Native American Culture Days 2011

To UC Davis Community and beyond The Native American Community in partnership with the Cross Cultural Center invites you to

NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE DAYS ROOTED IN SOVEREIGNTY: STILL HERE, STILL STRONG APRIL 4- APRIL 8, 2011

(April 2nd is the Powwow – please contact the CCC @530-752-4287 for additional information)

MONDAY APRIL 4

SUNRISE CEREMONY 6AM Putah Creek

Northern California Traditional Dress Show A Dress Show and Flower Dance Songs. The Dress Show will feature traditional men and women’s dress styles from the Northern California tribes (Hupa, Yurok, Karuk). 1-3pm Hart Hall 3201

Opening Reception & Artist Lecture by Frank Janzen For C. N. GORMAN MUSEUM exhibit: EXTENDED VOICES: Prints from Crow’s Shadow Press April 4- June 12, 2011 In collaboration with Tamarind Master Printer Frank Janzen, the exhibit features a selection of prints from the Crow’s Shadow Press Collection. The collection reflects a range of printing techniques by established and emerging Native American artists. 4pm @ the C. N. Gorman Museum

Reimagining Queer Indigenous Bodies: Come celebrate the invisible and often-forgotten bodies of the two-spirit, queer, and Indigenous communities through artistic performance and expression. We conceptualize Indigenous bodies to also include bodies of art, thought, and literature. Please come and join us in exploring and appreciating queer, Indigenous, and intersecting identities. There will be a callout for student performances. Featuring HBO's "Brave New Voices" Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio. 7-9pm Wellman 119

TUESDAY APRIL 5 Talking Circle-

A focus on gender identity, gender roles and how they may have changed.

12-1pm Hart Hall 3201

NATIVE GAMES

1-2pm UCD Quad Area

Annual Native Film Festival- The Canary Effect

7-9PM CHEM 194

WEDNESDAY APRIL 6

NATIVE GAMES

1-2pm UCD Quad Area

Annual Native Film Festival- Reel Injun

7-9PM CHEM 194

THURSDAY APRIL 7

Our Language Is Not Dead- Graduate and Undergraduate student panel presentation with NAS Professor Martha Macri. Discussion of current projects focusing on community and individual language revitalization. 12-1pm Garrison Room- 2nd Floor MU

NATIVE GAMES

1-2pm UCD Quad Area

Film Screening with Discussion following: For the Next Seven Generations: 13 Indigenous Grandmothers Weaving A World That Works. 6-8pm Wellman 126

Annual Native Film Festival- Powwow Highway

7-9PM CHEM 194

FRIDAY APRIL 8

Film & Discussion- Tribal Sovereignty 12-1PM Location- TBA

SUNSET CEREMONY AND COMMUNITY DINNER The Native Community will gather to honor Professor Emeritus, Dr. Jack D. Forbes who passed away February 23, 2011. Please join us as we honor an individual who contributed so much to the Native community. 6-8:30pm UC Davis Conference Center