BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//United Indians of All Tribes Foundation - Daybreak Star - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-CALNAME:United Indians of All Tribes Foundation - Daybreak Star
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://unitedindians.org
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for United Indians of All Tribes Foundation - Daybreak Star
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/Los_Angeles
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0800
TZOFFSETTO:-0700
TZNAME:PDT
DTSTART:20200308T100000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0700
TZOFFSETTO:-0800
TZNAME:PST
DTSTART:20201101T090000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0800
TZOFFSETTO:-0700
TZNAME:PDT
DTSTART:20210314T100000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0700
TZOFFSETTO:-0800
TZNAME:PST
DTSTART:20211107T090000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0800
TZOFFSETTO:-0700
TZNAME:PDT
DTSTART:20220313T100000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0700
TZOFFSETTO:-0800
TZNAME:PST
DTSTART:20221106T090000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210510
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210516
DTSTAMP:20260405T144433
CREATED:20210519T223042Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210520T163930Z
UID:10000067-1620604800-1621123199@unitedindians.org
SUMMARY:Native Life in the City 2021 Gala
DESCRIPTION: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.\nThe 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.\nEach 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.\n5/10 – “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.\n5/11 – “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.\n5/12 – “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.\n5/13 – “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.\n5/14 – “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.\n5/15 – The gala will conclude on Saturday with our yearly auction of Native artwork and goods.
URL:https://unitedindians.org/event/native-life-in-the-city-2021-gala-2/
LOCATION:WA
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210510T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210510T200000
DTSTAMP:20260405T144433
CREATED:20210519T223042Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210519T223042Z
UID:10000069-1620648000-1620676800@unitedindians.org
SUMMARY:WHERE HAVE WE BEEN? – NLitC 2021
DESCRIPTION: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.\n___________________________________________________\nRandy 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.\nAbriel 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!
URL:https://unitedindians.org/event/where-have-we-been-nlitc-2021-2/
LOCATION:WA
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210511T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210511T200000
DTSTAMP:20260405T144433
CREATED:20210519T223055Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210519T223055Z
UID:10000072-1620729000-1620763200@unitedindians.org
SUMMARY:WHAT ARE WE TAKING WITH US? – NLitC 2021
DESCRIPTION: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.\nAlice 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.\n___________________________________________________\nAlice 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.\nCynthia 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.\nShé: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.\nI 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.
URL:https://unitedindians.org/event/what-are-we-taking-with-us-nlitc-2021-2/
LOCATION:WA
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210512T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210512T200000
DTSTAMP:20260405T144433
CREATED:20210519T223056Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210519T223056Z
UID:10000074-1620820800-1620849600@unitedindians.org
SUMMARY:HOW ARE WE HEALING? – NLitC 2021
DESCRIPTION:Native doctors and healers on the battle to keep our communities healthy during COVID-19 + the race to vaccinate Indian Country.\n___________________________________________________\nDr. 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.\nDr. 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.
URL:https://unitedindians.org/event/how-are-we-healing-nlitc-2021-2/
LOCATION:WA
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210513T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210513T200000
DTSTAMP:20260405T144433
CREATED:20210519T223056Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210519T223056Z
UID:10000075-1620907200-1620936000@unitedindians.org
SUMMARY:WHERE ARE WE NOW? – NLitC 2021
DESCRIPTION:A roundtable of Indigenous political minds on key issues Natives are dealing with\, in legislatures far and wide.\n___________________________________________________\nJohn 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.\nRepresentative 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.\nDavid 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.
URL:https://unitedindians.org/event/where-are-we-now-nlitc-2021-2/
LOCATION:WA
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210514T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210514T200000
DTSTAMP:20260405T144433
CREATED:20210519T223056Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210519T223056Z
UID:10000076-1620993600-1621022400@unitedindians.org
SUMMARY:WHERE ARE WE GOING – NLitC
DESCRIPTION: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.\nHow 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.\n__________________________________________________\nAcademy 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.\nJana 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.
URL:https://unitedindians.org/event/where-are-we-going-nlitc-2/
LOCATION:WA
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR