Indian Child Welfare Act, Adopted: Trace, Blood, Native Authenticity

PRESENTER: JOSEPH PIERCE, PHD (CHEROKEE NATION)

This presentation will acknowledge the importance of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). Currently, the ICWA is being challenged in the Supreme Court. Dr. Joseph Pierce (Cherokee Nation) will discuss the importance of the ICWA, their experience as a child of an adoptee, and the journey of belonging and connection when Native lineage is obscured.

November 30, 2022

12:30–1:30pm

 Cultural Diversity Zoom

FLEX APPROVED

JOSEPH M. PIERCE is Associate Professor in the Department of Hispanic Languages and Literature at Stony Brook University. His research focuses on the intersections of kinship, gender, sexuality, and race in Latin America, 19th century literature and culture, queer studies, Indigenous studies, and hemispheric approaches to citizenship and belonging. He is an author with publishes works such as Argentine Intimacies: Queer Kinship in an Age of Splendor, 1890-1910 and a special issue of GLQ, “Queer/Cuir Américas: Translation, Decoloniality, and the Incommensurable.” His work has been published recently in Revista Hispánica Moderna, Critical Ethnic Studies, Latin American Research Review, and has also been featured in Indian Country Today. He is co-curator of the performance series Knowledge of Wounds. He is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation.

ALL EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY
These programs are brought to you by Cultural Diversity and GCC History Department and sponsored by Student Equity and Achievement.

Intergenerational Strength, Resiliency, & Love

Presenter: Lukwe',yó ní yúkyats, He is a Good Man in Oneida, Thomas James Reed, PhD Wakenyâhtâ niwaki?taló•tâ, I am Turtle Clan. Ukwehu•wé ní?i, I am Oneida. Onâyote?a•ká ni?i, I am People of the Standing Stone.

This presentation will acknowledge whose land we are on, in recognizing the Gabrilieno-Tongva and Chumash Peoples while at Glendale Community College. This presenta,on will also address the no,on of Land Back, in suppor,ng legisla,on of co-stewardship of State and Na,onal Parks with Tribal Na,ons from local areas. The theme of this event is to acknowledge, educate, & honor intergeneratioonal strength, resiliency, and love.

Thursday, November 17, 2022

5:00pm-6:00pm

FLEX APPROVED & CPGU Pending Approval

Presenter Biography: Lukwe'tiyó ní yúkyats, He is a Good in Oneida. Dr. Thomas James Reed has a PhD in Leadership Studies from the University of San Diego and did his dissertation on Oneida college lacrosse players’ perspectives of the sacred game of lacrosse using talking circles (’21). He has a Master’s in Public Administration and a Certificate in American Indian Studies from California State University Long Beach (’16). He received a Bachelor's in Communication with an emphasis in Rhetoric and Leadership from Pepperdine University (’12). He is a Restorative Practices consultant and practitioner and an Assistant Professor in American Indian Studies at California State University of Long Beach. He is an Adjunct Faculty at Vermont Law School teaching Restorative Justice in Indigenous Communities. And the program manager for the Haudenosaunee Nationals Development Teams. He has a heart for public service and leaving this world a better place for seven generations to come.

ALL EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY
These programs are brought to you by Cultural Diversity and sponsored by Student Equity and Achievement.

Indigenous Short Film Screenings

Join GCC’s own Film and Media Arts Instructor, Carley Steiner, for an on- campus event celebrating short films. A curated series of short films by Indigenous Filmmakers will be screened, followed by a discussion to think critically about the storytelling techniques, cultural influences, and historical contexts.

Thursday, November 10, 2022

12:30pm-1:30pm

San Gabriel (SG) 334

ALL EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY
These programs are brought to you by the Media Arts Department, Cultural Diversity and sponsored by Student Equity and Achievement.

Indigenous Mental Health Awareness

Presenter: Lonni Eagle Lyons

Lonni Eagle Lyons will facilitate a discussion that will focus on the importance of Indigenous/Native American mental health, coping strategies, and providing mental health resources. In addition, she will discuss how cultural stigma impacts mental health among Indigenous folx.

Thursday, November 3, 2022

5:00pm-6:00pm

Biography: Lonni Lyons grew up in Virginia and Oklahoma before studying in California where she earned her Bachelor of Arts in psychology and Master of Science in Counseling at California State University, Northridge. Native American heritage has always been a prominent part of Lonni’s upbringing as her grandfather and uncle dedicated their careers to helping Indians find secure housing and stable incomes. Ms. Lyons studied mental health counseling through a Tribal Critical Race Theoretical (TribalCrit) lens offering the possibility of unmasking, exposing, and confronting continued colonization within mental health contexts and societal structures. Lonni was involved with the American Indian Student association in her undergraduate years. Since 2022, Lonni has worked at Cal State Northridge as the program director of a peer mentoring program in student affairs assisting students with their transition to college life.