United Indians of All Tribes Foundation - Daybreak Star

Daybreak Circle Time Connections - Supporting an LGBTQIA+ Youth in Care
2022-06-14 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | WA
In collaboration with Alliance CaRES, our Foster Care program invites foster care, adoptive, and kinship families of Native American foster children to participate in two sessions (June 14th AND 21st from 6:30pm-8:30pm on Zoom) on supporting LGBTQIA+ youth in care. There will be training certificates after the completion of the two classes. Register at bit.ly/alliancecares. We hope to see you there!

Fair Chance Employment and Paid Sick and Safe Time Workers' Rights Training
2022-05-26 16:00 - 17:00 | WA
This training gives Seattle workers an important opportunity to learn about their rights to fair chance employment and paid sick and safe time. The training will be held on Zoom: if you are interested, please register here to have the Zoom link sent to you shortly in advance of the training.

OSF - Child and Infant CPR Class
2022-05-15 12:00 - 14:30 | Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center, 5011 Bernie Whitebear Way, Seattle, WA, 98199, United States
Join Our Strong Fathers to learn child and infant CPR on May 15th at 12pm! Space is limited to 25 people, so be sure to register today! Current OSF participants will be prioritized, but the session is also open to the wider Daybreak Star community. Sign up here.

Foster Care Mini Powwow
2022-05-14 13:00 - 17:30 | Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center, 5011 Bernie Whitebear Way, Seattle, WA, 98199, United States
Save the date! Our Foster Care Program is hosting its 4th annual mini powwow, open to the public. This event is part of Foster Care Awareness Month (May), and we will be showing our gratitude to foster care families caring for Native foster youth. Our mini pow wow is a traditional/exhibition pow wow.
Note: This Pow Wow should not be confused for the big Seafair Pow Wow in July, but more of an introductory Pow Wow for those who are learning and those in the community that want to support and mentor them.

Commuter and Secure Scheduling Workers' Rights Training
2022-04-29 16:00 - 17:00 | WA
Seattle commuters: join our Native Workforce Services Program’s Outreach Specialist to learn more about your rights! The training will take place on April 29th at 4pm on Zoom. We look forward to seeing you there!

Sacred Circle Gallery Lawney Reyes Reception
2022-04-09 14:00 - 17:00 | Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center, 5011 Bernie Whitebear Way, Seattle, WA, 98199, United States
We are honored and excited to have a tribute exhibition for artist, designer, and author Lawney Reyes, one of the original founders of United Indians of All Tribes Foundation, in Sacred Circle Gallery. We will be hosting a reception for his show on April 9th from 2pm – 5pm at Daybreak Star, and hope to see you there.

Listening Session
2022-04-07 18:00 - 19:30 | WA
Our Kina’ole team at United Indians wants to hear from you! As you emerge from this pandemic, we want to know how to best serve you. Join us for a guided listening session focused on sharing your needs and the needs of those around you. This session is open to Native American, Indigenous, and Alaska Native families, children, and elders. Sign up here.

Veterans Honoring and Gathering
2022-03-26 11:00 - 17:00 | Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center, 5011 Bernie Whitebear Way, Seattle, WA, 98199, United States
Join our Veterans Program and Unkitawa for this event honoring our veterans!

Talking Circle - Our Strong Fathers
2022-03-24 18:00 - 20:00 | WA
Native and Pacific Islander fathers: join Our Strong Fathers for a Talking Circle on March 24th from 6-8pm at our Columbia City location! Snacks and drinks will be provided. Fathers will sign up to the program at the event, but no advance registration is required. See you there! For any questions, contact jladucer@unitedindians.org.

Planting Party
2022-03-19 11:00 - 15:30, 2022-03-12 11:00 - 15:30, 2022-02-26 11:00 - 15:30 | Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center, 5011 Bernie Whitebear Way, Seattle, WA, 98199, United States
Join us, Na’ah Illahee, and Green Seattle Partnership for a planting party! More information and registration (required) can be found here.

Minimum Wage and Wage Theft Workers' Rights Training
2022-03-17 16:00 - 17:00 | WA
Join Sharlene Wong, Outreach Specialist with our Native Workforce Services Program, to learn more about workers’ rights relating to Minimum Wage and Wage Theft in Seattle! The session will be held March 17th at 4pm on Zoom. This is a great opportunity for all Seattle workers to learn more about their rights: don’t miss it. Zoom link in image.

Daybreak Circle Time Connections - Beading Necklaces
2022-03-15 18:30 - 20:00 | WA
***This session has reached capacity and is no longer accepting registrations***
Foster, adoptive, and kinship families of Native foster youth are invited to join Daybreak Circle Time Connections to learn about beading necklaces! Register by March 10th by emailing talfred@unitedindians.org to have a beading kit delivered to you.

