November 2009

• "Opening Day"

11/5, 11:30am to 2:30pm (Honor Grove)

       This event will feature traditional dancing,

Fry Bread Tacos, handmade craftwork, student    presentations and raffle prizes!!

• Flex Workshop: Native American Art and Basket weaving

11/12, 1:30-3:30pm (Library 206)

As a part of the celebration of Native American Heritage Month at COC, this workshop will introduce the complex distinctions of Native American artwork vs. craftwork as well as basket weaving history and techniques. Participants will be guided through the traditional basket making process and at the end of the workshop take home their very own basket!

• Keynote Presentation

11/16, 7-9pm (Mentry 318)

"Ancient Enterprises: How the prehistoric Tataviam forged a living and modern day Tataviam's efforts to revitalize their culture."

Discussion will focus on prehistoric Tataviam subsistence practices and their significance to Santa Clarita Valley's cultural history

Laurie Solis, COC Anthropology Department

• Film Screening of "Chiefs"

11/19, 2:30-4:30pm (Mentry 318)

FREE PIZZA!!!!

It's been seven years since the Wyoming Indian High School Chiefs have won a state championship in basketball. For most schools, this is a rather unremarkable statistic. But for the inhabitants of the Wind River Indian Reservation, who have experienced a century and a half of injustice, basketball is a form of empowerment, self-expression, and access to the world outside "the Rez." By using basketball as a vehicle, CHIEFS explores what it means to grow up Native American at the turn of the 21st century.

Directed by Daniel Junge, 2002. Not Rated.

• COC Day at the Autry National Center

11/21 (Griffith Park)

Bring your COC ID card and pay only $1 for admission! (only 1 ticket per Id card)