Native American Heritage Month
November 2020
Every November, the ITRC leads a campus committee in recognizing the achievements and contributions of Native American people and tribes. Native American Heritage month offers a variety of speakers, performances, workshops, film screenings, and more in order to promote awareness of issues in Indian Country. The committee is comprised of students, faculty, and staff, all committed to increasing the Native American presence on campus, supporting Native American students and honoring our local tribal communities.
Events
Native American Heritage Month Celebration Kickoff Event | Free
Date: Friday, November 6th, 2020
Time: 12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Zoom registration link
Description: Intertribal Resource Center and the Native American campus community cordially invite you to celebrate the 14th Annual Native American Heritage Month (NAHM) Kickoff on Friday, November 6, 2020.
This FREE virtual event will kick off a month-long schedule of activities honoring Native American Heritage Month. Our keynote speaker, Dr. Evan Adams, a Chief Medical Officer of the First Nations Health Authority and a trailblazer within the health care system. Dr. Adams is a Coast Salish actor and physician from the Tla’amin First Nation near Powell River, BC, Canada, also known for his role as Thomas Builds-The-Fire in the film Smoke Signals.
In addition, you don’t want to miss our amazing entertainer performing live, Jim Ruel, a comedian, writer, and actor. Jim is an Ojibwe Native American of the Bay Mills Indian Community. He grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he spent the first ten years of his career performing in comedy clubs around the Midwest.
ASL Interpreters and Closed Captioning will be available.
For additional questions, please contact: ITRC@ucsd.edu or NAHM@ucsd.edu
Smoke Signals Film Screening and Q&A Session with Dr. Evan Adams | Free
Date: Friday, November 6th, 2020
Time: 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Zoom registration link
Join us to watch the cult classic Smoke Signals. Smoke Signals is a Canadian-American independent film released in 1998, directed and co-produced by Chris Eyre and with a screenplay by Sherman Alexie, based on the short story "This is What it Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona" from his book The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven (1993). The film features Dr. Evan Adams as Thomas Builds-The-Fire and Adam Beach as Victor Joseph. Following the screening, there will be a Q&A session with Dr. Evan Adams.
Language & Culture Table: Luiseño Language Basics with Anthony Hurtado | Free
Date: Tuesday, November 10th, 2020
Time: 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Zoom link
Description: Join us to learn some Luiseño language basics! Want to share a greeting or some basic vocabulary in your Native language or learn someone else's? Can you teach a cultural activity or want to learn a new one? Do you have traditional social songs, dances, or games from your tribe that you could share? If you have an idea for future Virtual Language and Culture Tables you can submit it HERE.
What We're Learning... | Free
Date: Friday, November 13, 2020
Time: 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Zoom link
Description: TBD
Protecting & Reclaiming Indigenous Stewardship: Decolonizing Relationality of Biotechnology and the Land | Free
Date: Thursday, November 19, 2020
Time: 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Zoom link
Description: The American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) invites you to join us for a presentation and discussion with Debra Harry (Numu - Northern Paiute) regarding the implications of biological quantification to individuals and the community.
This event will be one of six sessions aimed to assist with our understanding of how we, as Indigenous scholars, can decolonize the relationships between science, ethics, genetic and genomic research, as they intersect with Indigenous Peoples.
Student Solidarity and Activism at UC San Diego | Free
Date: Friday, November 20, 2020
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Zoom link | Meeting ID: 939 1674 0838
Description: Hosted by Native American Student Alliance and Thurgood Marshall College
This program is a discussion regarding the creation of the Kumeyaay Community Garden at Marshall College between the student advocates involved in the establishment of the garden. This discussion will be moderated by Dr. Amanda Solomon (Director of DOC) and will cover topics such as student solidarity, indigeneity, allyship, and representation.
Captioning services will be provided. For additional accommodation needs, please email Fnann Keflezighi at fkeflezighi@ucsd.edu
Black Indigenous Voices: Storytelling as Healing | Free
Date: Friday, November 20, 2020
Time: 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Zoom link
Description: The first event in the Black Indigenous Voices series.
Join us in a collaboration with the Black Resource Center and Ethnic Studies for a discussion on "Identity and Story-telling as Healing." Featured speaker will be Tai Simpson (Black and Nez Perce).
"Tai believes indigenous 'old ways' need to come back in style. The old ways are principles on which many indigenous communities build their social and political narratives. As an antiracism activist and community leader, she uses contemporary and traditional Indigenous storytelling to depict the lens of “old ways” and how it is used to protect the sacred, build strength in the community, and keep nature in balance. "
Kumeyaay Resistance: The Wall | Free
Date: Monday, November 23rd, 2020
Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Zoom link
Description: A discussion with community leaders, activists, and culture bearers from the Kumeyaay Nation regarding the border wall. Panelists include Jamie LaBrake, Kenny Ramos, Martha Rodriguez, Dr. Stan Rodriguez, and Jacob Alvarado-Waipuk and moderated by Juan A. Reynoso.
Honoring Indigenous Knowledge: Trans-Indigenous Futures | Free
Date: Tuesday, November 24th, 2020
Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Zoom link: TBA
Description: Panel Q&A: Keolu Fox: Assistant Professor of Anthropology at UCSD and Director of the Indigenous Futures Lab, Punahele Kutzen: Rap artist and Mauna Kea protester, Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio: Professor of Indigenous and Native Hawaiian Politics at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa