Come join our Native American Foster Care, Relative Caregiver, Adoption support group held at Casey Family Programs in Seattle, We are support group for caregivers who are taking care of Native American Foster Care children, or have adopted. We meet once a month, every second Wednesday of each month at Casey Family Programs in Seattle, WA, from 6:30-pm- 8:30pm. Dinner is provided each and every month, beginning at 6:30pm.

This group is also open to folks who are interested in learning more about becoming a licensed foster parent. Each month we provide trainings on different topic for adult caregivers such as: Learning about ICWA, (Indian Child Welfare Act), ACEs ( Adverse Childhood Experiences, suicide prevention for foster care youth.

At our group a second track is included for children, we provide cultural activities for kids who attend. Some activities we have done in the past, has been drum making, regalia designing, and medicine bag making.
Each month we update in 'Discussion' section with an updated flyer of what topics and menu will be provided for that month.

Come join our Native American Foster Care, Relative Caregiver, Adoption support group held at Cowlitz Tribal Health in Tukwila, WA. We are support group for caregivers who are taking care of Native American Foster Care children, or have adopted. We meet once a month, every second Wednesday of each month at Cowlitz Tribal Health in Tukwila, WA, from 6:30-pm- 8:00pm. Dinner is provided each and every month, beginning at 6:30pm.

This group is also open to folks who are interested in learning more about becoming a licensed foster parent. Each month we provide trainings on different topic for adult caregivers such as: Learning about ICWA, (Indian Child Welfare Act), ACEs ( Adverse Childhood Experiences, suicide prevention for foster care youth.

At our group a second track is included for children, we provide cultural activities for kids who attend. Some activities we have done in the past, has been drum making, regalia designing, and medicine bag making.
Each month we update in 'Discussion' section with an updated flyer of what topics and menu will be provided for that month.

Come celebrate with us as we honor those who fought tirelessly for the creation of Daybreak Star as a social and cultural home for our local urban Native community.

In 1970, in response to disproportionate rates of poverty and lack of access to necessary health and social services, hundreds of Native activists and their allies occupied Fort Lawton, a recently decommissioned U.S. Army Base. This grueling month long occupation, met with both immense outside support as well as military and police violence, resulted in activists obtaining a lease to nineteen acres of land in what is now known as Discovery Park, and the eventual creation of Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center. Since our founding in 1970 by beloved leader Bernie Whitebear, United Indians’ has grown to support ten different programs which serve 1,000 clients each year and provide a whole host of critical services and cultural activities.

Join us as we march down Bernie Whitebear Way in recognition of the powerful work of past and present activists in uplifting our Urban Native community, and stay for a free community meal.

9:30am - Doors open, coffee & pastries served
10:30am - Meet at gate for a commemorative march down Bernie Whitebear Way led by Randy Lewis
11:30am - Opening prayer (Yakama Vets), welcome
12:00pm - Lunch served
12:30pm - Slideshow
12:45pm - Red Eagle Soaring performs piece from "Resurrection City"
1:00pm - Speakers
1:30pm - Honorings of original invaders
2:00pm - Dessert
2:30pm - Closing prayer

Come join our Native American Foster Care, Relative Caregiver, Adoption support group held at Casey Family Programs in Seattle, We are support group for caregivers who are taking care of Native American Foster Care children, or have adopted. We meet once a month, every second Wednesday of each month at Casey Family Programs in Seattle, WA, from 6:30-pm- 8:30pm. Dinner is provided each and every month, beginning at 6:30pm.

This group is also open to folks who are interested in learning more about becoming a licensed foster parent. Each month we provide trainings on different topic for adult caregivers such as: Learning about ICWA, (Indian Child Welfare Act), ACEs ( Adverse Childhood Experiences, suicide prevention for foster care youth.

At our group a second track is included for children, we provide cultural activities for kids who attend. Some activities we have done in the past, has been drum making, regalia designing, and medicine bag making.
Each month we update in 'Discussion' section with an updated flyer of what topics and menu will be provided for that month

Mother Earth and her indigenous peoples are under attack!

In the illegitimate provence known as British Columbia, militarized Royal Mounted Canadian Police are forcibly removing the Wet’suwet’en People from their sovereign and unceded land to clear the path for a (Coastal GasLink) pipeline that will mean more death and destruction for all sacred life on earth.

