[News] Oakland - Mar 15, 16, & 17-- Save the Intertribal Friendship House!

[Anti-Imperialist News]

Oldest Urban Native American Community Center in the Nation Under Threat!
"Save the Legacy" Fundraiser Events Scheduled to 
Save the Intertribal Friendship House


Oakland, California - The Intertribal Friendship 
House (IFH), which is recognized as the oldest 
Urban Native American Community Center in the 
nation, is under threat of being lost forever. On 
Friday, March 23 the IFH will be placed on the 
Alameda County auction block due to unpaid taxes 
if necessary funds are not raised. Community 
members are taking action to raise $30,000 to 
save the center and preserve the legacy of this 
cultural and historical monument.

It has also served as the meeting place and 
organizing center for American Indian activism of 
the 1960s and '70s including the occupation of 
Alcatraz, the initiation of the Long Walk, and 
the creation of the AIM for freedom Survival 
School, among many other events and actions that 
had far-reaching effects nationally, many of which continue today.

For over fifty years the IFH continues to serve 
as the heart of the Bay Area Indian Community. It 
was established in 1955 to respond to the needs 
of American Indian people of many tribes who had 
migrated into the area through the Federal 
relocation program. For Urban Native Peoples IFH 
has served as the Urban Reservation and 
Homeland.  In many cases it is one of the few 
places that keeps them connected to their culture 
and traditions through pow wow dance, drumming, 
beading classes, and the many social gatherings, 
cultural events, and ceremonies that are held there.

"The Intertribal Friendship House is more than an 
organization. It is the heart of a vibrant tribal 
community." said Wilma Mankiller, former 
Principal Chief, Cherokee Nation. "When we 
returned to our Oklahoma homelands twenty years 
later, we took incredible memories of the many 
people in the Bay Area who helped shape our values and beliefs."

Intertribal Friendship House (IFH) sprang up out 
of the need for relocated Indians to congregate 
together, to help each other survive and to forge 
what became the Urban Indian Community in the San 
Francisco Bay Area. IFH became the model that 
other Indian Centers with a specific focus grew out of and replicated.

"Save the Legacy"
Calendar of Events
March 2007

Thursday
  March 15
7:00 PM-9:00 PM    Film Screening:
Shell Mound, Spider Kid, and Exterminate Them! The California Story
W/ Special Guests Floyd Red Crow Westerman and 
Lee Brightman of the American Indian Movement. 
Shell Mound Director Andres Cidiel and Spider Kid 
Director Cha-Tah Gould will also be present.

Intertribal Friendship House
523 International Blvd.
Oakland
$8 - $10
Sliding scale
All ages event!


Friday
March 16
7:00 PM-2:00 AM    "Save the Legacy" Benefit Show


All Nations Drummers, Floyd Red Crow Westerman, 
Good Shield, Colored Ink, Ise Lyfe, Brown Buffalo 
Project, Entre Musicos, E-legal MC, Ariel Lucky, 
DJ Oye, DJ Agana, DJ Fuse and Sake-1.    Cafe' Axe' Cultural Center

1525 Webster St.
Oakland
$10-15 Sliding scale
All ages event!
No Drugs or Alcohol Allowed


Saturday
March 17
4:00 PM –10:00 PM    "Save the Legacy" Benefit Concert

Aztlan Underground, Blackfire, 7th Generation 
Rise, One Struggle, Chest full of Arrows and  other very special guests!

Aztlan Underground is a fusion band from Los 
Angeles. Since the early 1990s, Aztlan 
Underground has played Rapcore. Indigenous drums, 
flutes, and rattles are commonplace in its musical compositions.

Blackfire a Native American (Dine') group 
comprised of two brothers and their sister. Their 
style is high-energy and comprises traditional 
Native American, Punk-Rock and Alter-Native with 
strong sociopolitical messages about government 
oppression, relocation of indigenous people, 
eco-cide, genocide, domestic violence and human 
rights. They strongly advocate for the Protection 
of Sacred sites and the respect of all cultures.

Good Shield is an indigenous artist of Oglala 
lakota and Yoeme heritage. He is lead singer and 
songwriter for Indigenous Soul band, 7th 
GENERATION RISE out of Humboldt County, CA. Good 
Shields music writing styles consists of Folk, 
Funk, Rock, etc set to culturally and politically charged lyrics.

One Struggle an eight piece band which infuses 
reggae, soul and South American rhythms with a 
blend of conscious vocals, spoken word, 
traditional Native songs and hip-hop sure to get your booty shaking.
     Eastside Cultural Center
2277 International Blvd @ 23rd Avenue,
Oakland
$10-15 Sliding scale
All ages event!
No Drugs or Alcohol Allowed

The Freedom Archives
522 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
(415) 863-9977
www.freedomarchives.org 
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