From: Arab World and Islamic Resources <awair@igc.apc.org>
Subject: Bay Area Resistance 500 Calendar
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Originator: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
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Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 20:17:46 GMT

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*   OCTOBER 1992 - 500 YEARS OF RESISTANCE                  *
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*      SF BAY AREA CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES                     *
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Commemorating 500 Years of Resistance to Colonialism and Genocide
in the Americas

By the San Francisco Bay Area Resistance 500 Coalition.  For more
information about how to obtain or distribute the beautiful
hardcopy edition, call (510) 548-1992.

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THURSDAY OCTOBER 1

An Evening with Indians of the Americas.  7:30 pm.  La Pena
Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley.  Call SAIIC (510)
834-4263 Organized by the South & Meso American Indian Information
Center.  A meeting of Native leaders from South, Meso and North
America.  The evening includes traditional dancing, music and
food.  The SAIIC resource guide, 1992 International Directory &
Resource Guide for 500 Years of Resistance ($10+$1.75p&h) can also
be ordered from this number.  SAIIC is a founding member of the
Co-ordinating body of Indigenous Nations of the Continent
(CONIC).

FRIDAY 2 - SUNDAY 4

International Tribunal of Indigenous Peoples and Oppressed Nations
in the USA.  Mission High School (18th & Dolores Streets, SF)
Friday:  7:30 pm Cultural Event, $8-25 sliding scale. Saturday:
10am-10pm Testimony on Genocide, Human Rights, POWs/Political
Prisoners.  Sunday: 10am-3pm  500 Years of Resistance as Seen
Through Women's Eyes (Panel) and Workshops. Call (415) 552-1992.
The panel will hear evidence developed from an indictment
according to international law, charging the US government and its
historical predecessors with genocide, colonialism and racism as a
result of the imposition of a eurocentric model of development
that includes standards and norms for culture, politics,
government, economy and language. The indictment will be based on
the denial of human rights to groups primarily defined by race,
nationality and class, and will also examine cases of prisoners in
the context of human rights violations against political
movements, particularly those for self-determination by oppressed
nationalities. In this context, the plight of Native American
prisoners such as Leonard Peltier take on strategic importance.
Among the invited judges are Ramsey Clark, former US Attorney
General, Tilman Zurich, co-founder of the Society for Threatened
Peoples (from Germany), and a number of other well-known
international human rights advocates.  Organized by the American
Indian Movement and the Leonard Peltier Support Group.

FRIDAY 2 - SATURDAY 3

The Appearance of Civilization. By Antenna Theater.  Also Fridays
and Saturdays through October.  8:00 pm. Rodeo Beach, Marin
Headlands (9-10, 16-17) Ocean Beach, SF (23-24, 29-30) Tickets:
$14.92 Call (415) 332-4862 for reservations.  A site specific
performance on the beach, with Antenna's signature mix of masks,
original music, historic texts, contemporary interviews and
innovative audio landscape.  The Appearance of Civilization is
based on the writings of Bartholemew de Las Casas, a contemporary
of Columbus who advocated Indigenous rights at a time when such a
stance was considered heresy.

SATURDAY 3

A Video Screening of Autodescubrimiento 1492-1992. At 12 noon at
The Roxie, 3117 16th St, SF. Benefit Preview. Video by Rodrigo
Betancur.  Call (415) 824-6112. Focuses on the continuing
resistance of Indigenous peoples by highlighting the struggle of
the Dineh People of Big Mountain and past Columbus
celebrations/counter celebrations in San Francisco.  Also on
October 10, 4 pm at the Mission Cultural Center (Premiere and
reception.)

SATURDAY 3 - SUNDAY 4

Beyond 1992. Discovering American Culture.  10am-4pm, The Magic
Theater, Building D, Fort Mason, SF. Call (415) 441-0445.

SUNDAY 4

The 3rd Chasky of Auto Descubrimiento.  Dolores Park proceeding
through the Mission to La Raza Park.  Noon to 6pm.  Call (415)
885- 4749.  The Chasky is a performance/procession held annually
in San Francisco's Mission District to commemorate and honor 500
years of continued resistance to the European invasion of the
Americas.  Performers will include The Wise Fool Puppet
Intervention, Buena Vista School, The Pearl Ubungen Dancers,
Aztlan Nation, Roots Against War, Comite de Unidad Guatemalteca,
Teatro ng Tanan, GELAAM, Comite Trabajadores Generales, Earth
Circus, Enrique Ramirez & Francisco Alarcon.

MONDAY 5 - FRIDAY 9

The Student Kouncil of Intertribal Nations.  Cultural/Educational
Festival at SF State University Student Union, 1650 Holloway, SF.
Call (415) 338-1929.

