FPNC Past Events:
Events from 2025:
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First Peoples Native CenterPresents:"DAAN" (SPRING) WELCOME BEADING CIRCLE
"Daan" in the Dine' or Navajo language means spring.
Join us as our Wisdom Leader, Julie Garcia, whose ancestors are indigenous to CA, share their gifts of beading with us.
Join & celebrate spring semester with a Beading Circle!
Wednesday February 26, 2025 12 - 2 pm
To request disability related accommodations, please contact Equity Center equitycenter@mtsac.edu at least 5 business days in advance of the event. -
First Peoples Native Center Presents:
Womxn Wisdom Wednesdays
Kissbell Preza (Maya)
March 5th
Join us as we learn wisdom from Maya descendant, Kissbell Preza. Kissbell serves as an Indigenous activist, artist, muralist, actress, dancer, and more! Kissbell is a strong advocate for the Indigenous community, specifically around Missing and Murdered Indigenous Woman, Girls, & 2 Spirit (MMIWG2S). Kissbell's advocacy efforts can be seen in donated art within the First Peoples Native Center!
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First Peoples Native Center Presents:
Womxn Wisdom Wednesdays
Javi Pulpolibri (Pur茅pecha)
March 12th
5pm - 6pm
Multicultural CenterJoin us as we learn wisdom from Pur茅pecha descendant, Javi Pulpolibri! Previously serving as Smashbox Makeup's first 2-Spirit model, Javi channels ancestral wisdom through their. gifts as a curator, mulimedia artist, and community organizer. Their art and events bridge contemporary practices with traditional Native ways of knowing, centering Indigenous voices and 2-Spirit experiences. Javi's portfolio spans murals, photography, and pop-up exhibitions that celebrate culture and community.
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First Peoples Native Center Presents:
Indigenous Resilience for Healing Trauma
Join us in community as we learn wisdom from Professor Jessica Ross a Denaina Athabascan tribal member of the Native Village of Eklutna, Alaska.
She is completing her PhD in Indigenous Studies focusing on Indigenous ways of healing through trauma. She has also founded the Nughejagh Project (Dena'ina for "to become whole") which explores the implications of trauma and potential healing impacts of Indigenous cultural revitalization.
Thursday, March 13, 2025
Time: 10am - 12pm
Building 410 Room 2030 - Multicultural Center
To request disability related accommodations, please contact Equity Center equitycenter@mtsac.edu at least 5 business days in advance of the event. -
First Peoples Native Center Presents:
Womxn Wisdom WednesdaysTeresa Lilibeth Pascual Mateo (Maya)March 19th
5pm - 6pm
Multicultural CenterJoin as we learn wisdom from Maya Q'anjob'al decendant, Teresa Mateo! Teresa is a first-generation college student and student here at Mt SAC. She advocates for her community to retain their cultures, values, principles, traditions, celebrations, food etc. She has faced her own struggles with language and self-acceptance but remains persistent in her goals to help her community. -
SACRED THREADSIndigenous FASHION SHOWN
Dani Silva, A.S. President as Emcee!
[photos of students around FPNC logo]Wed, 3.26.2025 | 5pm - 6:30pmMulticultural Center, Building 410ASL Interpreters will be provided. For disability related accommodations, please email the First Peoples Native Center fpnc@mtsacedu 5 business days in advance -
First Peoples Native Center Presents:
Sound Bath with Andrea Torres
Join us for a relaxing sound bath facilitated by Andrea Torres. We will take a moment to pause and unwind from the complexities of our daily lives.Thursday, May 8, 2025Time: 3 - 4pmBuilding 410 Room 2080Multipurpose Room(Disability related accomodations provided with request) -
The First Peoples Native Center Presents:
Debunking Your MindTUES, MAY 20, 2025 4 - 5:30PM
MULTICULTURAL CENTER
BUILDING 410, ROOM 2030Join us for an evening of dramedy as we demystify common stereotypes and misinformation in media about Native American and Indigenous peoples.
With guest speaker, Nathan Shubert-Estrada, California Indians Nations College (CINC) and CSU San Bernardino, Native Student Representative
*Note: Sensitive language may be used due to the historical nature of the content
For disability accommodations, please email the First Peoples Native Center fpnc@mtsac.edu at least 5 business days in advance
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Past Events Fall 2022
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