Native American Heritage Month
Recurring Programming
NARI Study Hall
Every Monday from 12:00-2:00pm (11/4, 11/18, 11/25)
Looking for a dedicated space to study and get your work done? Join us in the Conference Room every Monday for NARI Study Hall! This program is open to all to attend, and created specifically with study needs in mind. We utilize the Pomodoro Method to structure studying and also build in some time in to chat with your peers. We hope to see you there! Study Hall is held at the Native American Academic Student Success Center (located in the University House).
Native American Pre-Law Association (NAPA) General Meeting
Every Monday from 5:00-6:00pm (11/4, 11/18, 11/25)
Interested in learning more about tribal law and working with Native peoples and nations? Come and join the Native American Pre-Law Association's General Meetings, located in the Conference Room of the Native American Academic Student Success Center (located at the University House).
Veggie Up! Produce Weekly Drop-Off
Every Tuesday at 12:00pm (11/5, 11/12, 11/19, 11/26)
In partnership with the Student Farm and the Fresh Focus Program, the Native Nest receives fresh organic produce every Tuesday for students to take home and cook with free of charge! This resource is available while produce lasts through the week, and we hope that you take advantage of it. Produce can be found in the back kitchen area of the Native American Academic Student Success Center (located in the University House).
Drop-In Writing Support
Every Tuesday from 3:30-4:30pm (11/5, 11/12, 11/19, 11/26)
In partnership with the Academic Assistance and Tutoring Centers (AATC), the Native Nest is pleased to offer Drop-in Writing Support with Writing Specialist, Ariel Loring. If you have questions about an essay, cover letter, or other piece of writing, stop by the space and meet with Ariel! Hosted in the Native American Academic Student Success Center (located in the University House).
Native American Student Union (NASU) Beading Circle
Every Wednesday from 1:00-2:00pm (11/13, 11/20)
Come and join the Native American Student Union for their weekly beading circle! Beading supplies provided. Located in the Conference Room of the Native American Academic Student Success Center (located in the University House).
Native American Studies Department Drop-In Advising
Every Thursday from 10:00am-12:00pm (11/7, 11/14, 11/21)
Interested in learning more about courses in Native American Studies or majoring or minoring? Come meet with the Native American Studies Department (NAS) Student Affairs Officer, Jeremiah Thompson! Jeremiah holds his drop-in advising in Main Room of the Native American Academic Student Success Center (located in the University House).
Community Drum Practice
Every Thursday from 6:00-8:00pm (11/7, 11/14)
Join the student community drum group for weekly Powwow-style drum practice at the Native American Academic Student Success Center (located at the University House)! Interested in learning more? Email Chimaway at vchlopez@ucdavis.edu.edu for more information.
American Indian Science and Engineering Society General Meeting
Every other Friday from 9:30-10:00am (11/1)
Interested in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) and learning more about the Native American STEM community on campus? Come and learn more about the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) Chapter here at UC Davis! Meetings are held every other Friday in the Main Room of the Native American Academic Student Success Center (located in the University House).
Native American Student Union (NASU) General Meeting
Every Friday from 1:00-2:00pm (11/1, 11/8, 11/22)
Join the Native American Student Union's weekly general meeting to learn more about events happening in the community and meet with other Native students! Meetings held in the Conference Room of the Native American Academic Student Success Center (located at the University House).
UC Davis Powwow Committee Meeting
Every Friday from 2:00-3:30pm (11/1, 11/8, 11/22)
Planning for the Annual UC Davis Powwow is already underway! Hosted by the Cross Cultural Center (CCC), Powwow Committee is focused on working to make the annual powwow the best possible event it can be. If you have questions or would like more information, please email Monica Robles at macevesrobles@ucdavis.edu. Meetings are hybrid (in-person and online), with in-person meetings held in the Conference Room of the Native American Academic Student Success Center (located in the University House).
Heritage Month Programming
Community Breakfast - Sponsored by the Native American and Indigenous Advisory Committee to the Chancellor
Monday, November 4 from 9:00-10:30am in the Main Room of the Native American Academic Student Success Center (located in the University House)
Join a community breakfast for all students, staff, and faculty to provide input for community activities for the academic year.
Bingo Night - Sponsored by the Cross Cultural Center
Monday, November 4 from 4:00-7:00pm in the Multipurpose Room of the Student Community Center (Second Floor)
Join us for night of bingo! Whether you're a bingo pro or just want to try your luck, this is the perfect chance to win prizes, meet new folx, and build community. Please RSVP for the event by October 31 using the following link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfiK6yufhQNE7nKglvOVNMY2xIJEk6pWPv7T1OFLE1GMEC_Rw/viewform.
