The San Manuel Pow Wow, billed as the largest in Southern California, featured traditional bird singers and dancers, drum singing groups and vending from artisans representing Indian tribal nations from across North America and Canada. It took place over three days at Cal State San Bernardino.
The celebration, free and open to the public, caps the week-long California Indian Cultural Awareness Conference, which will see more than 1,500 elementary school students and their teachers from throughout the Inland Empire visit the campus to learn firsthand about California’s Native American culture, history and customs.
The San Manuel Pow Wow, billed as the largest in Southern California, is a three-day celebration free to the public, featuring traditional bird singers and dancers, drum singing groups and vending from artisans representing Indian tribal nations from across North America and Canada.
One of the highlights of the month includes a closing ceremony on Wednesday, Nov. 29, featuring state Assemblymember James Ramos, D-Highland, bird singers and words of wisdom from CSUSB Indigenous leaders.
The film explores the genesis of the exploitation of Native American culture. There will be a screening and panel discussion on Nov. 2 at noon to 3 p.m. in the SMSU Theater.
The San Manuel Pow Wow was once again held at CSUSB — a three-day celebration featuring traditional bird singers and dancers, drum singing groups and artisans representing Indian tribal nations from across North America and Canada.
The celebration, free and open to the public, caps the week-long California Indian Cultural Awareness Conference, which will see more than 1,500 elementary school students and their teachers from throughout the Inland Empire visit the campus to learn firsthand about California’s Native American culture, history and customs.
The San Manuel Pow Wow is a three-day celebration free to the public, featuring traditional bird singers and dancers, drum singing groups and vending from artisans representing Indian tribal nations from across North America and Canada.
Nena Torrez (education) was interviewed for a segment on the Project Impact initiative to increase the number of K-12 male teachers of color, and Annika Anderson (sociology) discussed the work of Project Rebound, which assists the formerly incarcerated enroll at CSUSB and obtain their college degrees.