.902-5400.
Sun, Nov 13, Zapatista Anniversary Celebration - La Peña Cultural Center, 3510 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley. Fundraiser for Zapatista primary schools. Live Music, Food, Keynote Speaker. Confirmed: SonRisas, an all-women music group performing traditional son jarocho Mexican music.
Mon, Nov 14, 6-9 pm, Seva Foundation’s Native American Community Health (NACH) Program’s event, Healthy Harvests, will be held on World Diabetes Day. The David Brower Center, 2150 Allston Way, Berkeley. Tickets sliding scale; $15-30. Proceeds benefit Seva’s Native Health initiatives. Learn about Seva’s NACH Program and its partnerships with indigenous communities and their food revitalization efforts. Includes reception, auction, film screening and forum with Bay Area native community leaders and speakers Michael Bird (Past President of American Public Health Association), Brahm Ahmadi (CEO of Peoples Community Market). FMI: http://www.seva.org/healthyharvests, http://www.seva.org/nach.
November 21-23, AIM West Conference. SF City College, Mission Campus. A concert performance is planned for Friday, November 25. FMI: Antonio Gonzales, AIM-WEST Director, elt...@earthlink.net, www.aimwest.info.
EXHIBITS
Sep 20, 2011 – Jan 6, 2012 California Crossings: Stories of Migration, Relocation, and New Encounters. every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 10 a.m.-4 p.m. | Bancroft Library, Gallery, UC Berkeley. The exhibition invites the viewer to embrace the rich and diverse history of
the state through The Bancroft Library’s unique and rare holdings and makes manifest the many stories that interweave the broader history of what is today collectively known as California. 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 Urban History collection. FMI: banc...@library.berkeley.edu, 510-642-3782. (No event on: Nov 11, 24, 25; Dec 26-30, 2011).
Oct 1 - Nov 5, “Crude Reflections/Cruda Realidad,” Artist Lou Dematteis’s stunning documentary photography illustrates both the devastation and uplifting campaign for justicein the Ecuadorian Amazon, where oil drilling has impacted rainforest communities and indigenous nations. Galeria de la Raza, 2857 24th St, SF. Says Rainforest Action Network founder Randy Hayes, “Crude Reflections is a story of beauty, grace, and terror, powerfully documented.” The event is also one stop as apart of Oct's Mission Arts & Performance Project ( MAPP), a bi-monthly , multidisciplinary, intercultural community arts event in the Mission.
Exhibit: Double Vision Sept 29 - Dec 2. CN Gorman Museum, 1316 Hart Hall, UC Davis. Mon-Fri 12 - 5pm & Sun 2 - 5pm, http://gormanmuseum.ucdavis.edu/FMI: cngo...@ucdavis.edu 530.752-6567. In a collaboration between the C.N. Gorman Museum and Great Plains Art Museum, the exhibition poses an intervention with the photographic archive. Based on historical images from the late 1800s by Laton Alton Huffman and William Henry Jackson held in the collections of the Great Plains Art Museum at University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie (Tuskegee/Dine) creates works that serve as a remembrance of the bison, a visual confrontation, and an appropriation into a Native American context. Artist & Curator Lecture: Tues, Nov 29, 4pm.
Toi Maori Aotearoa Artist-in Residence, Glenda Joyce Hape exhibits her work in Connections Through Fiber in the Kimball Gallery through Oct 30 at the de Young Museum in San Franciso. She will be working on a new cloak during her residency and sharing weaving techniques with the public. Her weavings are both traditional and contemporary in native with her focus on Maori costume-especially kakahus (cloaks). She will be in the gallery Wed-Dun from 1-5 pm and every Fri until 8:45 pm adn will give a talk on 10/21 at 6 pm with closing reception Fri, 10/28 from 6-8:30 pm.
Tamara Orozco, photography, “From This Seed We will Grow,” photos of Oaxaca, México. La Pena Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA.
"The Americana Indian" exhibit curated by Stanford alumnus Dr. Brian Baker, Sacramento State University 9:00-4:00 Mondays-Fridays and 9:00-1:00 Sats through December 10 Maidu Museum and Historical Site, 1970 Johnson Ranch Rd, Roseville Info: maidu...@roseville.ca.us.
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
Mon Oct 24, Beyond Dynamic Adaptability: How Changing Participation Is Changing the Arts, Marines Memorial Club in San Francisco. This free full-day conference for the Bay Area arts community builds on last year's conference, which was attended by over 700 artists and arts administrators, and will focus on the revolution happening across the arts sector as the walls between professional and amateur, audience and artist, curator and spectator start to crumble. We'll be joined by radical thinkers and distinguished innovators from the arts sector and beyond, from our community and from elsewhere. Some of our special guests include Dante Di Loreto, Executive Producer of Glee, singer and arts advocate Linda Ronstadt, visionary funder Ben Cameron, and museum innovator Nina Simon. The conference is offered free of charge by Grants for the Arts and The San Francisco Foundation, thanks to the generous
support of the Wallace Foundation. FMI: event website, Registration is required as space is limited. Kary Schulman, Grants for the Arts, Tere Romo, The San Francisco Foundation.
