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Find out about UCSD's 2012 California Native American Day celebration.
California Native American Day was established as an official state holiday in 1998. Today, all California schools recognize the fourth Friday in September as the official Native American holiday.
UCSD's California Native American Day Celebration Committee promotes events to enhance the relationship between San Diego's tribal communities and UCSD students, staff, and faculty. All events are free and open to the public.
Essay contest will begin on March 1 and conclude April 27th. Winner will be announced at the Pow Wow in May.
Essay topic: Our society too often portrays Native Americans in ways that emphasize the distant past and are quite different from their lives in the present. Compare one of these portrayals with a more accurate depiction that you find or create yourself. Using words and images, describe how the image that you found or created changes the stereotypical perceptions of Native Americans.
9th -10th grades: $150 prize
11th-12th grades: $150 prize
Local tribal member: $150 prize
AIR: $150 prize
$500.00 grand prize UC San Diego Incentive Scholarship
For more information, see the EAOP website.
Essay Contest Judging
Panel – Native American awareness week
Tribal/Indigenous Women Dialogue: Hauani Kay Traske, Winona LaDuke, Michelle Erai, Amy Lone Tree
The panel will take place during May (dates to be announced). This event will lead into the Pow Wow.
PowWow
2012 Pow Wow are May 19 and 20. More information about the PowWow.
Announce Essay Contest winners
Note: This page has a friendly link that's easy to remember: http://blink.ucsd.edu/go/nativeamerican