KQED celebrates
American Indian
Heritage Month
Program and Resource Guide
November 2009
Some programs repeat additional
times on these channels. Visit
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digital program schedule.
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Monday 9
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7:30am World | Desert Speaks Shadows of the
Ancients examines the evidence suggesting
that the ancestral Pueblo Indians marked
astronomical events. | R (World) 10:30am
8:00pm Life | Blackfeet Encounter explores the
deadly confrontation between the Blackfeet
people and the Lewis and Clark expedition.
9:00am Kids | Postcards from Buster Hoops and
Drums (Lander, Wyoming). On the Wind River
Reservation, Buster meets kids from the
Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribes.
9:00pm Life | American Experience We Shall
Remain: After the Maylflower. The first of
five episodes explores the polar strategies
the Wampanoag people employed in their
struggle to maintain their identity.
9:00am World | River of Renewal | H | tells how the
crisis in Northern California’s Klamath Basin
was turned into a surprising truce. | R (9HD)
11/15 6pm
10:30pm Life | Gallery: The National Museum of
the American Indian charts the unveiling
of the first Smithsonian Museum dedicated
exclusively to American Indians.
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11:00pm KQED 9HD | Independent Lens | H | Power
Paths is an exploration of energy through the
eyes of Native Americans. | HD | R (9HD)
11/4 5am; (Life) 11/4 10pm; (World) 11/8 9pm
Wednesday 4
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7:30am World | Desert Speaks Living Traditions
of the Tohono O’Odham. Learn how tribal
members pass down practices of saguaro
fruit harvesting and basket weaving.
| R (World) 10:30am
5:00am KQED 9HD | Independent Lens | H | Power
Paths. | HD | RR 11/3 11pm | R (Life) 11/4
10pm; (World) 11/8 9pm
9:00am World | For the Rights of All: Ending Jim
Crow in Alaska | H | is the inspiring story
of Alaska Natives who, through nonviolent
social change, overcame prejudice,
disadvantages, and blatant bigotry to
win justice for all Alaskans. | HD | R (9HD)
11/15 2pm
Friday 6
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7:00am World | History Detectives
#706. | R (World) 10am
Saturday 7
5:00pm World | Two Rivers Reconciliation
| H | A handful of whites and Native
Americans grapple with the radical
differences of their cultures.
5:00pm Life | Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge
The Southwest: Zion and Canyon de Chelly.
5:30pm Life | Burt Wolf: Travels and Traditions
Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Sunday 8
Cover photo: (front row l. to r.)
Edgar Santiago, Javen Thompson, Emiliano
Antone, and Lukas Aguilar; (at back) Pierre
American Bear-Halsey. credit: Welland Lau.
Tuesday 10
1:32pm KQED 9HD | Lonely Island: Hidden
Alcatraz | q | Explore the ruins where Civil
War soldiers protected California’s gold from
Confederate plots and see where Native
Americans made a thrilling statement for
self-determination. | HD | R (Life)
11/15 10:30pm
6:00pm KQED 9HD | Truly CA: Our State, Our
Stories | q | Pikyav chronicles the Karuk
tribe’s efforts to regain their cultural identity
and restore their right to manage the
ecologically wondrous landscape along the
Klamath River. | R (World) 11/14 4pm
EVEN ING
9:00pm Life | American Experience We Shall
Remain: Tecumseh’s Vision. Shawnee
warrior Tecumseh and his brother, the
prophet Tenskwatawa, organized an
ambitious pan-Indian resistance movement.
10:30pm Life | From the Top at Carnegie Hall
Taste of America. Christopher O’Riley
presents a rumba for the saxophone played
by 17-year-old Kevin Olusula.
11:00pm KQED 9HD | Independent Lens March
Point. Three teens from the Swinomish tribe
investigate the impact of oil refineries on
their community. | HD | R (9HD) 11/11 5am;
(World) 11/14 5pm
Wednesday 11
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5:00am KQED 9HD | Independent Lens
March Point. | HD | RR 11/10 11pm
| R (World) 11/14 5pm
Photo: ©Larry Gus.
Programs
KQED Public Television proudly
celebrates the diversity of our
community with a special lineup
in September on KQED Channel 9
and and HD (the high-definition
channel, Comcast 709, digital 9.1).
This guide also lists programs
airing on the following digital
channels, which are available to
viewers on Comcast cable and/or
via a digital receiver:
Life (Comcast 189, 54.3),
World (Comcast 190, 9.3), and
Kids (Comcast 192, 54.4).
Tuesday 3
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E V E NING
9:00pm Life | American Experience We Shall
Remain: Trail of Tears. In 1838, thousands of
Cherokee were forced from their homes in
the southeastern United States.
7:00pm KQED 9HD | The Mystery of Chaco
Canyon Visits the site in northwest New
Mexico. | R (9HD) 11/16 1am; (World)
11/21 4pm
10:30pm Life | Indian Boarding Schools: Keeping
the Culture Alive Beyond the Mesas. The
Hopi community sought to preserve their
culture as the government attempted to
assimilate them.
7:00pm Life | Independent Lens Water Flowing
Together. An intimate portrait of dancer
Jock Soto. | R (9HD) 11/16 1am; (World)
11/21 4pm
Thursday 12
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7:00am World | Alan Alda in Scientific American
Frontiers Coming to America. Who were the
first Americans, and when did they arrive?
| R (World) 10am
9:00pm Life | Waila! Making the People Happy
| H | This native instrumental music features,
saxophone, electric guitar, bass, and drums.
E V E NI N G
9:30pm Life | Summer Sun, Winter Moon | H |
A Blackfeet Indian poet and a composer
work on a symphony about the Lewis and
Clark expedition.
8:30pm Life | Words on the Wind | H | blends
readings of contemporary Native American
poetry with original music, scenes of tribal
lands, and sounds from the natural world.
10:00pm World | To Brooklyn and Back: A Mohawk
Journey | H | looks at Quebec’s Kahnawake
Reserve and New York’s ironworking
community in the mid 20th century.
9:00pm Life | American Experience We Shall
Remain: Geronimo. The healer and leading
warrior led the final Native American fighting
force to surrender
to the United States.
Friday 13
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7:00am World | History Detectives
#705. | R (World) 10am
9:00pm Life | American Experience We Shall
Remain: Wounded Knee. Political and
economic forces led to the emergence of the
American Indian movement in the 1960s.
Saturday 14
6:00pm KQED 9HD | Jim Thorpe: World’s
Greatest Athlete | H | chronicles the sports
star’s life, Olympic gold-medal wins, and
support of American Indian rights. | D | HD |
Sunday 15
noon Photo: Terry Bender.
8:00pm Life | Maria Tallchief Maria’s own voice
and archival clips tell the story of how she
became the first major ballerina in the U.S.
KQED 9HD | Playing for the World:
The 1904 Fort Shaw Indian Girls
Basketball Team | H | looks at a unique
team of Native American women who played
basketball at a Montana boarding school in
1902. | HD | R (World) 9pm
1:00pm KQED 9HD | Frontier Visionary: George
Catlin and the Plains Indians In the 1830s,
Catlin was the first major artist to travel beyond
the Mississippi and live with American Indians.
1:30pm KQED 9HD | Lost Bird of Wounded Knee
A Lakota child survives the massacre only
to suffer a life of abuse when adopted by a
white couple.
2:00pm KQED 9HD | For the Rights of All: Ending
Jim Crow in Alaska | HD | RR 11/4 9am
6:00pm KQED 9HD | River of Renewal
| RR 11/3 9am
Monday 16
Thursday 19
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7:00am World | Alan Alda in Scientific American
Frontiers Fat and Happy? discusses the
Native American movement to get back to
traditional wild-food diets. | R (World) 10am
2:00pm KQED 9HD | California’s Golden Parks
Ahjumawi. Join Huell as he visits the
Ahjumawi Lava Spring State Park and the
Native Americans who live in the area.
Friday 20
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7:00am World | History Detectives Civil War-Era
Submarine/Red Cloud’s Pipe/The Edison
House includes an investigation of an
American Indian pipe that may have
belonged to the famous warrior Chief Red
Cloud. | R (World) 10am
Sunday 22
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9:00pm World | Nova Pocahontas Revealed tells the
Native American side of the Jamestown story.
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1:00am KQED 9HD | The Mystery of Chaco
Canyon | RR 11/15 7pm | R (World)
11/21 4pm
Monday 23
2:00pm KQED 9HD | California’s Gold
California’s State Parks explores the
Providence Mountain State Recreation
Area and Indian Grinding Rock State
Historic Park.
11:00pm KQED 9HD | P.O.V. Standing Silent Nation
recounts the legal struggles of a Lakota family
who planted hemp after other crops had
failed. | R (9HD) 11/24 5am; (Life) 11/24 10pm
Tuesday 17
2:00pm KQED 9HD | California’s Gold Important
Places includes a visit to the Sherman
Institute High School, an off-reservation
boarding school for Native Americans.
Wednesday 18
2:00pm KQED 9HD | California’s Gold Salmon
Fishing. Huell learns about Native American
fishing techniques on a trip to Eureka.
EVEN ING
Tuesday 24
EA RLY
5:00am KQED 9HD | P.O.V. Standing Silent Nation.
| RR 11/23 11pm | R (Life) 11/24 10pm
7:00am World | History Detectives The Spirit of St.
Louis/Gary Powers’ “Suicide Pin”/Image of
Apache Warrior Geronimo. | R (World) 10am
Saturday 28
3:00pm World | Stories in Stone | H |
The Narragansett Tribal stonemasons built
stone walls that wind picturesquely through
New England.
3:30pm World | Remembered Earth: New
Mexico’s HIgh Desert Interpretes the myth,
beauty, and power of a scarred but sacred
landscape of the American West.
5:00pm World | Time Team America Range Creek,
Utah explores remote red-rock canyons where
Fremont Indians lived 1,000 years ago.
Sunday 29
EVEN IN G
9:00pm World | Independent Lens Miss Navajo
follows contestants in their quest for the
Miss Navajo Nation crown.
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Resources
Advocacy
Please note that this is only
a small portion of the many
organizations that serve the
American Indian community
in the Bay Area. To add your
organization to this list or
update information
for next year’s guide,
please send an e-mail to
heritage@kqed.org.
Advocates for Indigenous
California Language Survival
707.644.6575; www.aicls.org
Fosters the restoration of indigenous
California languages by offering
language classes, teacher training, and
other education programs.
American Indian Activity Group/
Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory
925.423.7846
Promotes awareness and appreciation
of Native American culture through
special events at the lab and at
various local venues; promotes higher
education for American Indian students
through scholarships.
American Indian Resources
Institute
209.460.0924, Stockton;
www.indianlawreporter.org
Publishes Indian Law Reporter, a
unique and comprehensive monthly
information journal for practitioners and
others involved in Indian law.
Bay Area American Indian
Two-Spirits
415.865.5616; www.baaits.org
Restores and recovers the role of
two-spirit people within the American
Indian community by creating forums
for their spiritual, cultural, and
artistic expression.
Black Native American Association
www.bnaa.org
An intertribal group of people who are
of both African American and Native
American heritage that honors the
world’s indigenous peoples.
California Indian Legal Services
760.746.8941 (main office);
www.calindian.org
With offices in Bishop, Escondido,
Eureka and Sacramento; provides free
and low-cost legal assistance to Native
American individuals and tribes.
Department of Veterans Affairs:
Native American Program
650.493.5000, ext. 64374
Ensures that the Department of
Veterans Affairs addresses the unique
circumstances and needs of Native
American veterans of the U.S. military.
This particular program is geared
primarily for Native American
employees of the Palo Alto VA
healthcare system, but its staff are able
to answer a wide range of questions
and make referrals.
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International Indian Treaty Council
415.641.4482; www.treatycouncil.org
An organization of indigenous people
from North, Central, and South
America and the Pacific; works for the
sovereignty and self-determination
of indigenous peoples and for the
recognition of indigenous rights,
treaties, cultures, and sacred lands.
Intertribal Council of California
916.973.9581; www.itccinc.org
A nonprofit statewide association
of more than 50 tribes that develops
programs to help tribes take care
of themselves.
Marin American Indian Alliance
www.marinindianalliance.org
Publishes a quarterly newsletter and
organizes cultural and educational
gatherings to promote and maintain
connections among American Indians
living in Marin County.
National Congress of
American Indians
202.466.7767, Washington, D.C.;
www.ncai.org
Serves as a forum for consensusbased policy development among its
membership of more than 250 tribal
governments; informs the public
and the federal government on tribal
self-government, treaty rights, and
federal policy issues affecting tribal
governments.
National Indian Justice Center
707.579.5507; 800.966.0662;
www.nijc.org
An Indian-owned and -operated
nonprofit that designs and delivers
legal education, research, and technical
assistance programs in an effort to
improve the administration of justice.
Oyate
510.848.6700; www.oyate.org
A community-based Native organization
that works toward honest portrayals of
Native Americans by evaluating texts,
resource materials, and fiction by and
about Native peoples; by conducting
teacher workshops; and by distributing
children’s, young adult, and teachertraining books and materials.
Running Strong for American
Indian Youth
703.317.9881 Alexandria, Va.;
www.indianyouth.org
Helps American Indians meet their
immediate survival needs—food, water,
and shelter—while implementing and
supporting programs designed to create
opportunities for self-sufficiency and
self-esteem, particularly for tribal youth.
Arts
Image: Stu-mick-o-sucks, Buffalo Bull’s Back Fat, Head Chief, Blood Tribe, 1832., courtesy of Smithsonian American Art Museum.
American Indian Film Institute
415.554.0525; www.aifisf.com
A media arts center that fosters
understanding of the cultures,
traditions, and issues of contemporary
Native Americans; encourages Native
and non-Native filmmakers to bring
to mainstream media Native voices,
viewpoints, and stories; works to
develop an audience for such films and
advocates for authentic representation
of Indians in the media.
California Indian Basketweavers
Association
530.668.1332; www.ciba.org
Preserves, promotes and perpetuates
California Indian basket-weaving
traditions by providing opportunities to
study traditional basketry techniques
and forms and to showcase work.
California Indian Museum and
Cultural Center
707.579.3004; www.cimcc.org
Educates the public about the history,
culture, and contemporary life of
California Indians and honors their
contributions to civilization.
California Indian Storytellers
Association
510.793.8208; www.cistory.org
Dedicated to the preservation,
perpetuation, enlivening, and promotion
of Indian storytelling, in both traditional
and contemporary form, for California
tribes and others.
California State Indian Museum
916.324.0971, Sacramento;
www.parks.ca.gov/indianmuseum
Celebrates the proud heritage of
California Indian culture, from the
traditions of the ancestors to the
work of contemporary Native artists.
Displays exhibits and artifacts
illustrating the cultures of the state’s
first inhabitants.
C.N. Gorman Museum, U.C. Davis
530.752.6567;
http://gormanmuseum.ucdavis.edu
Established in honor of Carl Nelson
Gorman—Navajo artist and advocate,
World War II code talker, and former
faculty member in Native American
studies. Changing exhibits feature
contemporary artwork in a wide range
of media, reflecting the canon in which
indigenous artists are working today.
Chaw’Se Regional Indian Museum
Located in Indian Grinding Rock State
Historic Park (see listing under PARKS
and SITES); houses outstanding
examples of the technology and crafts
of the Miwok and other Sierra Nevada
Native American groups. This site has
the largest bedrock mortar rocks in
North America.
Gallery of the American West
916.446.6662, Sacramento;
www.gallerywest.com
Features the work of American Indian
potters, jewelers, weavers, and carvers.
Houses a large collection of antique
California Indian basketry and other
American Indian artifacts.
Gathering Tribes
510.528.9038;
www.gatheringtribes.com
Showcases arts, crafts, and jewelry
from tribes across the country.
Grace Hudson Museum and
Sun House
707.467.2836, Ukiah;
www.gracehudsonmuseum.org
An art, history and anthropology
museum with changing interdisciplinary
exhibitions and public programs that
feature Western American art, California
Indian cultures, histories of California’s
diverse North Coast region, and the
work of contemporary regional artists.
Healdsburg Museum
707.431.3325;
www.healdsburgmuseum.org
A regional museum that records,
preserves and fosters an appreciation
for the history of Healdsburg and
northern Sonoma County.
Santa Rosa Junior College
Museum
707.527.4479;
www.santarosa.edu/museum
Houses collections of Native American
art with all North American Indian
culture areas respresented. Also houses
ethnographic art from the Americas and
parts of Africa, Asia, and the Pacific.
Maidu Interpretive Center
916.774.5934;
www.roseville.ca.us/indianmuseum
The center consists of an ancient Maidu
Indian village site, a Native American
museum and nature learning center;
offers old-ways workshops, seasonal
nature programs, and hands-on exhibits.
Marin Museum of the
American Indian
415.897.4064; www.marinindian.com
Dedicated to cultivating an awareness
and understanding of Native American
history and culture; features a lecture
series, a native plant garden, and a gallery
with rotating exhibits and demonstrations
by Native artists.
Museum of Craft and Folk Art
415.227.4888; www.mocfa.org
Fosters the appreciation and
understanding of craft and folk art from
diverse cultures and traditions through
exhibitions, educational programs, and
research publications.
Pacific Western Traders
916.985.3851;
www.pacwesttraders.com
Specializing in traditional and
contemporary arts of California’s Native
people; provides education resource
contacts; caters to collectors, students
of Indian cultures, and Native Americans
in search of traditional supplies.
Phoebe Hearst Museum of
Anthropology, U.C. Berkeley
510.642.3682;
http://hearstmuseum.berkeley.edu
Collects, preserves, researches and
interprets material culture to promote
understanding of the history and
diversity of human cultures; houses the
Native Californian Cultures Gallery.
Education
American Indian Child
Resource Center
510.208.1870; www.aicrc.org
Provides individualized tutoring,
academic advising, cultural arts, peer
support, and educational field trips
for American Indian youth. Works to
preserve and promote the integrity and
culture of American Indian youth and
their families.
American Indian Culture and
Education Program
925.313.0430;
www.americanindianeducation.com
Serves as a catalyst to further the
educational, social and cultural
development of Native American
students and their families in Contra
Costa County; programs include
tutoring, scholarships, drumming,
dancing, and a summer heritage camp.
American Indian Graduate
Program, U.C. Berkeley
510.642.3228;
www.grad.berkeley.edu/aigp
Provides individual recruitment and
student services to broaden academic
and professional opportunities for
American Indians and Alaska Natives
through graduate education.
American Indian Library Service,
Oakland Public Library,
Diamond Branch
510.482.7844; www.oaklandlibrary.org
Its collection includes approximately
1,500 volumes for adults and young
readers that cover Native American
history, culture, and arts.
California Department of
Education: American Indian
Education
916.319.0851; www.cde.ca.gov/sp/ai/
A program for local educational agencies,
Indian tribes and organizations, and
other entities about meeting the unique
academic, cultural, and linguistic needs
of American Indian students.
California Indian Library
Collection, California State Library
www.library.ca.gov
Provides resources and historical
references on California’s Indian
population.
Miwok Archeological Preserve
of Marin
415.491.0401; www.mapom.org
Offers classes in California Indian
arts for adults, including basketry,
bow making, native plant use, and
shell-bead making. Seeks to promote
accurate knowledge of the Coast
Miwok Indians—the first people of
Marin and southern Sonoma counties.
Native American Studies
Collection, Ethnic Studies Library,
U.C. Berkeley
510.643.1234;
http://eslibrary.berkeley.edu
An integral part of the project to
challenge mainstream histories with
research that produces educational
resources that are meaningful to Native
American communities.
American Indian Studies
Department, San Francisco
State University
415.338.1054 or 415.405.3928;
www.sfsu.edu/~ais/
Offers academic services to local,
regional, national and international
American Indian communities and
continues training and education of
American Indians both inside and
outside traditional academic realms.
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American Indian
Heritage Month
Programming on
KQED Public Radio
88.5 FM San Francisco
89.3 FM Sacramento
Voices of the West:
Veterans Day
Wednesday, November 11, 8pm
This Veterans Day program
from the Western Folklife Center
Media pays tribute to America’s
fighting men and women
through firsthand accounts
of battle as well as music and
poetry that draw inspiration
from the experience of war.
Highlights include archival
recordings made on the battlefield by World War II journalist
Alvin Josephy, an interview with
the first woman to serve in the
U.S. Marine Corps, and a Native
American comedian and singer
who channels his experiences
as a Marine into his jokes
and songs.
Native American Studies Program,
U.C. Berkeley
510.643.0796;
http://ethnicstudies.berkeley.edu/nas/
Part of the Department of Ethnic
Studies; broadens the understanding
of students interested in the history,
culture and contemporary situations of
Native Americans in the United States.
Native American Cultural Center,
Stanford University
650.725.6944;
www.stanford.edu/dept/nacc
The American Indian, Alaska Native
and Native Hawaiian Program serves a
diverse and underrepresented student
population by creating programs that
address the factors influencing Native
Americans’ progress and completion of
an academic degree.
Society for the Advancement of
Chicanos and Native Americans
in Science
831.459.0170 or 877.SACNAS.1 (toll free);
www.sacnas.org
Encourages Chicano/Latino and Native
American students to pursue graduate
education and obtain the advanced
degrees necessary for careers in
science teaching, and research.
Woodfish Institute
415.263.0423; www.woodfish.org
Provides innovative approaches
to Native American education and
the preservation of indigenous
healing methodologies.
Family/Children
We Shall Remain
Thursday, November 26, 8pm and
Saturday, November 28, 1pm
This one-hour special
complements the five-part
television special from PBS’s
American Experience (airing
at 9pm on the Life channel the
week of November 9) exploring
the Native American
perspective on pivotal
moments in U.S. history.
American Indian Child
Resource Center—See EDUCATION
Break the Cycle
888.988.8336; www.breakthecycle.org
Aims to end domestic violence by
working proactively with youth;
provides 12- through 22-year-olds
with preventive education, free legal
services, advocacy, and support.
Friendship House,
Association of American Indians
415.865.0964;
www.friendshiphousesf.org
Provides recovery services and
aftercare programs for American
Indians and their families, including
prevention and treatment of alcoholism
and other diseases of addiction;
promotes women’s health; offers
programs targeted to youth and
communities, including housing
assistance and job readiness training.
Hintil Kuu Ca Child
Development Center
510.531.8400
Part of the Oakland Unified School
District’s Children Centers program; a
unique child care program incorporating
Native American culture and values.
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Indian Child and Family
Preservation Program
707.463.2644
Represents a consortium of five tribes
in court when Indian children are
taken from their families; ensures that
the children are put in appropriate
foster homes and that the Indian Child
Welfare Law is being exercised.
Media
Health
News from Native California
510.549.2802;
www.heydaybooks.com/news
A unique quarterly magazine devoted
to the Indian people of California;
written and produced by California
Indians and those close to the
community; provides a portrait of
traditional and contemporary tribal
culture; reports on such topics as
health and the environment.
California Rural Indian
Health Board
916.929.9761; www.crihb.org
A network of tribal health programs
devoted to the needs and interests
of the Indians of rural California,
controlled and sanctioned by Indian
people and their tribal governments.
Indian Health Center of Santa
Clara Valley
408.445.3400;
www.indianhealthcenter.org
Ensures the survival of American Indian
families and individuals by providing
comprehensive health care for the
American Indian community.
National Native American AIDS
Prevention Center
720.382.2244; www.nnaapc.org
A Denver, Colorado-based nonprofit
that helps organizations that serve
Native communities to plan, develop
and manage HIV/AIDS prevention,
intervention, care, and treatment
programs.
Native American AIDS Project
415.431.6227; http://www.naap-ca.org/
Offers case management, treatment
advocacy, peer advocacy, traditional
healing and mental health services to
Native Americans living with HIV; offers
prevention education and outreach.
Native American Health Center
Alameda (administrative office):
510.747.3030
Oakland clinic: 510.535.4400
Healthy Nations Wellness Center,
Oakland: 510.434.1772
San Francisco clinic: 415.621.8051;
www.nativehealth.org
Provides medical/dental services,
infant/children programs, a guidance
clinic, AIDS prevention and treatment
services, and youth programs for
Native Americans and non-Natives.
San Francisco AIDS Foundation
800.FOR.AIDS (367.2437)
(trilingual hotline),
415.487.8000 (client services);
www.sfaf.org
Provides services and information to
people affected by and concerned
about HIV and AIDS; sponsors the
AIDS Walk and other events.
Bay Native Circle
KPFA/Berkeley: 510.848.6767
KFCF/Fresno: 559 233.2221
www.radiocamp.com/baynativecircle
A weekly radio show examining Native
issues, people, culture, and events.
Parks and Sites
Coastanoan-Ohlone Indian
Canyon Resource
831.637.4238; www.indiancanyon.org,
www.indiancanyonvillage.org
Provides resources and traditional
lands for ceremonies; situated in
the only federally recognized Indian
county in California; fundraising for
the construction of a village house is
under way.
