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Enjoy the first ever Holiday Native Arts Market in Santa Cruz County! Buy made in the USA by Native artists and crafters.

Shop drums, flutes, books,  beadwork, dolls, wood carvings, hiking sticks and canes, rock paintings, amulets, serigraphs, photography, t-shirts, gourd and clay masks, rawhide shields, art cards, art prints, vintage native, books, ribbon shirts/skirts and much more.

Indigenous artists include Yaqui, Zapotec, Shawnee, Apache, Kickapoo, Navajo, Tohono O’odham.

From Resource Center for Nonviolence: Please join us as we welcome the Santa Cruz premiere of the new Science and Nonduality’s (SAND) documentary, If An Owl Calls Your Name. Mending the wounds of forced assimilation, Indigenous elders, healers, and activists from the Esk’etemc, Gitxsan, and Wet’suwet’en territories share a legacy of resilience and ancestral wisdom.

Don’t miss your chance to see it on a big screen and join a live discussion with the film’s directors, Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo before it’s shared online.

This is the second film in the thought-provoking film series, Wisdom of the Ancestors. RCNV is proud to be the official Santa Cruz host for the series. We invite you all to continue this journey with us over the next two years, as we explore ancestral wisdom from around the globe.

$15-$50 Sliding Scale Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/manage/events/1966164115798
No one turned away for lack of funds. For a scholarship promo code, visit: https://forms.gle/5EhERa41saJKhDXw5

Watch the film trailer: https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/1061308084/93c6888e93

         eemamwiciki neehi kaakiihsitaatiiwaaci:            

'They Awaken and Preserve it for Each Other'

This program will be held in-person at the Newberry and livestreamed on Zoom. The online version of this event will be live captioned.

This exciting conversation among representatives from the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma will foreground why archives and ongoing relationships with archival institutions, like the Newberry, are essential to Native nations' cultural revitalization efforts. Starting with discussion about what defines cultural revitalization and why it's important, Nate Poyfair, Jared Nally, and Morgan Lippert will then share their perspectives on various Myaamia revitalization projects, including those focused on language, written and oral histories, and textiles, as well the establishment of the Myaamia Heritage Museum and Archive.

"Conversations at the Newberry" are generously funded by Sue and Melvin Gray.

Cost and Registration

This program is free and open to all! You can attend in person at the Newberry or virtually on Zoom. Advance registration is required.

https://www.newberry.org/calendar/they-awaken-and-preserve

https://www.native-expressions.com/2025/09/12/native-american-art-exhibit-at-aptos-library/

This fall, the Aptos Library will feature a tribute to Native American heritage and culture through the work of local artist Becky Olvera Schultz. From October through December, Becky’s Native art will be prominently displayed in the main area of the library in recognition of National Native American Heritage Month.

Becky, of Kickapoo and Shawnee descent, creates deeply personal and spiritual pieces. Her work includes clay masks, rawhide shields, photography, serigraphy, painting, and mixed media. Many of her masks reflect Native American traditions and feature realistic faces adorned with horsehair and traditional colors of the four directions — red, black, white, and yellow. In contrast, her Southwestern-style pieces are more whimsical, with vibrant palettes and playful designs.

Happy Native American Heritage Month! In honor of Native American Heritage Month, we'd like to share a very exciting event that's happening up at Cabrillo Horticulture Friday November 14th.-10am-4pm. It's a two part event, a seed saving workshop followed by sharing in a harvest meal. We're especially happy and proud to be using crops harvested from our Three Sisters Garden. We are hoping that this event will create space for students and the broader community to gather and learn with each other and to get nourished from a delicious meal and take home with them some knowledge that can continue to be practiced and shared, in a time when we can all use it the most. 

It took many hands to plant and care for the 3 Sisters Garden this year with the support of the Horticulture department, planting done with Andy Fagues Native American History class and  Delta High School Students this spring and the support from NASS and the Department of Student Equity. We're so excited to come full circle with this event featuring two Indigenous women Rowen White and Chef Christina Lonewolf. 

For further details please contact Amber-Rose Torres 

The Indigenous Peoples’ Day Sunrise Gathering on October 13th and November 27th are organized by the International Indian Treaty Council commemorating the 1969-71 occupation of Alcatraz by the Indians of All Tribes. It is one-day events and is not the standard Alcatraz Island tour; all areas except for where the ceremony takes place will be closed and inaccessible to the public.

Please note there is absolutely no sale of merchandise of any kind allowed on Alcatraz Island, at Pier 33 Alcatraz Landing, or on the sidewalk outside of Alcatraz Landing.

Walk-up tickets will be available for purchase the morning of the event. However, tickets are limited and we can not guarantee availability the day of the event.