Waffle Wednesday
Wednesday, November 6 from 10:00am-12:00pm at the Native American Academic Student Success Center (located in the University House)
Join us for some waffles and pancakes at our monthly Waffle Wednesday! Build your own breakfast complete with all the fixings, hang out with friends and community, and meet some new faces, too!
Beading Circle - Sponsored by the Native American Student Union (NASU) and Native American Faculty and Staff Association (NAFSA)
Wednesday, November 6 from 12:00-2:00pm in the Conference Room of the Native American Academic Student Success Center (located at the University House)
Come and join NASU and NAFSA for a joint beading circle between students, staff, and faculty! We look forward to seeing you there; supplies provided!
Community Presentation
Thursday, November 7 from 11:00-11:30am in the Main Room of the Native American Academic Student Success Center (located in the University House)
Come learn about the different communities we all come from and some of the research folks are doing around campus! This Community Presentation will be hosted by Angelina Vargas, one of the Native Nest's Scholar Staff and a third-year Animal Science Major here at UC Davis. The presentation will be hosted in the Main Room of the Native American Academic Student Success Center (located in the University House).
Beading Circle - Sponsored by UC Davis School of Medicine Tribal Health Prime
Thursday, November 7 from 12:00-2:00pm in the Conference Room of the Native American Academic Student Success Center (located at the University House)
In partnership with the Native American Academic Student Success Center, the UC Davis School of Medicine Tribal Health PRIME (THP) students and staff are excited to invite you to our very first Beading Circle event! In honor of Native American Heritage Month, this event is to bring our community members and allies together for community building, fun, and food. We hope to see you there! Please RSVP by 5:00pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2024 by completing this form: https://tinyurl.com/BeadingCircle2024
Native American Graduate and Undergraduate Student Retreat: Strengthening Our Kinship - Sponsored by the Native American and Indigenous Advisory Committee to the Chancellor, American Indian Recruitment and Retention, and the Native American Studies Graduate Student Association
Saturday. November 9 from 9:00am-3:00pm @ Location TBD
Interested in learning more about graduate school and programs and also meeting with other Native students across campus? Consider joining the retreat! RSVP and more information to come.
Paracord Bracelet Workshop
Tuesday, November 12 from 12:00-1:00pm in the Conference Room of the Native American Academic Student Success Center (located in the University House)
Come make your own paracord bracelet with us here at the Native Nest! We'll walk you through the steps and also provide materials for you to use. We hope to see you there!
Wellness Wednesday: Mindful Walk and Craft Session
Wednesday, November 13 from 2:30-3:30pm in the Conference Room of the Native American Academic Student Success Center (located in the University House)
Come join us on a mindful walk to the Gorman Museum and then join afterwards for a hosted art session at the Native Nest! Materials will be provided, and we will walk to the Gorman Museum from the Main Room in the NAASSC.
Coffee Talks: Cultivating Kinship as Liberation: Weaving Possibilities With Community Values, Human Rights Aspirations, and the Giggles of Our Ancestors
Thursday, November 14 from 12:00-2:00pm in the Conference Room of the Native American Academic Student Success Center (located in the University House)
In our November Coffee Chat, knowledge weaver Paul David Terry explores how kinship can inspire pathways towards joy, hope, resistance, and liberation. Participants will engage in learning, discussion, and connection through storytelling, ancestral joys, and a human rights kiki, where our deepest sorrows and wildest wonders will shape our understanding of kinship.
A Span of Indigenous Language Reclamation with Laura Grant - Sponsored and Supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the UC Davis Native American Language Center, and the UC Davis Department of Native American Studies
Thursday, November 14 from 4:10-5:30pm in Room 3114 of Hart Hall (Third Floor)
One language worker remembers a trajectory of strategies over the last 25 years. The work of the Kawaiisu community will be at the center of this story. This is an opportunity to hear about and discuss various approaches to community-based language work and ask questions.
Laura Grant is a community organizer, language learner and teacher, immersion methods coach, and documentary media producer. She supports Indigenous peoples in their drive for language reclamation as a means to strengthen their communities. Beginning in 1997, her association with Paul Chavez and Elders Norma Nelson, Luther Girado, Betty Hernandez and Lucille Girado Hicks have been central in guiding her actions as a language advocate.
Sponsored and supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the UC Davis Native American Language Center, and UC Davis Department of Native American Studies.
