Heritage & Health Series Program

Lecture I: Native American Homage & Voting Advocacy
10 a.m.–Noon

Featuring Kanyon "Coyote Woman" Sayers-Roods: Activist, CEO, and Cultural Representative of Canyon Mutsun Band of Costanoan Ohlone People. Also speaking is Foothill College communication professor Che Meneses.

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Meeting ID:  924 3603 7104
Passcode:  180354

ELECTION DAY

Your vote is your voice.

Lecture II: Equity in Education
Noon-1 p.m.

Featuring Dr. Greg Sarris: author, eEducator, & tribal chair of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria. Debut of his new Native American History Curriculum for high school students nationwide.

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Film Discussion: Smoke Signals
10–11 a.m.

Attend this event after watching Smoke Signals, a 1998 film about how a Native American deals with the death of his estranged father. Foothill College social justice instructor and equity librarian Laura Gamez will host a debrief in a safe space to discuss the film and Native American topics.

Watch Smoke Signals here

For Zoom access, RSVP Erin Ortiz at ortizerin@fhda.edu with your first and last name and CWID.

Lecture III: Leadership
2-3 p.m.

Featuring Foothill College alumni, indigenous youth activist, & U.S. Air Force member Daisy Rosalez.

Lecture IV: Social Justice
3-4 p.m.

Featuring our empowerment speaker Daisy Rosalez

For Zoom access to either or both lecture events, RSVP Erin Ortiz at ortizerin@fhda.edu with your first and last name and CWID.

College Hour: Band
Noon-1 p.m.

Featuring Paul Aguilar, co-founder of NAHM, and his band Medicine Road.

For Zoom access, RSVP Erin Ortiz at ortizerin@fhda.edu with your first and last name and CWID.

Lecture V: Youth Advocacy
Noon-1 p.m.

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Meeting ID: 926 4524 1479

Please join Foothill College Native American Heritage Month Co-founder and Language Arts Instructor Dr. Scott Lankford and Alexis Bunten, coordinator of Bioneers Indigenous Youth Program for Native American youth and Native Americans, for a conversation about Native American Heritage Month and issues surrounding youth.

Alexis Bunten, (Aleut/Yup’ik) has served as a manager, consultant and applied researcher for Indigenous, social and environmental programming for over 15 years. After receiving a BA in Art History at Dartmouth College, Alexis returned to Alaska, where she worked at the Sealaska Heritage Institute, and the Alaska Native Heritage Center in programming. Read Bunten's bio here.

Lecture VI: Indigenous People's Day
10-11:30 p.m.

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This year, we will celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day by recognizing Indigenous American Nations and traditions from Alaska, to Chile, and Hawaii.

While we will focus on the cultures, belief systems, and practices that have enabled Native Peoples to survive for the past 500 years, it’s important that we also examine the politics of oppression and resistance.

Miguel González, an educator, entrepreneur, and cultural activist from East San Jose, will lead participants through storytelling, poetry, and music to recognize and reclaim the sacred knowledge of how to live and be Indigenous American