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Indigenous People's Day Powwow in Berkeley, California This Weekend

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BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA - In 1992 a group of San Francisco Bay Area American Indians convinced the Berkeley, California City Council to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous People's Day. Additionally, the group has held a powwow every year to celebrate Indigenous People's Day.

Late last month, the Berkeley City Council declared a proclamation that reads in part:

WHEREAS, the Indigenous Peoples Day Pow Wow and Indian Market has brought greater understanding to the people of Berkeley regarding Native cultures and the enormous contributions they have made, and continue to make, to world culture.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Berkeley that it hereby proclaims Saturday, October 8, 2011 as Indigenous Peoples Day in the City of Berkeley; officially sponsors Indigenous Peoples Day; offers gratitude to Native People on behalf of the people of Berkeley, in recognition of your care for this land, and in honor of your culture and philosophy, which are needed now more than ever if the planet is to survive; and urges all Berkeleyans to attend the Berkeley Indigenous Peoples Day Pow Wow and Indian Market, on Saturday, October 8, 2011 from 10 am to 6 pm in Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park.In addition to the powwow, the city will have an Indian Market to help celebrate American Indian art and culture.

A listing of this and other powwows for this weekend follows:

POWWOW Calendar

Indigenous Peoples Day
October 8
Martin Luther King Civic Center Park
Berkeley, California

31st Cherokee of Georgia
October 6 - 8
Tribal Grounds
St. George, Georgia

Northern Navajo Fair
October 7 - 8
Fair Grounds
Shiprock, New Mexico

Cynthiana Elk
October 7 - 8
1544 US Highway 62 East
Cynthiana, Kentucky

San Manuel Powwow
October 7 - 9
Cal State University - San Bernardino
5500 University Parkway
San Bernardino, California

Public Powwow of Hocking Hills
October 8 - 9
US 33 at State Route 374
Rockbridge, Ohio

14th Clarksville Area Intertribal
October 8 - 9
Port Royal Park
Clarksville, Tennessee

7th Native American Gathering
October 8 - 9
Wolf Creek Habitat
Brookville, Indiana

3rd Honoring Our Veterans
October 8 - 9
Winchester, Indiana

posted October 6, 2011 6:00 am edt