Native American Heritage Month Kick Off
12:15 pm, Wednesday, November 5, 2008, Suzanne's Plaza

Come and join us as we begin to celebrate Native American Heritage Month on the Plaza! We'll be selling frybread to raise funds for the Shellmound Peace Walk and playing Native American music, both traditional and contemporary.

Native American Dancers and Discussion on Repatriation
7:00 pm, Thursday, November 13, 2008, Student Union

Come and enjoy the California Intertribal Pomo Dancers and singers. Dancing will be followed by a discussion on local and state-wide repatriation issues. The discussion will be led by Morning Star Gali, local Pit River activist, Intertribal Friendship House Chairwoman and Mills student, to speak on local and statewide sacred site and repatriation struggles; Corrina Gould, local Ohlone activist and organizer for the Shellmound Peace Walks, to speak on Bay Area sacred site and repatriation struggles; and Doug Duncan, Lake County Pomo, will speak on the Bloody Island Massacre and current land reclamation issues. Other local Indigenous activists will also join the discussion.

Come partake in this exciting night of traditional Pomo dance and discussion of current Indigenous resistance struggles!

Come and enjoy the company of the Mills community and a mouth-watering Native American spread!

This event is cosponsored by Bon Appetit.

Shake the Feathers - Indigenous Artists Against Aids
6:00 pm, Friday, November 21, 2008, Faculty Staff Dining Room and Faculty Staff Lounge

Join us as the Mills College Native American Student Association and Shake the Feathers Collaboration hold a night of art and community to celebrate the struggle and discuss the dynamic ways we challenge historical trauma and AIDS through our arts. Let's bring our community together to celebrate those who've made the path by walking it before us and plan our futures. The event will include a Hip Hop performance by BRWN BFLO, Hoop Dancing, Hand Drumming, a documentary about two-spirit identity, live stencil art, spoken word, and a photo contest featuring youth photographers from the American Indian Child Resource Center.

Sponsors
Events are cosponsored by Ethnic Studies Department, Native American Student Alliance, President's Office, Provost's Office, Associated Students of Mills College, Office of Religious and Spiritual Life, Office of Student Diversity Programs, and the Women's Studies Program.

Mills College Heritage Months are supported in part by the Ethnic Studies Fund. To learn about and donate to the Fund, please click here: Ethnic Studies Fund. Many thanks for your generosity in support of Ethnic Studies and students of color at Mills.

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