Native American Heritage Month
Wednesday, Nov. 27
Native American Heritage Day Celebration & NAHM Closing Ceremony
Noon–1:30 p.m.
Dining Hall
Please join us as we welcome back Miguel Gonzalez, a Native American with much to share about the Indigenous culture. Miguel will be playing flutes and drums, sharing poetry, and offering insights into his culture.
Enjoy a special meal with your Foothill College friends as we honor Native American Heritage Day. This event is meant to bring light to the plight of the Indigenous People, while celebrating our union as friends from all walks of life in the modern age. We will have an acknowledgement of Native American roots and history, along with an understanding for the true practice of gratitude.
Complimentary food and beverages will be provided.
Tuesday, Dec. 3
Muwekma Flag Raising Ceremony & Trail of Truth Panel
Noon–2:00 p.m.
Starts at 1900 flagpole/continues in the Dining Hall
More event details to follow. Please save the date on your calendar for this historic event.
Art Installation: Roots of Resistance
Dining Hall • All Month
Resistance against erasure is an essential and foundational element of Indigenous activism, community organizing, and Native artistic movements- from the development of literary movements, to fresh counter-narratives presented through television and film.
Native American people have long fought for self-determination, starting with countering inaccurate and dehumanizing stereotypes that permeate popular culture today, to demanding visibility on our academic and political platforms. It is important to recognize the existence of tribal nations today who have survived colonial violence and genocide and take note of the many ways Native people have been able to thrive despite this violent history of attempted erasure.
Artist Bio
About the Installation
NAHM Planning Committee Members
Thank you to all our students, faculty and staff who helped plan our NAHM events this month.
- Ashley Rajaa
- Neomi Kyaw
- Adanna Ihenacho
- Dr. Tiffany Rideaux
- Catalina Rodriguez
- Judith Walgren
- Fatima Jinnah
- Hilda Fernandez
- Christopher Yang
- Ulysses Acevedo
- Victoria Strelnikova
Native American Heritage Library Resources
Visit our Native American Heritage guide for a list of books, articles, and websites on Native Americans in California—with an emphasis on Ohlone Indian heritage.
Take ENGL 7: Native American Literature
Offered Winter 2025, Fully Online, CRN 31599
Readings include traditional creation myths, songs, and stories from a variety of tribal cultures; nineteenth and twentieth century autobiographical narratives; and significant works of fiction, poetry, and non-fiction prose by contemporary Native American authors.
View ENGL 7 course description and outline for more details.
Why Land Acknowledgement?
Get some knowledge here from the National Museum of the American Indian about their importance to the cultures that cared for this land for millennia.
Land acknowledgment is a traditional custom that dates back centuries in many Native nations and communities. Today, land acknowledgments are used by Native Peoples and non-Natives to recognize Indigenous Peoples who are the original stewards of the lands on which we now live.
What is Foothill's Land Acknowledgement?
Horše túuxi! (Hor-sheh troo-hee)
Foothill College recognizes that it is located on the ethnohistoric territory of the ancestral and traditional land of the Puichon Thámien Ohlone-speaking People, and the successors of the historic sovereign Verona Band of Alameda County, presently identified as the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of the San Francisco Bay Area. This land was and continues to be of great importance to the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe and other familial descendants of the Verona Band.
We recognize that every member of the greater Foothill College/Los Altos Hills community has, and continues to benefit from, the use and occupation of this land, since the institution's founding in 1957. Consistent with our values of community, inclusion, and diversity, we have a responsibility to acknowledge and make known through various enterprises Foothill College's relationship to Native peoples. As members of the Foothill College/Los Altos Hills community, it is vitally important that we not only recognize the history of the land on which we live, work, and learn, but also, we recognize that the previously federally recognized Muwekma Ohlone Tribal People are alive and flourishing members of the Foothill College/Los Altos Hills and broader Bay Area communities today. Aho!
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