In Washington State, our First People's way of life is facing a new level of attack as our salmon and orca are facing extinction due to climate disater caused by toxic fossil fuels.

In the face of these destructive acts, we gather to pray for strength for the Wet'suwet'en and all those indigenous peoples standing up for our Mother Earth, and to protect & restore our Salish Sea and all that we hold sacred. We Stand with hereditary chiefs!

WHAT: Peaceful Prayer Walk in Solidarity with the Wet'suwet'en Nation, followed by a Water Blessing Ceremony

WHERE: Meet at Foster Bridge in the Seattle Arboretum. (Copy coordinance paste into Maps 47.642090, -122.292056 ) Walk from the Arboretum to Volunteer Park and then down Broadway/Denny to Myrtle Edwards Park.

WHEN: 10am Walk from Foster Bridge, Arboreturm;
2pm Water Blessing Ceremony at Myrtyle Edwards Park

BRING: Dress warmly and in red if you can, bring signs of support, snacks, and water from your location to participate in the water blessing ceremony

SAVE THE DATES: Prayer Walks also planned for February 29th in Tacoma and March 7th in Olympia. Check back here for updates.

#WetsuwetenStrong #StandWithWetsuweten #ProtectTheSacred #NoFrackedGas
#NoTarSandsOil #ClimateEmergencyJayInslee

The Muckleshoot Winter Powwow is being held in the Muckleshoot Tribal School Gym, with Grand Entry at 1:00 PM.

Master of Ceremonies: Anthony Bluehorse

Arena Director: Ryan Yellowjohn

Golden Age (55+)

Men’s categories combined

Women’s categories combined

$200 - $150 - $100

Adult Categories (18-54)

Men’s traditional, men’s grass, men’s fancy

Women’s traditional, women’s jingle, women’s fancy

$200 - $150 - $100

Teen Categories (13-17)

$100 - $75 - $50

Junior Categories (6-12)

$50 - $30 - $20

Owl Dance Special

$200 - $150 - $100

First 8 drums paid. All public invited.

Vendor information contact Bear James (253) 350-4411 or bear.james@muckleshoot.nsn.us

For further information please contact Charles Williams (253) 285-4035 or Charles.williams@muckleshoot.nsn.us

[Not liable for theft or accidents. No drugs or alcohol. No smoking on school grounds.]

Tlingit & Haida WA Chapter and the Seattle Community Council are co-hosting the Alaskan Native Brotherhood and Alaskan Native Sisterhood Local Camp #36.

Light lunch: Sisterhood stew, coffee, tea, water & dessert.

Join us for the closing of smɫi with a celebratory reception and film screening! Enjoy conversation with Roin, refreshments, and a community viewing of Derrick J. LaMere's "United by Water". We have been so honored to display Roin's work at Sacred Circle Gallery. Read more about the exhibition and their inspiration below!

Artist Statement:

"How do we grieve? What do we value? After attending the premiere of local director Derrick J. LaMere's, “United by Water” (War Pony Pictures) in Oct 2017, which shows the first tribal canoe journey and gathering at Kettle Falls since the Ceremony of Tears in 1943, I began to conceptualize a body of work that could hold the complexity of grief + pride the film left me with. Created during the summer of 2018 and ranging in medium + execution from gouache, charcoal, and carving to ready-made sculptural objects, these pieces are as much a prayer as they are a protest; a temporary memorial to beckon our deity the Chinook smɫi Salmon back home to our river."

Hosted by Duwamish Longhouse and Cultural Center

Join us for our annual Native art market and gift fair this holiday season! Free and open to the public, this event features local vendors and Native makers and artists showcasing goods including wood carvings, bead work, drums, prints, paintings, and more. Grab some fry bread and hot coffee and escape the Seattle winter for two weekends in November and December to find the perfect gifts for family, friends, or yourself!

United Indians was part of a team of Native activists and allies that successfully advocated for the City of Seattle to recognize the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples’ Day in 2014. They commemorate the day annually with a rally and march downtown, followed by speeches, Native cultural performances, and a community dinner at Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center. All are welcome, Native and non-Native alike!

INTERESTED IN BECOMING AN OFFICIAL INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' DAY PARTNER?

