Native American Heritage Month

Native American Heritage Month

Join us as we honor, celebrate, and highlight Native American heritage and those currently working to strengthen the Native American community today. 

To download the flyer for Native American Heritage Month, click here. 

ASL Interpreters available upon request: To request interpreting services to access this event, please contact the Interpreting Services Office at least one week prior to the event to make arrangements. InterpretingServices@santarosa.edu, or send a text to (707) 230-3895. 

All events are free, and open to the public, unless stated otherwise. 

Workshops, seminars and conferences are eligible for PGI. If you would like us to assist you with proof of attendance, please reach out to intercultural@santarosa.edu. These events can be reported for professional development credit with Forever Flex code FF:29- Native American History Month Events.

Fall 2024 

Black and white picture of Elsie Allen happily working on her basketry

The Elsie Allen Pomo Basket Collection

Ongoing: Monday - Friday, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm

SRJC Multicultural Museum, Bussman Hall 1401

Visit the Multicultural Museum and enjoy the permanent exhibit - Breaking Traditions, Saving Traditions: Elsie Allen and the Legacy of Pomo Basketry. Open during museum hours, Monday – Friday, 10:00 – 3:00. For more information, visit: https://museum.santarosa.edu/elsie-allen-pomo-basket-collection

photograph of Eric Hernandez in traditional Lumbee Hoop Dancing regalia. The hoops are bright yellow contrasted with a large, almost infinite blue sky in the desert.

Eric Hernandez, Lumbee Hoop Dancer

Tuesday, October 29, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Student Activities Center, Bertolini Student Center, Santa Rosa Campus

Eric Hernandez, Lumbee Hoop Dancer, is invited to present & perform. Check out the TedX video on YouTube.

Brijit smiling at the camera with the ocean and bright blue sky in the background

Healing Circle with Brijit Alemán

Wednesday, October 30, 9:00 - 11:00 am

Student Activities Center, Bertolini Student Center, Santa Rosa Campus

Join us to share and listen and be supported in community with Santa Rosa Junior College Native American & Latina psychotherapist Brijit Alemán in the Bertolini Student Activities Center. Light refreshments provided by the Native American Center. Brijida “Brijit” Alemán is an Alumni of SRJC with an AA in Psychology, AS in Administration of Justice, Corrections Certificate, and Children in the Justice System Certificate. She received her B.A. in Psychology from Sonoma State University, and her Master’s in Counseling Psychology from The Wright Institute in Berkeley, and is pursuing dual licensure as a Marriage and Family Therapist and Professional Clinical Counselor. Brijit was born and raised in Santa Rosa, CA and is a multicultural, first-generation college graduate. She is Native American from the Hopland Band of Pomo Indians, Mexican American, and the daughter of migrant farm laborers. Brijit has been at SRJC since 2009, working in College Skills, Financial Aid, Disability Resources, and now as a bilingual mental health clinician in our Student Psychological Services serving marginalized populations such as Spanish-speaking, Latinx, Native American, undocumented, and formerly incarcerated students.

a medicine bag with the background of the dessert and sunset

 

Medicine Bag Workshop

Tuesday, November 5 | 3:00 - 4:30 pm

Santa Rosa Intercultural Center, Pioneer 380, Santa Rosa Campus

Explore Native American tradition and spirituality during our Medicine Bag Workshop. Limited space, please RSVP for this event with JD at jduran2@santarosa.edu.

movie cover of smoke signals. Three people smiling at the camera

Movie Night - Smoke Signals

Tuesday, November 12 | 5:00 - 7:00 pm

Santa Rosa Intercultural Center, Pioneer 380, Santa Rosa Campus

Come join us for some laughs while we watch this classic film – refreshments included. 

Erica and Mary smiling at the camera

All Our Relations Reading Group

Thursday, November 14, 5:00 - 6:30pm

Online, zoom registration

Dr. Churchill and Dr. Tom facilitate the All Our Relations Reading Group to provide opportunities for students, faculty, staff, and the public to read texts and join in conversations about issues in Native American Studies, Indigenous Studies, Environmental Studies, and all areas that allow us to explore our connectedness with all our relations. This semester, we are excited to feature the selected essays from Colors of Nature: Culture, Identity, and the Natural World. "Listening for the Ancient Tones, Watching for Sign, Tasting for the Mountain Thyme" by Gary Paul Nabhan "Learning the Grammar of Animacy" by Robin Wall Kimmerer "Becoming Métis" by Melissa Nelson

a beading loom with a finished blue, red, black, white, yellow beading design.

Beading workshop

Tuesday, November 19 | 3:00 - 4:30 pm

Santa Rosa Intercultural Center, Pioneer 380, Santa Rosa Campus

Explore traditional Native American crafting and experience the fun of beadwork. Limited space, please RSVP for this event with JD at jduran2@santarosa.edu.

cover of the movie Powwow Highway. A car on a desert road driving into a sun set made of of clouds that look like a horse and rider

Movie Night - Powwow Highway

Tuesday, November 26 | 5:00 - 7:00 pm

Santa Rosa Intercultural Center, Pioneer 380, Santa Rosa Campus

Come join us while we watch a classic Native American film – refreshments provided