San Juan College Indigenous Peoples' Day

10/07/2021

10/05/2021

Great day for all Indigenous people. Today a proclamation was signed for, "Indigenous Peoples Day" by the Fresno City Council! Our own FAIHP Board Member, Leece Lee Oliver was one of the guest presenters. City of Fresno will be holding a outdoor ceremony on October 11th to formally present the proclamation.

10/13/2020

Today is Indigenous Peoples' Day in La Plata County.
On October 6, 2020, the Board issued the Proclamation.
We were honored to have the entire Southern Ute Tribal Council join our meeting and share their thoughts about the day and their hopes and visions of cooperation and good relationships among Native American people and people of other cultures in our community.
La Plata County is blessed to be enriched culturally, socially, professionally and in many other ways by Native Americans living with us, on and off of tribal lands.
We were also joined by Kathryn Redhorse, Executive Director of the Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs and Ernest House, Jr., a Ute Mountain Ute tribal member and former ED of CCIA. Unfortunately, Ute Mountain Tribal Council was not able to join.

10/12/2020

10/12/2020

Happy Indigenous People's Day/Week! Please join us for an amazing week of programming! Please share.

10/12/2020

Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day!

10/09/2020

Feel free to share! This year SJC is reflecting on what we have accomplished and what we plan to fulfill through recognizing IPD. Ahe'hee'.

10/08/2020

🎉 Join the Int'l Indigenous Youth Council for a virtual showcase filled with Indigenous artists, singers, dancers, activists & knowledge carriers from across Turtle Island. We will be coming together to celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day & to fundraise for Indigenous K-12 students in New Mexico’s Cuba Independent School District gain access to online schooling & Kumeyaay Defense Against the Wall youth Land Protectors 🧑🏾‍🎨🎶🧠

✦✦ Event Link: donorbox.org/ipd-wisdom-art-activism ✦✦
✦✦ RSVP via Zoom: tiny.cc/ipd ✦✦

Official Lineup includes:

✦ Alfonso with
✦ Azteca Sirias .sirias
✦ Elizabeth Swanson Andi .v.swan
✦ iiwaa (Jay Mercado)
✦ JaeFKae (Jalen Kobayashi)
✦ JB the First Lady
✦ Lyla June
✦ Mario Ollicoyotl Ramirez
✦ Mazahuatl Martinez
✦ Phoenix Amaterasu .wav
✦ Ramona Big Eagle
✦ Sadie-Phoenix Lavoie
✦ Sareya Taylor
✦ Skwel’tapis Ned .sunshinehorse
✦ Theresa Williams
✦ Tia Wood
✦ Tonantzin Muhammad
✦ Vania Luna Gutierrez

MC’s:
✦ Riss Hill .hill & José Gomez III
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72% of the kids Cuba ISD serves are from the Navajo & Jicarilla Apache Reservations. This year enrollment numbers have gone up, so they’re struggling to provide those students w/ needed laptops, & replacing broken ones. Internet connection is pretty much non-existent on the Reservations when all schooling is online. There are 3 hotspot locations, but they are so widespread that some kids need to drive 20+ miles to get access to the internet. They’ve been requesting Wifi jetpacks & struggling to allocate funds. Donations made through this event will be sent directly to Cuba ISD to help in this process.
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We stand in solidarity with all those who have been impacted by colonialism especially through recent manifestations of stolen land, Coronavirus, and lack of access to education. Our goal is $10k! If you are interested in contributing, please make a donation today.