If your business is hoping to honor Native community and culture while receiving exceptional publicity this year, we would love to talk to you! If you commit to donating 10% of your profits from Indigenous Peoples' Day, you'll receive a host of great benefits which can be found here:

https://www.unitedindians.org/events/indigenous-peoples-day

Please email mwilcox@unitedindians or call 206.829.2244 with any questions!

www.unitedindians.org

info@unitedindians.org

Monday, October 14, is Indigenous Peoples' Day in the City of Seattle and at the Burke Museum! There will be Indigenous performances, including UW groups, and opportunities to engage in conversation about the Burke's collections throughout the day.

With working labs you can see into, one-of-a-kind objects all around you, and galleries filled with curiosity and conversation, it’s a new kind of museum—and a whole new way to experience our world.

Throughout Grand Opening Weekend, the new Burke Yard outdoor space will be transformed into a festival with multicultural music and dance performances, family-friendly activities, and food trucks.

Learn more about Grand Opening and see the Museum’s calendar for more events: http://bit.ly/2meCcgx

In honor of its collaborations with Indigenous communities, the Burke Museum invites all Indigenous peoples to see the new museum before it opens to the public at a free Indigenous Preview on Thursday, October 10, from 4–7 PM.

Book a timed ticket ahead of your visit:

- Advance timed tickets are offered every 60 minutes throughout the day. If advance tickets are still available, they will be listed at burkemuseum.org/tickets.

- Please arrive as close as possible to the entry time listed on your ticket. There is a lot to see and do at the Burke Museum, so we suggest allowing between 1 1/2 and 2 hours to make the most of your visit.

- Walk up admissions may be available on a first come, first served basis as museum capacity allows.

The Association for Washington Archaeology invites you to travel back in time and immerse yourself in the history and culture of the Columbia Plateau's native people during Spokane Archaeology Day on The Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture (MAC) grounds.

 Open to the public, this family-friendly event will allow visitors to experience the methods archaeologists use to learn about the heritage of the Inland Northwest.

Among the activities, visitors will be able to conduct an archaeological survey and a mock excavation; learn how to identify historic artifacts; make tools through flint knapping; and practice zooarchaeology by studying animal bones. You're going to dig it!

Spokane Archaeology Day is sponsored by the following organizations:

Association for Washington Archaeology (AWA)

EWU Archaeological and Historical Services

Bureau of Land Management, Spokane District

Colville National Forest

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Kalispel Tribe of Indians

Colville Confederated Tribes

Spokane Tribe of Indians

Yakima Nation

Historical Research Associates

Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture (MAC)

Join Cherri Foytlin, Anne White Hat and Mark Tilsen of the L’eau Est La Vie Camp to hear firsthand accounts from years of Indigenous led resistance to pipelines. Come hear from three of the most effective organizers on Turtle Island about ongoing work fighting back against Energy Transfer Partners, community resiliency in the Gulf South and visions and plans for how to fight back. They will be touring with Mutual Aid Media’s film “L’eau Est La Vie From Standing Rock to the Swamp.”

$20 suggested donation at door - all funds go the L’eau Est La Vie Camp and its projects, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds.

The L’eau Est La Vie Camp is a continuation of our fight in Standing Rock, and furthermore a continuation of the centuries old fight to protect sacred stolen territory. The Camp centers the voices of indigenous, black, femme, and two spirit organizers. The camp fought in the bayous of Louisiana, Chata Houma Chittimacha Atakapa-Ishak territory, to stop constriction of Energy Transfer Partner’s Bayou Bridge Pipeline - the tail end of the Dakota Access Pipeline. The camps sustained resistance campaign delayed the completion of the Pipeline over a year. In addition to costing ETP upwards of a billion dollars, the L’eau Est La Vie Camps galvanized the fight for climate justice in the Gulf South and serves as an amazing example of how effective a small group of committed activists with powerful leadership can be.

You can donate directly to support the tour at:
Paypal: riselouisiana@gmail.com
Venmo:@LELV
Gofundme: https://www.gofundme.com/LELVC

For more information about the L’eau Est La Vie Camp: lelvcamp.org

For inquiries, media requests or if you’d like to help support the tour: leauestlaviecamp@gmail.com