Coyote Hills Regional Park,
Fremont
510.795.9385; www.ebparks.org
Preserves the fascinating
archaeological resources of the rich
wetlands and shell mound sites left by
the Ohlone Indians—the East Bay’s
original inhabitants.
Indian Grinding Rock State
Historic Park
209.296.7488, Pine Grove;
www.parks.ca.gov
Preserves petroglyphs and Northern
Sierra Miwok artifacts; also features
celebrations and demonstrations
throughout the year and houses the
Chaw’Se Regional Indian Museum (see
museum description under ARTS).
Kule Loklo Coast Miwok Cultural
Exhibit, Point Reyes
www.nps.gov/pore/historyculture/
people_coastmiwok.htm
Re-creates a Coast Miwok village,
where students can learn about Miwok
traditions and land-use ethics. Miwok
Archeological Preserve of Marin (see
listing under EDUCATION) offers
California Indian skills classes at Kule
Loklo in spring and fall.
Professional
Organizations
American Indian Chamber of
Commerce of California
Los Angeles; www.aicccal.org
Provides American Indian business
owners with educational, mentoring,
and networking opportunities.
American Indian Science and
Engineering Society
505.765.1052, Albuquerque, N.M.;
www.aises.org
Nurtures building of community by
bridging science and technology with
traditional Native values; provides
opportunities for American Indians and
Native Alaskans to pursue studies in
science, engineering, and business.
Association of American
Indian Physicians
405.946.7072, Oklahoma City
Dedicated to pursuing excellence
in Native American health care by
promoting education in the medical
disciplines, honoring traditional healing
practices and restoring the balance of
mind, body, and spirit.
Kathleen Russell Consulting
415.459.9211;
www.kathleenrussell.com
A strategic communications and
event planning firm assisting
Native communities and others in
achieving their social, economic,
and political goals.
Native American
Journalists Association
405.325.9008, University of Oklahoma;
http://naja.com
Serves and empowers Native
communicators through programs and
activities designed to enrich journalism
and promote Native cultures.
American Indian Heritage
Month Guide
Mana ging E ditor
Allyson Quibell
Art Director
Zaldy Serrano
KQED P ublic Television
Progr am Scheduling
Scott Dwyer
North American Indian Information
and Trade Center
520.622.4900, Tucson, AZ;
www.usaindianinfo.org
Preserves contemporary and traditional
Native American arts; provides consulting
services and referrals; conducts seminars
and workshops; publishes the Native
American Directory.
The Robert Toigo Foundation
510.763.5771;
www.toigofoundation.org
Supports the ongoing advancement
of exceptional minority businessdegree students and alumni within the
finance industry through fellowships,
mentoring, networking, leadership
development, and job placement
assistance.
Society of American
Indian Dentists
405.946.7072, Oklahoma City
Promotes dental health in the American
Indian community; encourages the
community’s youth in dentistry careers
and serves as a resource for students;
supports the unique concerns of
American Indian dentists.
Western American Indian Chamber
of Commerce
303 620.9292, Denver;
www.indiancountry.org
Helps American Indians achieve
self-sufficiency through business
success; provide a forum for members
to address legislative issues and
government concerns that affect
American Indian business.
KQED Program Information Line
415.354.8000
Recorded program schedules and
updates for KQED Channel 9HD;
the World, Life, and Kids channels;
and KQED 88.5 FM.
National Indian Council on Aging
505.292.2001, Albuquerque, N.M.;
www.nicoa.org
Serves as the nation’s foremost nonprofit
advocate for American Indian and
Alaska Native elders; strives to better the
lives of the nation’s indigenous seniors
through advocacy, employment training,
information, and support.
San Jose Indian Elders Group
408.294.0519
Sponsors social gatherings and
provides resources for American Indian
elders in the South Bay.
Websites
Black Indians and Intertribal Native
American Association
www.blackindians.com
Official website of the Binay tribe, with
articles, historical information, and
resource links.
NativeWeb
www.nativeweb.org
An international, nonprofit educational
organization dedicated to using
telecommunications to disseminate
information from and about indigenous
nations and peoples around the world.
Women
A Safe Place
510.986.8600 (business and counseling
center), 510.536.7233 (crisis line);
www.asafeplacedvs.org
Offers comprehensive services to
victims of domestic violence. Works to
decrease the number of women and
children returning to violent relationships
and educates the community.
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