Preschool Community Listening Session
2022-03-04 18:00 - 19:30 | WA
Join Daybreak Star Preschool for their third community listening session, held on Zoom! Check back here for the link closer to the time. We look forward to seeing you!

Daybreak Circle Time Connections: Social Dancing
2022-02-15 18:30 - 20:00 | WA
Foster care, kinship and adoptive families of Native foster youth: join our Foster Care Program‘s Daybreak Circle Time Connections on February 15th to learn some social dances together on Zoom! Link to join in the flyer.

United Indians Native Art Market
2021-12-18 10:00 - 2021-12-19 18:00 | Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center, 5011 Bernie Whitebear Way, Seattle, WA, 98199, United States
Buy Local, Buy Native, Support Small Businesses this Holiday Season! Our December Native Art Market will be held December 18-19, 2021 at Daybreak Star, from 10am – 6pm each day! Learn more here.
If you are interested in vending please click here for more information.
Note: proof of Covid-19 vaccination or a negative test is required.

Native Art Market 2021
2021-11-20 10:00 - 2021-11-21 18:00 | Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center, 5011 Bernie Whitebear Way, Seattle, WA, 98199, United States
Buy Local, Buy Native, Support Small Businesses this Holiday Season! Our Native Art Market will be held on November 20-21, 2021 and December 18-19, 2021 at Daybreak Star!
If you are interested in vending please click here for more information.

Indigenous People's Day
2021-10-11 14:00 - 15:00 | Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center, 5011 Bernie Whitebear Way, Seattle, WA, 98199, United States
Save The Date! October 11th, 2021
For more information, click here.
Facebook event here.

Outdoor Movie Night
2021-09-17 18:00 - 22:00 | Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center, 5011 Bernie Whitebear Way, Seattle, WA, 98199, United States
Join us for a free outdoor movie night for families!

Daybreak Star Veterans BBQ
2021-09-11 12:00 - 17:00 | Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center, 5011 Bernie Whitebear Way, Seattle, WA, 98199, United States
Inviting all American Indian/Alaska Native Veterans and their families to a day of free festivities! Free food, program shirts, and challenge coins for Veterans who sign up.
For more information, please contact Rich Summer – rsummers@unitedindians.org.

WHERE ARE WE GOING – NLitC
2021-05-14 12:00 - 20:00 | WA
Please join United Indians for a special conversation between Oscar-nominated filmmaker Ava DuVernay (When They See Us, 13th) and rising Native star Jana Schmieding (Rutherford Falls) about retelling narratives often deleted from or distorted by “textbook” history.
How we approach the telling of our past has a major impact on our ability to envision a future together, and we’re turning to two powerhouse BIPOC women of Hollywood for insights about their storytelling experiences.
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Academy Award nominee and Emmy, BAFTA and Peabody Award winner Ava DuVernay is a writer, director, producer and film distributor. Her feature directorial work includes the Oscar-winning civil rights drama Selma, the Oscar-nominated social justice documentary 13th and the Disney children’s adventure A Wrinkle in Time, which made her the highest-grossing Black woman director in American box office history. In 2019, she created, wrote, produced and directed the Emmy Award-winning limited series When They See Us. She is currently in production on Colin In Black and White for Netflix and Home Sweet Home for NBC, and in post-production on Queen Sugar for OWN and DC Comic event series DMZ for HBO Max. Winner of the 2012 Sundance Best Director Prize for her independent film Middle Of Nowhere, DuVernay amplifies the work of Black artists, people of color and women of all kinds through her narrative change collective ARRAY, named one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies. She currently sits on the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Advisory Board of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Board of the American Film Institute.
Jana Schmieding is a true multihyphenate star on the rise, who is making her mark on the entertainment industry as an actor, writer, comedian, and content creator. A Lakota Sioux Native, Jana has been a longtime educator and advocate, raising awareness around Native issues and bringing Native stories to mainstream audiences. Jana can currently be seen as the female lead opposite Ed Helms on Mike Schur’s new comedy series, RUTHERFORD FALLS. She also serves as a staff writer on the series, which launched on Peacock on April 22, 2021. The first Native comedy of its kind, the series will explore themes of identity, friendship, and how we define ourselves and relate to historical narratives. Jana was heavily involved in all aspects of the show – including down to the details of beading items for the costume, props and marketing departments.

WHERE ARE WE NOW? – NLitC 2021
2021-05-13 12:00 - 20:00 | WA
A roundtable of Indigenous political minds on key issues Natives are dealing with, in legislatures far and wide.
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John Richard McCoy is an American politician of the Democratic Party. He is a former member of the Washington State Senate, representing the 38th Legislative District. He previously served 11 years in the Washington House of Representatives. McCoy is a member of the Tulalip Tribes of Washington.
Representative Debra Lekanoff represents the 40th legislative district of Washington state, which includes parts of Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan counties. She is a proud mom who fights every day to ensure younger generations, including her daughter Emma, can continue to flourish. She is inclusive in her decision making process by listening to stakeholders, citizens and governmental bodies. She is known for her experience and capacity to work with vast parties, and on vast issues, and get the job done. Sworn in to the Washington State House of Representatives in January 2019, Representative Lekanoff is the only Native American woman to currently serve in the Legislature.
David E. Wilkins is the E. Claiborne Robins Distinguished Professor in Leadership Studies at the Jepson School of Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond in Richmond, Va. A citizen of the Lumbee Nation of North Carolina, he earned his Ph.D. in political science (comparative politics) from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He concentrates much of his work on Native politics and governance, with particular attention on the transformations that Indigenous governments have both coercively and voluntarily engaged in from pre-colonial times to the present.

HOW ARE WE HEALING? – NLitC 2021
2021-05-12 12:00 - 20:00 | WA
Native doctors and healers on the battle to keep our communities healthy during COVID-19 + the race to vaccinate Indian Country.
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Dr. Dakotah Lane (Lummi) came back to the Lummi reservation in 2016 to practice family medicine after getting his medical degree from Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Science in New York. It was a switch for him after starting out as an electrical engineer with a degree from the University of Washington. He also taught school in Malawi as part of his Peace Corps service. Dr. Lane now serves as Health Director of Lummi Nation.
Dr. Socia Love (Delaware Cherokee) is the site director for the Seattle Indian Health Board. She grew up in Oklahoma and attended university and medical school at the University of Minnesota. She came to Seattle to do a residency at Seattle Indian Health Board and never left.

WHAT ARE WE TAKING WITH US? – NLitC 2021
2021-05-11 10:30 - 20:00 | WA
Tuesday’s live is a panel about Indigenous language preservation. Already at risk prior to COVID-19, many languages may be lost as we struggle against a disease most deadly to elders, our knowledge keepers and carriers.
Alice Oligario (Nanaimo & Squamish First Nations + Philippines, Cynthia Savini (Makah, Jamestown S’klallam + Quileute), and Hi’io Delaronde (Mohawk) on the weight of carrying Native languages as COVID-19 puts their survival at risk.
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Alice has been a member of the Ina Maka Family Program with the United Indians of All Tribes Foundation over two years. She has two children and five grandchildren. Alice started the Sewing Circle with the Indigenous Sisters Resistance, guiding and teaching her native sisters how to create and make their own prayer/ribbon skirts for ceremonies, pow wows, and sweats. Alice was pivotal in helping the women of the Indipino Community of Bainbridge Island create and sew their own ribbon skirts for the Indipino Celebration at the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art. It is a celebration to honor both her cultures – Native and Filipino. She is a member of the Indigenous Sisters Resistance Drum and Sing group which has performed at events such as the Folk Life Festival at Seattle Center, lead the Women’s March in Seattle two years in a row and at the Indipino Celebration.
Cynthia A. Savini, M.Ed., of the Makah, Jamestown S’klallam and Quileute tribes, has been an educator for almost 30 years. She has taught all ages from infants to adults and is currently serving as the new Family Services Division Director for United Indians.
Shé:kon, Karonhí:io Delaronde iónkiats, Kanien’kehá:ka niwakonhwentsò:ten, Kanièn:ke nitewaké:non, tánon Wakeniáhton niwaki’tarò:ten. Hello, my name is Karonhí:io Delaronde, I am Mohawk, I come from Ganienkeh, and I am of the turtle clan. Foremost, I am honored to be a fluent Kanien’kéha (Mohawk) speaker through the gentleness and kindheartedness of many of my elders. I had the opportunity to spend quality time and teach with them through my years as a teacher in my community. That is something I hold close.
I came to Seattle in early 2018 leaving my home community of 30 years. I came out here to experience things that I did not know that I didn’t know. That feeling brought, and still brings, much excitement to my life over here.

