Our 2009-2010 academic year is off to a great start. We at EOP - American Indian Cultural Resource Center are excited about our event calendar and would love the chance to meet and get to know you better at these events! Whether or not you identify as American Indian/Native American or not, everyone is encouraged to become a part of our community! We have American Indian students, staff, faculty, community, and alumni, as well as supporters from all these groups that are active participants at our events and within our community.

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Fall Events 2009

American Indian Awareness Social

September 24, 2009
5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
San Miguel / San Nic Lawn
This event will be a great opportunity to experience American Indian traditional dance & music. Meet with our incoming first year, continuing and transfers students. Connect with old friends, while making new ones. Free Indian Tacos! We hope to see you all there!!

Chumash Powwow

October 17-18, 2009
Live Oak campground

Near San Marcos Golf Course off Hwy. 154

Experience a local powwow! Traditional dance & music! Come join us!

Media That Nurtures: Gregory Coyes

Gregory Covyes

Monday, October 19
4 p.m.
Lecture/MCC Theatre

For the last twenty-five years, Gregory Covyes has been producing award-winning films and television in the Metis and First Nations communities of Canada. His work has been broadcast on Canadian and international networks, including the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network. In this lecture, Coyes will consider what we regard as values in our communities, why it is of value in our communities, and what approach we take in the treatment of this information to bring it to a wider public audience.

25th Annual Activities Fair

October 21, 2009
Stork Plaza

Meet your 2009-2010 EOP Mentors! Learn about American Indian resources here at UCSB and beyond. Also, don’t forget to enjoy our delicious fry bread!

Alcatraz is Not an Island

November 4, 2009
6:00 PM
Film & Discussion / MCC Theatre
In November 1960, a small group of Native American Students and urban Indians began the occupation of Alcatraz Island in the San Francisco Bay Area. Eventually joined by thousand of Native Americans, they reclaimed “Indian Land” for the first time since the 1880s, forever changing the way Native Americans viewed themselves, their culture, and their sovereign rights.

Harvest Dinner

November 5, 2009
6 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Corwin Pavilion

As one of our largest events of the year, the Harvest Dinner is a celebration of our community and ancestry. If you have yet to attend the Harvest Dinner, this is your chance!