Join Trelassa Baratta, Lead Curriculum, Developer from Redbud Resource Group as she discusses, how California Indians have not only survived assimilation, forced removal of their lands, and state-sanctioned genocide, but are thriving with the tools that they currently have.

The resiliency of Native peoples does not excuse the debilitating effects that colonization has on our communities, and yet we can learn from how local Native peoples are navigating, resiting, and revitalizing their realities. What does it mean to be a modern Native who grew up in someone else’s traditional homelands? What does the path look like for the descendent of a people nearly annihilated? Many Native Americans turned to academia on their journey of self-realization. This discussion will explore modern Native identity, reconnection with traditional knowledge-holders through literature and looking ahead at what the future holds for Native Communities. For more information please email Shelly Gomez at gomezs@sonoma.edu.

Join Matthew Johnson, a citizen of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria (Tomales Bay Coast Miwok) and a Cultural Resources Specialist for the Tribe, for a presentation on the history and culture of the Coast Miwok and Southern Pomo, from pre-European contact to the present day. The Graton Rancheria community is a federation of Coast Miwok and Southern Pomo groups recognized as a tribe by the U.S. Congress. The Coast Miwok ancestral territory spans southern Sonoma County and the entirety of Marin County. The Southern Pomo people are from the Sebastopol area. Many of the Coast Miwok and Southern Pomo people still live within their ancestral territories.

Join the staff and students in the HUB Cultural Center for pizza and a Native/Indigenous inspired movie! We will be joined by students from the Santa Rosa Junior College.  All are welcome to attend! 

Enrique Salmon has used the term "eco-kincentric" to describe the way indigenous people view "both themselves and nature as part of an extended ecological family that shares ancestry and origins."  We will describe some of the ways that the Center for Environmental Inquiry is collaborating with the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria at SSU's Fairfield Osborn Preserve on Sonoma Mountain. And we will explore how each of us feels about nature and how we can enhance those connections. For more information please email Shelly Gomez at gomezs@sonoma.edu.

The HUB Cultural Center welcomes the campus and local community members to have lunch and to discuss the importance of celebrating Native American Heritage Month. All are welcome to attend!

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Join us at the closing ceremony for Native American Heritage Month, as we share stories, listen to music, and share our passion for continuing to learn about and celebrate Native American heritage beyond November!

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Inspired Natives a SSU Library "Beyond the Margins" event with Mary Churchill and Erica Tom

In this session of Out of the Margins, we will explore the stereotypes we have internalized (as non-Native and Native participants); we will excavate where they came from through an analysis of mainstream media mis-representation; and we will map out ways we can not only stop stereotyping Indigenous people, but support inspired Natives' voices, creations, and self-representations.

Dr. Brenda Flyswithhawks, Ph.D. (She/Her Ghigau ᎩᎦᎤ)

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Dr. Flyswithhawks will talk about her journey from the reservation to the halls of academia and the Western obstacles and successes she encountered along the way. Her story is one of strength, courage, and grace that promises to empower, encourage, and bring hope to the next generations.

BIO: Dr. Flyswithhawks is a citizen of the Tsalági Eastern Cherokee Nation, Qualla Boundary Reservation, Cherokee, North Carolina and currently makes her home in Santa Rosa on the territorial land of the Southern Pomo people. She is of Bird Clan by birth and is a traditional dancer, singer, drummer, and storyteller. Dr. Flyswithhawks adheres to her traditional Tsalági teachings and believes that all Native people are in a coming home process...a coming home to their traditional way of life.

The HUB  Cultural Center

Join us for dinner and discussion of Anton Treuer’s book Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask in the HUB Cultural Center.

Contact Dr. Erica Tom for a zoom registration link at tome@sonoma.edu.

Join us to hear Dr. Anton Treuer talk about "Everything You Wanted To Know About Indians But Were Too Afraid To Ask.” This is an interactive and informed discussion of hot topics in Indigenous Studies, including residential boarding schools, pipeline protests, the use of Indigenous people as mascots for sport teams, and we can best grapple with racial equity in the time of racial reckoning.

Co-hosted by Dr. Janet Hess, Acting Chair of Native American Studies and Dr. Erica Tom, Director of Native American Studies

This programming is supported by the California Humanities (COVID) Recovery Grant funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities "Native Voices: Collaborating to Build Native American Programming." 

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