American Indian Heritage Month

My Once Life

Event Type
Culture & Community
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
My Once Life is a hybrid video poem about the continuing impact of colonization on tribal peoples. Native people resist their violent history and contemporary political struggles by engaging with deep historical knowledge and creating new oral histories. The author asked her native female friends to read her poem for a few reasons: one, to show the diversity of tribal nations living in Los Angeles, and second, to show the passion and collective connection Indigenous women have to their tribal history.
Event Date
Event Location

Online
United States

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Event ID
10347659
Event Main Image

Legacy of Exiled NDNZ

Event Type
Culture & Community
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
Legacy of Exiled NDNZ documents the lives of young American Indians currently living in Los Angeles. This non-fiction story is told through the voice of a handful of young adults who have either migrated from their respective reservations over the course of their lives or who continue to survive as offspring of families who relocated from various tribal reservations through the 1956 Indian Relocation Program. We glimpse the maturing adolescent lives of urban Indians as they pay tribute to the first generation of relocated (exiled) American Indians from the 1950s.
Event Date
Event Location

OnlIne
Los Angeles, CA
United States

Event Lat/Long
37.09024, -95.712891

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Event ID
10347629
Event Main Image

Digital Atlas of California Native Americans

Event Type
Culture & Community
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description

The Digital Atlas of California Native Americans was created at the California Department of Parks and Recreation with financial support from the DRAM Antitrust Settlement. It is an online multimedia tool designed to help students and the public visualize California before, during, and after European occupation. The focus is on the Native American experience, including map layers and informational pages. The Atlas consists of five main parts: The Atlas Map, the Cultural Portals, the Tribal Atlas Pages, the Natural Resource Atlas Pages, and the Regional Timelines.

Event Date
Event Location

Online
Online
Online, NY 10001
United States

Event Lat/Long
40.7136487, -74.0087126

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
(800) 805 5385
Event ID
10347599
Event Main Image

LIVING RESISTANCE PANEL DISCUSSION: COMMUNITY HEALING, A DECOLONIZED APPROACH FROM RADICAL WOMEN OF COLOR

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Film
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
Jocelyn Ramirez moderated Community Healing: A Decolonized Approach from Radical Women of Color as part of The Ford’s Living Resistance festival. This panel discusses ways to heal minds, bodies, and spirits through alternative approaches with wellness practitioners Claudia Serrato, Adriana Alejandre, and Dania Cabello.
Website Link
theford.com/about/watch-and-listen/ford-digital-festivals-living-resistance?watch-and-listen=
Event Date
Event Location

Online at the Ford
United States

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Event ID
10340747
Event Main Image

Indian Alley: Pamela J. Peters on the Urban Migration of American Indians

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Film
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
The work of Diné artist and documentarian Pamela J. Peters addresses the complex relationship between Native Americans and the US government, exploring the history of coercive assimilation, displacement, and cultural erasure. In this program, Peters screens her short film Indian Alley (2021) to discuss the migration of American Indians to urban centers such as Los Angeles under the false promises of government relocation programs.
Website Link
youtube.com/watch?v=h1-0m6bYmOM
Event Date
Event Location

Online at the Getty Center
United States

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
310.440.7300
Event ID
10345185
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The American Mosaic: The American Indian Experience

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
The online archive encompasses over 2,000 primary and secondary sources. Centering American Indian voices and perspectives, The American Indian Experience engages students with the historical experiences and contemporary practices of more than 150 Native American tribes across North America.   This electronic resource includes biographies of famous political and social figures, primary and secondary sources, and includes speeches, court cases, quotations, advertisements, photographs, maps, and other images.
Website Link
americanindian-abc-clio-com.ezproxy.lapl.org/
Event Date
Event Location

Los Angeles Library – Online
Los Angeles, CA
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0522342, -118.2436849

tags

Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
Free with Library Card
Event ID
10340381
Event Main Image

Celebrate Native American History Month with Books and Movies on KANOPY, HOOPLA and LIBBY

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Film
Music
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
You can stream films for free and on-demand on Kanopy and Hoopla and download e-books and audiobooks on Libby. The services have an extensive library of American Indian books, cinema, and documentaries that are free with your city of Los Angeles or Los Angeles County library card.

 

kanopy.com/en/lapl/category/67095
hoopladigital.com/collection/9967
libbylife.com/2023-11-06-books-to-read-during-native-american-heritage-month
Website Link
https://www.lapl.org/
Event Date
Event Location

Online
Los Angeles, CA
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0522342, -118.2436849

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Event ID
10342898
Event Main Image

Los Angeles County Library American Indian Resource Center

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
The American Indian Resource Center (AIRC) was established in 1979 by the Los Angeles County Library to address informational needs for and about American Indians in Los Angeles County. The AIRC collection is the largest public library collection of its kind in the U.S. AIRC is also an information center that announces events, classes, and conferences pertaining to American Indians—local, regional, and national—on topics ranging from health issues to education, legal issues, economic issues, politics, and culture.
Website Link
lacountylibrary.org/american-indian-resource-center
Event Date
Event Location

Huntington Park Library
6518 Miles Ave.
Huntington Park, 90255
United States

Event Lat/Long
33.9803535, -118.2186682

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
323.583.1461
Event ID
10343264
Event Main Image

Native Land Digital Map

Event Type
Culture & Community
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
Native Land Digital is the largest free interactive map of Indigenous territories available online. It strives to create and foster conversations about the history of colonialism, Indigenous ways of knowing, and settler-Indigenous relations, through educational resources such as our map and Territory Acknowledgement Guide. We strive to go beyond old ways of talking about Indigenous people and to develop a platform where Indigenous communities can represent themselves and their histories on their own terms. In doing so, Native Land Digital creates spaces where non-Indigenous people can be invited and challenged to learn more about the lands they inhabit, the history of those lands, and how to actively be part of a better future going forward together.
Website Link
https://native-land.ca/maps/territories/tongva-gabrieleno
Event Date
Event Location

Online
Online
Online, NY 10001
United States

Event Lat/Long
40.7136487, -74.0087126

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
(800) 805 5385
Event ID
10346676
Event Main Image

SHADES OF LA PHOTO COLLECTION

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
The library has an archive of over 7,000 photographs representing the contemporary and historic diversity of families in Los Angeles. Images were chosen from family albums and copied in a project sponsored by Photo Friends, a library support group. They include daily life, social organizations, work, personal, and holiday celebrations. In addition to the images, there are oral histories about living in Southern California.
Website Link
lapl.org/collections-resources/photo-collection/shades-la
Event Date
Event Location

Los Angeles Library – Online
Los Angeles, CA
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0522342, -118.2436849

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Event ID
10344481
Event Main Image
American Indian Heritage Month