Dear campus community,
This November, we recognize National Native American Heritage Month, which explores and celebrates the significant contributions of Native Americans, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, First Nations, and those who otherwise identify as Indigenous. We honor these communities and acknowledge the campus sits on the territory of xucyun, the ancestral and unceded land of the Chochenyo speaking Ohlone people. This land was and continues to be of great importance to the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe and other familial descendants of the Verona Band. Below find highlights on academic, social and cultural opportunities supporting this month and these communities:
Campus Events
- October 30 and November 1, 2024: Artist talk and film screening at BAMPFA, plus class and studio visit: Artist-in-Residence Amanda Strong, with Visiting Artist Bracken Hanuse Corlett, award-winning Indigenous animators and multimedia Indigenous artists
- November 8, 15, 22 and December 6, 2024 from 1 to 2 p.m.: Native Food, Energy, Water Systems (FEWS) Indigi-Grad Series
- November 15, 2024 from 4 to 6 p.m.: Native Graduate Student Community Gathering Event specifically for Native graduate students (RSVP form)
Units and Departments
- Joseph A. Myers Center for Research on Native American Issues
- Native American Student Development and American Indian Graduate Program
- Native American Studies program
Organizations and Resources
- Student organizations: American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES), Indigenous Graduate Student Association, Indigenous Native Coalition (INC-RRC), Native American Law Students Association
- Native and Indigenous Council - a community of staff, faculty, and postdocs
- Native American Thriving Initiatives and 2024 Thriving Report
Read and Watch
- Gabriel Trujillo Memorial Field Work Scholarship Recipients: Tvetene Carlson and Nathan Anthony Tilton
- Introducing Phenocia Bauerle, Director of Thriving for Native American Thriving Initiatives (NATI)
- Video: Dine poet Sherwin Bitsui Lunch Poem Reading
To learn more and/or submit additional events and resources, visit the Native American Heritage Month webpage.
Thank you,
Fabrizio Mejia
he/him
Acting Vice Chancellor for Equity and Inclusion
Victoria Plaut
she/ella
Vice Provost for the Faculty
Stephen C. Sutton
he/him/his
Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs
Eugene Whitlock
he/him/his
Chief People and Culture Officer
To help create an environment that lives up to our Principles of Community, we will send regular messages to acknowledge various heritage/history months and holidays. While we won't include every month or holiday, we will make an effort to ensure members of our community feel represented. Additionally, news.berkeley.edu and Berkeley Life Blog will often post articles highlighting people, programs, and research that align with these heritage/history months and holidays. Learn more about our updated approach to heritage/history/prevention month messaging.
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