“Honoring Our Relatives: A Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples Gathering” presented by Indigenous Justice

More than a celebration of indigeneity, Honoring Our Relatives seeks to bridge shared struggles across communities while centering the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous people here on Turtle Island. The integration of Mexica dancers, Palestinian Dabke and other cultural elements highlights solidarity, shared grief and collective resilience.
A distinctly unique program of cultural performances curated by ShineLight Productions showcases the diversity of Indigenous creativity. Headliners include Indigenous Cats, an underground Bay Area hip-hop duo creating sounds from all eras, and artists to be announced. With live painting, interactive educational components, youth and family-centered engagement activities, Indigenous vendors and aligned community organizations, it's a gathering for everyone.

The program is presented with Indigenous Justice, a grassroots organization founded by Morning Star Gali, a longtime community organizer from the Ajumawi band of the Pit River Tribe in Northeastern California. The organization works to end the incarceration of living native peoples in jails, prisons and group homes across the state, to end the incarceration of salmon trapped by dams, and to end the incarceration of ancestors' skeletons locked away in basements of universities. Indigenous Justice advances Indigenous self-determination, healing and transformative policy rooted in the leadership of Native women, youth and two-spirit relatives. They work in partnership with California tribes and tribal and intertribal organizations.