• October 26, 2026—The Eternal Song

    Part of the Native Voices Film Series Monday, October 26, 20267:00 – 10:00 PMDavid Brower CenterGoldman Theater2150 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94704 Join us for the final screening in our three-part series, The Eternal Song, followed by a Q&A with filmmakers Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo. The Eternal Song is a cinematic journey through timeless lands and their Indigenous cultures. Voices from around the world and across generations call us to witness the deep, ongoing scars of colonization on lands and peoples, and the healing that comes through ancestral wisdom. Entrusted with medicine songs and stories, we grapple with colonial legacies, intergenerational trauma, our own fragmentation and culture of separation. Buy tickets here. California…

  • September 16, 2026—Sugarcane

    Part of the Native Voices Film Series Wednesday, September 16, 20267:00 – 10:00 PMDavid Brower CenterGoldman Theater2150 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94704 Join us for the second screening in our film series featuring the Oscar-nominated documentary Sugarcane, followed by a discussion and Q&A with California Institute for Community, Art & Nature Executive Director Claire Greensfelder and special guest, co-director Julian Brave NoiseCat. An epic cinematic portrait of resilience, Sugarcane follows a groundbreaking investigation into abuse and death at an Indian residential school. The film empowers participants to break cycles of intergenerational trauma by bearing witness to painful, long-ignored truths—and the love that endures within their families despite the revelation of genocide. (But it’s really a reverse Western…

  • Sept. 26th, 2026—7th Annual California Native Ways Festival

    Our loyal festival partners, the City of Berkeley and the Friends of Ohlone Park, have asked us to change the date of this year's festival to Saturday, 26 2026, from 10:30 AM - 5:00 PM. They have requested that we coordinate this year's festival with the re-dedication of the Ohlone Park Mural and dedication of the new Ohlone Park Sculpture and Native Plant Garden, both designed by California Indigenous Artist Jean La Marr (Northern Paiute/Achomawi).