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Mourning the Passing of Malcolm Margolin
27 October 1940 - 20 August 2025
It is with deep sadness that we mark the passing of Malcolm Margolin, founder of The California Institute for Community, Art & Nature and of Heyday Books, extraordinary and visionary historian, publisher, and author.
Malcolm was a spectacularly energetic and creative individual who helped bring the beauty and resilience of California Indian culture in general, and Ohlone culture and history in particular, to public awareness. A true force of nature, he founded the California Institute for Community, Art and Nature to promote three ideas: the importance of supporting California Indian sovereignty and life ways, the unique contribution of the City of Berkeley to social, political and cultural innovation and change, and the critical connection between nature and the arts.
Beloved by many, with an unending capacity for recounting a good story, he combined an exuberance for life and phenomenal creativity with a great sense of humor. All of us at California I CAN are in grief and mourning while also deeply grateful for having had the opportunity to work with Malcolm for much of the past decade. We look forward to carrying on with our ongoing California I CAN projects together with trusted advisors and our best ideas and energy. We will continue to produce our two annual festivals, engaging evenings with local authors, and to pursue Malcolm's various projects that were in the works as a living tribute to his legacy and vision .
He will be deeply missed by all.
Details of the celebration of Malcolm's life are being
planned by Malcolm's s family and will be sent to you
by email as soon as they are confirmed.
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Please note:
This year's California Indian Arts & Culture Festival,
our 6th Annual, is scheduled for
Saturday, September 20, 2025 from
10:30 AM - 5:00 PM in Live Oak Park in Berkeley,
and will be held in honor of Malcolm.
There will be a tribute table set up within the festival site
where community members can write and draw their condolences and memories of Malcolm which we will share with his family
after the event. Please join us if you can.
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photo of Malcolm Margolin at the 3rd Annual California Native Ways Festival in Ohlone Park in June 2022 by Austin Stevenot (Northern Sierra Mewuk) for California I CAN.
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