MONDAY 5 - FRIDAY 9

14th International Indian Treaty Conference IITC Site and Times to
be announced.  Call (415) 566-0521. One of a number of events
organized by the International Indian Treaty Council, the
conference agenda will focus on the current struggles for tribal
recognition and land rights of California Indigenous Nations as
well as the 500 years of Indigenous resistance.  Also included
will be "Commissions" that address issues regarding human rights,
sexual equality, hunting and fishing, land and water rights,
treaty rights, religious freedom, desecration of sacred sites,
environmental protection, militarism, healthcare and political
prisoners.

WEDNESDAY 7 - SATURDAY 10

Watershed, A Dramatization of the Oral Histories of the Salmon
Wars.  By Turtle Island Ensemble & Talespinners Theater.  Julia
Morgan Theater, 2640 College Ave, Berkeley, 7:00 pm.  Call (415)
383-7818.  A play based on the experience of a Yurok family who
live at the mouth of the Klamath River.  It focuses on the Salmon
Wars of 1978 when the Federal Government challenged the right of
the people to fish salmon.

WEDNESDAY 7

Reception for Art in Chains: 500 Years of Resistance - The Art of
Leonard Peltier and Native American Prisoner Artists.  Mission
Cultural Center, 2868 Mission St, SF  7:00 pm.  Call (415)
821-1155.  An exhibit of being held by the US Government.
Contributing artists include: Allen Benton, Fernando Caro, Bobby
Garcia, Ronald Ray Jacobs, Michael Marcus, Dixon Martinez, Bob
Robideau, Abel Ruiz, Scott Seelye, Luis Talamantez, Glenn West and
others. Gallery hours are Wed-Fri 1-6pm.  Sat-Sun 11am-4pm. Check
other listings for events happening in tandem with this
exhibition.

THURSDAY 8

Four Directions: Women Honor Native Lands. Pro Arts, 461 9th St,
Oakland.  7:00 pm.  Call (510) 763-4361.

THURSDAY 8 - WEDNESDAY 14

The Myth of Discovery.  Paper Tiger TV.  SF Art Institute, 800
Chestnut, SF.  Call (415) 771-7020 for general info and gallery
hours.  A week of independent video screenings at the SF Art
Institute under the auspices of Paper Tiger Television.
Including: Women of the First Nations, and Puro Party: Celebrating
A Genocide.  Opening and reception 5:30-7:30pm, October 8.

FRIDAY 9

Chasky World Beat Party  in support of Aquatic Park Demonstration
(On October 11th).  Club nZinga, 3158 Mission St, SF  10pm.  Call
(415) 885-4749.

SATURDAY 10

A Video Screening of Autodescubrimiento 1492-1992.  Mission
Cultural Center, 2868 Mission St, SF, 4pm.  Call (415) 824-6112.

SATURDAY 10

The City of Berkeley Resistance 500 Task Force Indigenous Peoples
Day Sunrise Ceremony.  Berkeley Waterfront.  Call (510) 548-1992.
At dawn this historic day will be greeted at a sunrise ceremony on
the waterfront.  The City of Berkeley has declared this day
Indigenous Peoples Day.  This is a historic acknowledgement.
Columbus did not recognize the Native peoples as anything more
than a commodity, the Vatican still does not recognize Native
nations.  The world sees Native nations only by the identity
imposed on them by the eventual colonial winners, the United
States of America.  The City of Berkeley's recognition of Native
nations is the starting point for a historical Quincentenary
weekend.

SATURDAY 10

Turtle Island Monument Dedication and Time Capsule Project.
Martin Luther King Park, Allston & MLK Way, Berkeley.  11am-2pm.
Call (510) 548-1992. A dedication of the Turtle Island Monument to
the Indigenous peoples of Turtle Island.  It is a symbol of our
dedication, as peoples of the four colors, to uncover the truths
that have been hidden by 500 years of colonialism and occupation;
to commemorate the Indigenous patriots and martyrs who stood for
the values of Indigenous Peoples and to address the genocidal
genesis of the United States. As a symbol it is an important first
step in the recognition of Indigenous peoples as full and equal
partners of the human family.  We must all embrace this concept so
we can move together into the next 500 years.

SATURDAY 10

Berkeley Resistance 500 Task Force Indigenous Peoples Day Cultural
Afternoon.  Shattuck Ave, (@ Allston Way) 2pm to 4pm.  Call (510)
548-1992.  After the monument is dedicated, there will be a full
afternoon of music, speakers, poetry, street theatre,
informational tables and crafts booths on Shattuck Avenue between
Allston and MLK Way.  The afternoon will culminate in a Parade.
Part of this will include a motorcade to take many of the elders
and dignitaries who participated in the earlier ceremonies to
Oakland in a show of solidarity and support with the native
gatherings and events that are being organized by the Bay Area
Regional Indian Alliance.  For more info on the parade call (510)
569-2834.

