INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY POW WOW A HUGE COMMUNITY CELEBRATION
By Mike (Ali) Raccoon Eyes Kinney
Berkeley's 18th Annual Celebration Indigenous Peoples Day Pow Wow and Indian Market was another was held this past Saturday, October 10, 2009.
In 1992 Berkeley first celebrated the new annual holiday, Indigenous Day.
This year was to come and celebrate the holiday to honor all of our Ancestors, the People continuing the struggle today and future generations.
Many of the Native Advocates and Activists, Indian Country agencies and non-profits came to share information and services.
Save the Shellmounds, Native American AIDS Project, Native American Health Center, Inc., Vallejo Intertribal Council/ SSPIRIT ,The Cherokee Society of the Greater Bay Area and the Richmond Native Wellness Center were there to outreach to the community.
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