UC Davis Native American Counselors Workshop
Friday, November 15 from 9:00am-5:00pm at the Native American Academic Student Success Center (located in the University House)
In partnership with Undergraduate Admissions, the Native American Retention Initiative is hosting a workshop for counselors and staff who work with Native American Youth in preparation for applying to university. Please RSVP using the following link by November 8: https://forms.gle/u4WkNHiWJr7Q2Zat7.
Indigeneity, Urbanity, and Rurality: Recognizing Indigenous Diversity in British Columbia - UC President's Postdoctoral Fellow JJ Manson (Human Ecology Seminar Series)
Monday, November 18 from 12:00-1:00pm in Room 142 in Hunt Hall
JJ Manson's Abstract: This talk will be divided into three parts, all centered on the theme of recognizing and respecting Indigenous diversity. Part One will focus on contextualizing Indigeneity in British Columbia. Part II will seek to answer the question: how do Indigenous persons who live in the Vancouver region of British Columbia conceptualize and enact work and their economic lives? Using exploratory, qualitative research with Indigenous persons who live in the Vancouver and Nanaimo regions of British Columbia, I find that Indigenous residents faced multiple forms of dispossession, alienation, and misrecognition (such as those associated with racism, sexism, and ableism) that negatively impacted their work and economic experiences. I also argue that Indigenous residents used multiple economic discourses (such as cosmopolitanism, privilege theory, treaty discourse, relationality, and solidarity) and practices (working in the gig economy, quitting their jobs, humor, embodied activism, and engaging in Indigenous customary practices) to understand and overcome their dispossession, alienation, and misrecognition, and to build communities and a sense of self in distinct ways. Informed by these insights, I conclude by reflecting on the implications of the discourses and practices Indigenous persons used to comprehend and apprehend the economic world. Part III will focus on the presenter’s current and future research on Indigeneity in British Columbia.
Power in the Process: Engaging Legal Systems for Indigenous Rights
Monday, November 18 from 4:00-6:00pm in Room 2302 at the UC Davis School of Law (King Hall)
There is power in the process of engaging legal systems to protect, recognize, and/or uphold Indigenous rights and responsibilities. This conversation with Professor Natsu Taylor Saito, hosted by Professor Beth Rose Middleton Manning and the Aoki Center, will consider three legal systems - Indigenous legal systems, Federal Indian Law, and International law focused on Indigenous Human Rights--centering examples of engaging and navigating these systems to reach empowering outcomes, even in the face of duress and resistance. While the US has not recognized international decisions in favor of Indigenous rights, the process of engagement and the outcomes still have powerful ramifications for Indigenous peoples, epistemologies, and homelands.
Hosted by Dr. Beth Rose Middleton Manning and The Aoki Center for Critical Race & Nation Studies.
Wellness Wednesday: Smudge the Vibes Away
Wednesday, November 20 from 2:30-3:30pm in the Conference Room at the Native American Academic Student Success Center (located in the University House)
Come and learn more about traditional use of white sage within Indigenous communities with our Community Advising Network (CAN) Counselor, Cresencia Cruz!
Community Drum Circle at Cuarto Dining Commons
Thursday, November 21 from 5:00-6:00pm outside of the Cuarto Dining Commons
The Community Drum Group will be performing several songs and providing a small talk on the importance of drumming before the Native Community-themed meal in the Dining Commons afterwards.
Elderberry Processing and Frybread Cook-Off
Friday, November 22 from 3:00-7:00pm at the Robert Mondavi Institute Test Kitchen
As we wind down Native American Heritage Month, we invite you to come join us for some elderberry processing and a frybread cook-off! We'll be processing elderberry from 3:00-4:00pm and cooking frybread from 5:00-7:00pm. Please RVSP using the following link, and we look forward to seeing you there: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf12svK0b0o9CrXTnWyhMdoeIE2cqMbATgR9lf4sWUYvhIkmQ/viewform?usp=sf_link.
Community Trip to Alcatraz for Sunrise Ceremony - Sponsored by the Native American Studies Graduate Student Association
Thursday, November 28
Any and all members of NASGSA can secure a free ticket to attend the Sunrise Ceremony. Make sure to contact NASGSA if you're a graduate student and are interested in attending/carpooling with us!
Native American Dining Experience at UC Davis Dining Commons (POSTPONED to December 5, 2024)
Thursday, December 5 from 5:00-9:00pm at the Cuarto, Segundo, and Tercero Dining Commons at UC Davis
In honor of Native American Heritage Month, the different Dining Commons across campus are creating Native American-themed meals for folks to enjoy for dinner. We encourage we you to attend and maybe even try something new!