SATURDAY 10

Indigenous Peoples Parade Linking Indigenous Peoples Day in
Berkeley
& the 1st Nations Intertribal Gathering in Oakland.  Call (510)
569-2834.

SATURDAY 10

Truth in History.  1st Nations Intertribal Gathering.  Noon.
Intertribal Friendship House, 523 E. 14th St, Oakland & Clinton
Park.  Call (510) 452-1235.  The Bay Area Regional Indian Alliance
and the Ohlone Nation (upon whose land the City of Oakland is
situated) extend an invitation for the public to join them for a
day of cultural solidarity, where we will bring together our
strengths and integrity in a bond of continued resistance.  The
event runs from Noon until sundown.  There will be a wide ranging
exhibit of Native American artwork, including a chance for artists
from other communities to take part in creating large scale
memorial paintings.  Further exhibits will draw attention to
Indian education and child welfare programmes, tribal law and
systems of government.  Traditional music will accompany the
proceedings along with performance and speakers.  A reception for
the Indian nations representatives to the Berkeley Turtle Island
monument dedication will be at 4pm.

SATURDAY 10

The 509 Cultural Center presents the Tenderloin Communities
response to Columbus in Boeddeker Park, at Eddy & Jones Sts, SF.
1pm.  Call (415) 346-1308.

SATURDAY 10

All Our Colors: The Good Road Concert.  Shoreline Amphitheater,
Mountain View.  Call (415) 566-0251.  A benefit for the
traditional circle of Elders and Youth, organized by the
International Indian Treaty Council.  Starring Carlos Santana,
Jackson Browne, Mickey Hart & Friends, John Lee Hooker, John
Trudell, Red Thunder and White Boy & The Wagon Burners.

SUNDAY 11

Healing the Sacred Hoop.  Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View.
Call (415) 566-0251. By IITC.  Performers to be announced.

SUNDAY 11

Sunrise Tobacco Ceremony, sponsored by the American Indian
Movement (AIM).  Dolores Park, SF. 6am.  Call (415) 552-1992.

SUNDAY 11

Demonstration/Civil Disobedience and March Rally to Protest the
Re- Enactment of Columbus' Landing.  Aquatic Park, SF. 9:00am
Call (415) 552-1992.

The Peace Navy, comprising over 150 boats (a San Francisco
tradition) have vowed satirical action this year to mark 500 years
since the invasion of Columbus.  October 10th will see them
offering a critical alternative to the US Navy's Fleet Week, and
on Sunday 11th they will be in the vicinity of Aquatic Park to
cast a welcome shadow over the re-enactment of Columbus's landing.
Interested parties and would-be volunteers should call (415)
398-1201.

MONDAY 12

Sunrise Tobacco Ceremony at Alcatraz Island.  Call (415) 566-0251
for info on ferries to and from Alcatraz.  October 12th will begin
with the regular spiritual gathering at Alcatraz Island to pray
for the healing of Mother Earth and her children.  The event will
be facilitated by the International Indian Treaty Council.

MONDAY 12

International Day of Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples Concert,
at Crissy Field, Presidio, SF.  IITC. Call (415) 566-0251.

MONDAY 12

The Ecumenical Peace Institute.  Interfaith Worship and Start of
Fast for Original Justice at Coit Tower on Telegraph Hill, 10:00
am.  Call (510) 444-5701.

MONDAY 12

Press Conference at Sproul Plaza, University of California at
Berkeley.  Teach-in organized by Bay Area Regional Indian Alliance
and Berkeley Resistance 500.  Noon.  Call (510) 548-1992.

TUESDAY 13

UNPLUG MOTHER EARTH DAY.  Do not participate in any dominant
culture activities, ie. driving, shopping, watching television.
Do not spend money today.

TUESDAY 13

Candlelight Speech by Elders of the Navaho (via interpreter)
7:30pm Gathering Tribes, 1309 -F Solano Ave, Albany.  Call (510)
528-9038.

WEDNESDAY 14

Poetry by June Jordan and Joy Harjo.  Department of Afro-American
Studies, UC Berkeley.  Call (510) 642-7084.

WEDNESDAY 14

Heartbeat of the Earth - Poetry and Percussion by Francisco
Alarcon and the Rhythmagics.  7:30 pm Mission Cultural Center,
2868 Mission St, SF.  Call (415) 821-1155.

FRIDAY 16

The Turtle Island Ensemble.  A Circle of Indigenous People.  7:00
pm.  SF Art Institute, Lecture Hall, 800 Chestnut St, SF.  Call
(415) 495- 7600.  Presented by the Turtle Island Ensemble and
American Indian Contemporary Arts.  An evening of song, music and
dance by the Bay Area's emerging Native American Theatre ensemble.
Turtle Island Ensemble is a new cultural performance arts group
which presents a dynamic montage of poetry, music and theatre that
reflects their Indigenous perspectives.  $5 ($3 students, seniors
and members).

