2018 Native Life in the City Gala

Please join United Indians of All Tribes Foundation for our annual benefit gala. Native Life In The City: Walking in Two Worlds will be held at the Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center in Discovery Park on April 21, 2018 in support of Daybreak Star and United Indians of All Tribes Foundation.

Since 1970, nonprofit United Indians has served low-income Native Americans of all Tribes from throughout the Puget Sound area. We are honored to continue upholding founder Bernie Whitebear’s mission to provide educational, cultural, and social services that reconnect Indigenous people in the Puget Sound region to their heritage by strengthening their sense of belonging and significance as Native people.

Dinner, Awards, Silent Auction and Fun

All proceeds directly fund the critical social, educational, and cultural services United Indians provides to American Indians and Alaska Natives of all tribes and ages throughout the Puget Sound area.

Tickets and Registration – SOLD OUT
Ages 21 and over.   We encourage you to pre-register your credit card prior to noon on Saturday, April 21, 2018.  Then when you arrive at the Native Life In The City Gala, you can breeze through Registration! Your credit card will not be charged unless you make a purchase at the NLIC Gala. unitedindians.ejoinme.org/nativelife2018.

2018 NATIVE LIFE IN THE CITY AGENDA

4:30 – Doors open and check in begins

5pm – Silent auction and reception (upstairs)

5:30 – 5:45 – Fashion Show (upstairs) MEKA designs, and Materialize Native Pride

6:00 – Silent auction closes and everyone transitions downstairs

6:15 – Opening prayer song and welcome – Sondra Segundo, Haida Tribe & Mike Tulee, Yakama Tribe, UIATF Executive Director

6:20 – Veterans welcome –Mel Sheldon, Tulalip Tribe

6:25 – Dinner Buffet opens

6:45 – Hoop Dancer – Ryan Yellowjohn, Shoshone Bannock & Quechan Tribes

7:00 – Dessert Dash

7:15 – Key note speaker – Karina Walters, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Associate Dean for Research & Co-Director and Principal Investigator of the Indigenous Wellness Research Institute of UW

7:30 – Raise the Paddle

7:40 – Award ceremony and honor song – Ramona Bennett and Snoqualmie Tribe.  Honor song by Deyo Esquivel

8:00 – Closing ceremonies and check out – Fred Charles and Mike Tulee

Bernie Whitebear Award Nominations

Bernie Whitebear dedicated his life to celebrating traditional and modern Indian ways and to challenging outsiders’ perceptions. He is best remembered for leading the takeover of the land where the Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center now sits, and for founding United Indians of All Tribes Foundation to ensure that the urban Indian community will always have a cultural home.

In Bernie’s honor, each year we recognize one individual who has made a difference in our community through perseverance, commitment, passion and love for our people and community. Thank you for your nomination.