Applications for the World Intellectual Property Organization WIPO Indigenous Intellectual Property Law Fellow are due by October 28, 2011. FMI: visit our website under “News”. For general requests for information about WIPO’s program activities concerning intellectual property and traditional knowledge, traditional cultural expressions/folklore and genetic resources and related issues, please fill out this form. To remove your email address from this mailing list or to add an email address, please go to: http://www.wipo.int/lists/subscribe/globalissues-en.
The NAHC positions, Medical Patient Service Coordinator, in the San Francisco, Medical Department and Part Time, Clinic Physician, in the Oakland Medical Department are currently open. To apply or FMI: Michelle Shawnego, mich...@nativehealth.org, 510-748-0116.
Indian activist Elouise Cobell has lost her battle with cancer. A member of the Blackfeet Nation, Elouise passed away on October 16 at age 65 in Great Falls, Montana. Our prayers go out to her family.
Oct 26 - 28, 2011, Rez Violence: Prevention & Intervention, Flamingo Las Vegas Hotel & Casino. Presented by: Joseph Myers, E.D., National Indian Justice Center, Hon. William Johnson, Chief Judge, Confederated Tribes of Umatilla Tribal Court. Eliminating Violence in Indian Communities! Covering: · Overview of Reservation Violence Issues · Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction & the ICRA · Violence - A Public Health Issue · Prevention, Intervention and Treatment · Providing Services for Victims · Policies and Protocols for Stopping Violence · Roles & Responsibilities in violence prevention and elimination · Community Action. This session is limited to (50) participants who will receive a comprehensive training manual and certificate of achievement. FMI: CLICK HERE. Registration and $485 tuition is due by Friday, October 21, 2011. Return by mail or fax to: NIJC, 5250 Aero Drive, Santa Rosa, CA 95403, (707) 579-5507, Fax: (707) 579-9019, E-mail: tco...@nijc.org.
The Starbucks Foundation is accepting applications for its Starbucks Shared Planet Youth Action Grants program. The program is designed to help young people realize their natural potential to reinvent their local communities. Eligible applicants within the United States (U.S.) must be tax-exempt, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations. Applicants outside the U.S. must be charitable in purpose and identified as nongovernmental organizations or the equivalent of a tax-exempt nonprofit organization. Grants will range from $10,000 to $25,000. Deadline: December 1. FMI, click HERE
Maori Healers from New Zealand AtaRangi Muru, Manu Korewa and Bill Mundy will offer traditional healing sessions Some of the techniques extend back 12,000 years or more, and are designed to physically and psychically restructure the body-mind through deep-tissue energy release. deeper than what is usually understood by the term "deep-tissue." The healing employs aboriginal knowledge of astrology and tools from nature, as well as spiritual insight. Thur 20th - Fri 21st Oct Davis, FMI: Morningstar and Michael Henry, morn...@jps.net Sat 22nd
Oct, Inaugural Hawaiian Festival, Cal Expo, Sacramento, 10 - 5pm.
Low-income pre-applications for one bedroom units at Juan Pifarre Plaza Apartments, 3101 21st St, SF, are being accepted Mon Oct 24 - Fri Oct 28 from 1-5 daily in person or by proxy or mail. FMI: Katina Antoine or Bonnie Woods, 415.643-7300. Asking $973-$1,177 rent.
In 2013 the San Francisco International Arts Festival (SFIAF) will move its dates to coincide with the America's Cup Race. The America's Cup (including the Luis Vuitton Challenge Series) will run from July 4 to Sept 22. Organizers expect between 40,000 and 200,000 attendees per day. We are conducting a series of community informational meetings to let artists know more about what is being planned in the city that summer and how artists can participate in the International Festival. The session is open to performing and visual artists and anyone working in the arts field. Please RSVP if you plan to attend by signing-up for the event on our facebook page here.
The Quality Improvement Center on Differential Response in Child Protective Services Request for Applications for up to $50,000 over 18 months to support a doctoral student research as it relates to differential response in child welfare. Applications due January 16, 2012 and announced in March. FMI: RFA, Amy Rohm, MSW, Child
Welfare Program Specialist, am...@americanhumane.org, 303-925-9413.
Oct 26 - 28, Protecting Sacred Sites and Intro to Cultural Resource Monitoring Flamingo Las Vegas Hotel & Casino. Presented By: Larry Myers, Former Executive Secretary, Native American Heritage Commission Sonia Tamez, Former Tribal Relations Manager, Pacific Southwest Region, U.S. Forest Service. This session examines how to overcome barriers to access and protect sacred sites on lands that are important for traditional religious beliefs and practices. The training will also examine the field of cultural resources monitoring at road construction sites, energy projects and other development where sacred sites and cultural resources may be affected. Participants will receive a comprehensive reference manual and certificate of achievement upon completion of the training session. To register: CLICK HERE The tuition is $485 and Free for TTAP individuals that work in Road Construction for Tribes or Government. Registration deadline Friday, Oct 21, 2011 and registration will be limited. FMI: NIJC, 5250 Aero Drive, Santa Rosa, CA 95403, Phone: (707) 579-5507, Fax: (707) 579-9019, E-mail: tco...@nijc.org.
Help Support AIFI’s 36th Annual Film Festival Nov. 4-12 by becoming a 2011 Media Partner. Join us in San Francisco at our Awards week-end & receive two-tickets to film screenings (Nov. 11); Awards Luncheon and Awards Show (Nov. 12) in San Francisco. The time for action and support is now. Deadline for advertising copy is Oct 12. OKICIYAPO (Help Each Other) (Dakota). FMI: Michael Smith, President, American Indian Film Institute, 333 Valencia Street, Ste. 322, San Francisco, CA 94103, Ph: 415.554.0525, aifi...@gmail.com.
The first Native American TV channel in the US went on the air Sept 25 with the launch of FNX: First Nations Experience Television, a new multimedia platform featuring authentic voices and stories reflecting the reality of the Native American experience and that of indigenous peoples worldwide. Visit http://fnx.org/ for more information.
WMAN/IEN Grassroots Communities Mining Mini-grants up to $3,000. For criteria, dates and Application in Word or Application in PDF formats. FMI: Simone Senogles, Indigenous Environmental Network, 218-751-4967, sim...@ienearth.org. or Aimee Boulanger, WMAN Network Coordinator, 360-969-2028 aboul...@whidbey.com. Email to Aimee or Simone, or send by regular mail, postmarked by June 1, 2011, Oct 1, 2011 or February 1, 2012 respectively, to: IEN attn: Mining Mini-grants, PO Box 485, Bemidji, MN 56619. If mailed, please call to let us know to expect it. Thank you.
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. Indigenous scholar, Korean War Veteran, professional football player, & resistance leader Lehman L. Brightman suffered a stroke July 22, 2011 and is currently recovering in the hospital. Dr. Brightman needs financial assistance to pay medical expenses, back taxes, and mortgage. Any monetary gifts are greatly appreciated and can be mailed to: United Native Americans, Inc., 2434 Faria Avenue, Pinole, CA 94564. Your continued prayers for his health and welfare are greatly appreciated. FMI, unitednative...@gmail.com or 510.672-7187.
“Indigenous Mothers Against Mercury" IEN Petition in English, and Spanish.
FREE:
“Mission Labor” about California missions under Spanish and Mexican rule. Text by veteran SF elementary teacher Bill Morgan, with illustrations by award-winning artist Jos Sances. Suitable for fourth and fifth grades, Spanish/English, 24 pages. Download a free pdf copy or purchase booklets at a bulk discount for classrooms $3 each, $2 each for ten or more. FMI: www.cft.org.
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)
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, Mons, 6:30 - 8:30 pm, Sierra 2 Center: Curtis H all, 2791 24th Street, Sacramento. Free and open to all ages and levels. Bring your drum if you have one and sing! Community-wide Potluck 2nd and 4th Mons. 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 Wed 7 pm meetings.
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, Mon, 6:30 - 8:30 pm, IFH, 523 International, Oakland. FMI: Janeen. *** Healthy potluck, donations. Lila wopila IFH, Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival, Community Futures Collective, AICA and AICRC for helping our tiyospaye learn Lakota. Thanks also to Willie Underbaggage, our teacher and mentor. Willie will be in town Sept 13-25 for those who wish to come to class and see him.
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: Mon: 6:30-8:30 Lakota, Tues: 6-9 pm, Beading Circle w Gayle Burns, Drum, Aerobics. Thurs: Medicine Warriors/All Nations Dance, Fri: Talking Circles, Sat: Gardening, Parenting. Library open some Tues/Thurs.
South of Bay (To Santa Cruz)
Dance and Drum class Tues 5-7:30 pm, at Roosevelt Community Center 901 E. Santa Clara St., San Jose; Youth Empowerment Program tutoring Wed 4-7pm and on Thurs 4-6pm; and Youth Empowerment Program Thurs evenings, 6-8 pm. At 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, 8 pm, every Fri, 749 Story Rd, San Jose FMI: Linda W, 408/564-3895.
ANNUAL EVENTS
Nov 20, Honoring Sobriety Powwow, San Jose.
Mar 17, Sat, 5th Taking Care of the Tribe NAAP Powwow, Horace Mann School, SF, send...@yahoo.com.
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.
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