SATURDAY 17

Hopi Prophecies film directed by Miyati. At Gathering Tribes,
1309-F Solano Ave, Albany.  Call (510) 528-9038.

SATURDAY 17

Student Kouncil of Intertribal Nations Conference & Indigenous
Concert.  SF State University Student Union.  1650 Holloway.  Call
(415) 338- 1929.

SUNDAY 18

1492 and Our World: A Multicultural Perspective.  Panel discussion
at the San Francisco Book Festival.  Concourse Exhibition Center.
11:00am.  Call the San Francisco Book Festival.  A panel hosted
discussion which will look at rethinking 1492 in a global context
will be part of this year's SF Book Festival.  Panelists will
include Malcolm Margolin, Jack Forbes, Francisco Alarcon, Jonathan
Sidel, and Audrey Shabbas.  For more information on the discussion
and on the latest curriculum edited by Audrey Shabbas and
published by AWAIR (Arab World and Islamic Resources and School
Services) called A Medieval Banquet in the Alhambra Palace, call
(510) 704-0517.

SUNDAY 18

Peace Resistance.  The Bay Area Regional Indian Alliance.  Call
(510) 452-1235.

WEDNESDAY 21

An Evening with Alexander Cockburn.  A fund raising evening for
the Middle East Children's Alliance.  Call (510) 548-0542.

SATURDAY 24

Who Are the Victims of Hate Crimes?  Unified Against Genocide.
1st Congregational Church of Oakland, 2501 Harrison St.  9am-6pm.
Call (415) 338-6187.

ONGOING EXHIBITS AND ACTIVITIES

After Columbus Landed Exhibit of Native American Art.  SF State
University.  Call (415) 338- 2580

Quincentennial Arts Show Oakland Arts Council, 475 14th St. (11th
floor), Oakland.  Call (510) 238-2103.

Art in Chains (Sept. 15 - Oct. 15)  Mission Cultural Center, 2868
Mission St, SF.  Call (415) 821-1155.

The Chicano Codices Encountering Art of the Americas.  Sept. 23 -
Nov. 29.  The Mexican Museum, Building D, Fort Mason, SF.  Call
(415) 445-0445.

Translating Indian Memory September 11th to October 31st.
American Indian Contemporary Arts.  685 Market St. #250, SF.  Call
(415) 495-7600.

Mexico City & Ocotopec - The Peace & Dignity Journey's arrival in
Mexico City at the beginning of the month will start off four
weeks of ongoing events and ceremonies hosted by The Encuentro
Cultural Mexicano-Chicano and Instituto Nahuatl.  Participating
groups include Dac-Tey, Hi-Tec Aztec Productions, National Chicano
Human Rights council and the Chicano Moratorium Committee.  Call
(510) 676-6241 for a timetable of events, general information and
updates on the Peace & Dignity run.

FOR UP TO DATE INFORMATION

It has not been possible to include all details due to time and
space constraints.  We encourage anyone wanting to attend any of
these events to telephone the numbers given beforehand.  For
continually updated information about a whole myriad of
progressive activities happening in the Bay Area and beyond send
SASE to Ken Cheetham at PO Box 11232, Berkeley, CA  94701.  Rock
Against Racism (415) 267-3171, will list their plans for October
as they come in.

CONTRIBUTING GROUPS

Chicano Moratorium Coalition, National Chicano Human Rights
Council, The Guatemalan News & Information Bureau, Life on the
Water, The Peace Navy, International Indian Treaty Council, The
Art in Chains Exhibition, AWAIR: Arab World and Islamic Resources
and School Services, The Chasky, South and Meso American Indian
Information Center (SAIIC), Middle East Children's Alliance,
American Indian Movement (AIM), Gathering Tribes, Leonard Peltier
Defense Committee, Berkeley Resistance 500 Task Force, the Turtle
Island Project, Bay Area Regional Indian Alliance (BARIA),
Ecumenical Peace Institute, Student Kouncil of Inter-Tribal
Nations (SFSU)

SPECIAL THANKS

The Vanguard Foundation's Bill Wahpepah quincentennial Fund; Life
on the Water; Alejandro Molina from the National Committee to Free
Puerto Rican Prisoners of War and Political Prisoners for the
graphic design and to all the folks who donated the extra dollar
on Sunday evenings at the Kennel Club, without whom this
publication would not have been possible.

The hardcopy edition of this calendar has been put together with
donated equipment, labor, funds and goodwill.  It has cost a tiny
fraction of what the Jubilee Committee will waste on promoting
Columbus as a pioneer and founding father of the free world.  But
there are still large expenses involved in this project.  If you
would like to make a donation please send it to the Bay Area
Resistance 500 Coalition c/o: Life on the Water, Building B, Fort
Mason Center, San Francisco, CA  94123.