WHERE HAVE WE BEEN? – NLitC 2021
2021-05-10 12:00 - 20:00 | WA
Don’t miss the kick off of our “We’re. Still. Here.” speaker series! Monday’s live is an intimate conversation between our board’s Chairwoman, Abriel Johnny + Randy Lewis, an original fence jumper from the 1970 Fort Lawton Takeover, the protest that paved the way for UIATF’s existence.
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Randy Lewis needs no introduction. He is our board member for life, our inspiration, an original fence jumper, a sought-after storyteller, an honored Elder, and a tireless activist. I am proud to call him Uncle. He grew up on the Colville Reservation, came over the Cascades to continue his education, got involved in Native rights issues, and carried the torch for many battles, for many causes, and for many groups in Seattle in his 47 years here. He now lives in Wenatchee where he continues to educate and activate others as a consultant to the Colville Tribe and Chelan County. He narrated an inspired documentary, The Winter’s Tale and authored two books, including Red Star Blue Star Defeats Spexman.
Abriel Johnny chairs the board of United Indians of All Tribes. She is Cowichan and Tlingit. Abriel has deep roots at Daybreak Star. Her father, Abe, was one of the first over the wall during the Takeover of Fort Lawton in 1970. Activism is in her blood. If you’ve marched with her at a rally or protest, you know that she beads amazing masks of her own design. As an activist, she helps to make the shift from crisis-oriented responses to health and social problems to one that focuses on prevention, embraces recovery, and eliminates disparities for Indigenous people. Abriel earned her undergraduate degree at the University of Washington in Law and Policy and a Master’s degree in Political Management at George Washington University. We’re so proud of her!

Native Life in the City 2021 Gala
2021-05-10 - 2021-05-15 | WA
Join UIATF for a week-long series of livestreams leading up to our annual Native Life in the City Gala. We’re talking to Native changemakers and caretakers about where our community has been, where we are now, and what’s next.
The overarching theme of this year’s gala — We’re Still Here — is rooted in perseverance. It is not only the spirit of trudging onward against the backdrop of a second pandemic year, but also remaining Indigenous on our lands after centuries of abuse and erasure.
Each day of our week-long program focuses on a different sub-theme designed to reflect on that larger topic. It’s a thematically chronological series of livestream conversations.
5/10 – “Where Have We Been?” Monday’s live is an intimate conversation between our board’s Chairwoman, Abriel Johnny + original fence jumpers from the 1970 Fort Lawton Takeover, the protest that literally paved the way for UIATF’s existence.
5/11 – “What Are We Taking With Us?” Tuesday’s live is a panel about Indigenous language survival. Already at risk prior to COVID-19, it has become an even more perilous as we struggle against a disease most deadly to elders, who are relied upon for cultural preservation.
5/12 – “How Are We Healing?” We’d be remiss without a discussion about the incredible work of Native doctors and healers in keeping our people well and coordinating a notoriously swift vaccine roll-out. Speakers will include Dr. Socia Love of Seattle Indian Health Board and Dr. Dakotah Lane, Health Director of Lummi Nation.
5/13 – “Where Are We Now?” In line with our broader theme, we want to ground ourselves in the present through a roundtable with Native elected officials about contemporary Indigenous struggles. Speakers will include longtime former Sen. John McCoy + Rep. Debra Lekanoff.
5/14 – “Where Are We Going?” Friday’s stream is a conversation between Oscar-nominated filmmaker Ava DuVernay (When They See Us, 13th) and rising star Jana Schmieding (Rutherford Falls) about retelling narratives often deleted from or distorted in “textbook” history. How we approach the telling of our past has a major impact on our ability to envision a future together, and we’re turning to two BIPOC women of Hollywood for insight about that process.
5/15 – The gala will conclude on Saturday with our yearly auction of Native artwork and goods.

You & UIATF: 51 Wonderful Years of Serving Urban Indians
2021-03-08 17:30 - 20:00 | WA
Join United Indians of All Tribes Foundation for an evening dedicated to commemorating fifty-one-derful years of serving Urban Indians. We’ll be celebrating our organization’s rich history + offering an overview of our ongoing services and programs for potential clients.
How can UIATF help you? Tune in on March 8th, 2021 @ 5:30 p.m. PST to find out!
NOTE: must register through Eventbrite to be eligible for raffle!

King County Coalition Against Hate + Bias in Conversation w/ Enrique Cerna
2021-01-28 14:30 - 20:00 | WA
Have you or someone you know been a target of racism, homophobia, misogyny, ableism, xenophobia, transphobia, ageism, colorism or another form of discrimination?
KCAHB’s goal is to document systematic oppression by collecting individual stories from our communities. All reports are recorded anonymously with discretion by our team, who are BIPOC residents of the area.
We invite you to join our dialogue with Seattle broadcast journalist Enrique Cerna on Jan. 28th, 2:30 p.m.

Virtual Native Art Markets 2020
2020-12-19 10:00 - 2020-12-31 17:00 | WA
