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Featuring Jingledress exhibition style dancing by Aurora Mamea and Fancy Shawl dancing by Istuyee Montez, and Ohlone handgames and storytelling by Corinna Gould.

Tule Elk Park - 2110 Greenwich St. (Fillmore and Webster Streets)

This free children’s event is scheduled to run from 3:30pm-5:00pm.

Featuring members of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe, this event will feature educational lectures about local history and politics from a Native American perspective.

Dolores Park — (Between Dolores and Church, and 18^th and 20^th Streets)

This free event runs from 11:00am-2:00pm, and may be inappropriate for young children.

Featuring Sami and Dine (Navajo) dancing, songs, and drumming by Anno Elkhart and Loren Nakai, and Jingledress and fancy shawl dancing exhibition, contemporary Native American music and poetry by Aurora Mamea & Istuyee Montez.

Hans Schiller Plaza, The Visitacion Valley Greenway Project — (Leland Ave and Peabody Street)

This free event is scheduled from 1:30pm-2:30pm, and is for all ages.

Featuring flutist and storyteller Walter "OGI" Johnson and Pomo Pnaci culture and exhibition dance styles by Eileen Boughton, and men’s Northern Traditional Style dancing by Val Shadowhawk.

Holly Park — (Bocana Street and Holly Park Circle, near Cortland Street)

This free event is scheduled from 1:00pm-2:30pm, and is for all ages.

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This event will be part of the Glen Park Family Fest and will feature basketweaving demonstrations and oral histories by Kathy Wallace, Kimberley Stevenot & Lydia Bojorquez of the California Indian Basketweavers Association, with a video of Vivian Hailstone, a widely respected elder weaver.

Glen Park — (Bosworth and Elk Streets)

This free event is scheduled from 11:00am-1:30pm and is appropriate for all ages.

Featuring Sage LaPeñya discussing native plants and their traditional uses, and a history lecture on various uses, styles and their traditional significance by the California Indian Basketweaving Association.

Brooks Park — (Shields and Arch Streets)

This free event is scheduled from 2:30pm-4:00pm and is appropriate for all ages.

Featuring Ben Cunningham discussing/playing traditional elderberry flutes and cane whistles and Kimberly Cunningham presenting stories and the history of Northern Mewuk peoples and culture. Clarence Hostler and Charlie Thom will give oral histories of their families and tribal culture.

Buena Vista Park — (Buena Vista West and Java Street or Upper Terrace — Top Circle)

This free event is scheduled from 12:00pm-2:30pm and is appropriate for all ages.

Featuring a discussion of the history and importance of shell work in Karuk culture, and an oral history of her grandmothers by Linda Vit. Lucy and Julia Parker will also speak about and demonstrate traditional acorn preparation and uses for plants.

Heron’s Head Park — (Cargo Way and Jennings Street)

This free event is scheduled from 11:00am-3:00pm and is appropriate for all ages.

Featuring traditional dancing by Eileen Boughton and Val Shadowhawk and a performance by Stronghold Drum, a Traditional Northern Style native youth drum group.

Holly Park — (Bocana Street and Holly Park Circle, near Cortland Street)

This free event is scheduled from 1:00pm-2:30pm, and is appropriate for all ages.

Featuring Charlie Thom and Clarence Hostler hosting and narrating "Tales From Northern California: Coyote’s Journey," a Native American film. Ben Cunningham will discussing/playing traditional elderberry flutes and cane whistles. Malcolm Margolin of News For Native Californians will be the Master of Ceremony for the evening.

Koret Library — (Grove Street and 8^th Street)

This free event is scheduled from 6:00pm-7:30pm, and is appropriate for all ages.

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Featuring "The Beginning of Chumash," a Native American short documentary film by Monique Sonoqui that incorporates the tribe’s oral histories as told and sung by Chumash elders and youth. "Tales From Northern California: Coyote’s Journey," is another Native American film that will be aired in an impromtu outdoor theatre near the park. Shola Giles will also show her award winning short film on indigenous women and the Bay Area Native community Pow-wow circuit.

This free event is scheduled from 8:30pm-10:30pm, and is appropriate for all ages.

Featuring Walter "OGI" Johnson who will tell stories about the healing powers of the flute while demonstrating the process of flute-making, from raw cane through heat treating processes to the final product. Sage LaPeñya will discuss native plants and their traditional uses, and Anno Elkhart and Loren Nakai will perform Sami and Dine (Navajo) dancing, songs, and drumming.

Strybing Arboretum — (Golden Gate Park — Lincoln and 9^th Avenue)

This free event is scheduled from 12:00pm-2:30pm, and is appropriate for all ages.

May 11-13 — Stanford University — Eucalyptus Grove at Galvez & Campus Drive

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