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September 2023 - Summer/Fall Events
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Greetings relatives and friends,
We hope you've been enjoying your summer months reconnecting with kin and continuing to build community, as we did in August: BAAITS Board Members and staff were honored to attend the Montana Two-Spirit Gathering! We look forward to welcoming everyone from that gathering, and you, at our upcoming 13th Annual BAAITS Two-Spirit Powwow, as well as all the events we have planned for the end of summer and as we head into the fall!
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Save-the-Date: BAAITS Two-Spirit Powwow 2024
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Two-Spirit Artist Mini-Grants
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We're excited to continue supporting IndigeQueer community artists, and we're thrilled to announce that BAAITS has awarded four additional Two-Spirit Artist Mini-Grants for 2023-24!
Congratulations to:
Ana R Corella
Marisela Featherstone
Yoli
Ximena Zhao
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BAAITS September Powwow Committee Meetings
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BAAITS Youth Committee Zine Workshop
with Faun Harjo
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Wednesday, September 6, 6:30-9:30 pm PST
Ages 10-25
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BAAITS kicks off our new Youth Programming Committee with our first meet-up/workshop: Join us and learn how to make analog and digital zines! If you already know how, then come show off your own and make some new zines with new Two Spirit/Indigequeer friends!
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Two-Spirit Master Artist Workshop
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An Introduction to Reading the Tonalamatl, the Book of Days
Saturday, September 16, 10:00 am-4:00 pm PST
Join us for a day focusing on our Two-Spirit artistry and creativity with Mi Corazon Mexica. This September’s community artist workshop will explore the Tonalamatl, used throughout Mesoamerica as a means of understanding the cosmos and revealing the place of humanity in creation. It guided our ancestors towards wisdom, and connected them to the natural world, the Teteo or “Gods,” and to their own ancestors. The Spanish burned the ancient books, and with them burnt a part of our heritage.
This course aims to give the participant an introductory overview of the nature of time and the calendar, and its connection to spirituality and the way we live our daily lives. We will learn to do a basic reading, which is to say, to reveal the Tonalli, the destiny and sacred name of a person, based on the day of their birth, and we will write with Central Mexican glyphs our Tonalli on a sheet of amate paper. The course includes a copy of the Tonalamatl, a guide to help with date correlation, and the materials to paint the Tonalli.
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Two-Spirit Online Talking Circle with Roger Kuhn
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Wednesday, September 20, 6:00 pm PST
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Please join our IndigeQueer and Two-Spirit community for this online talking circle with Dr. Roger Kuhn. This is our time to circle up, reconnect, and focus on our individual and community wellness. Our circle's theme is Reclaiming Pleasure.
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BAAITS Two-Spirit Youth Contingent
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Saturday, November 4: BAAITS Two Spirit IndigeQueer Youth Contingent at Indigenous Youth Tule Canoe Build
with Alliance for Felix Cove (Pt 1)
Registration Opens October 1st.
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Our friends at Alliance for Felix Cove have invited BAAITS to collaborate in this important community work to learn more about Tule and its role in these lands. BAAITS invites IndigeQueer Youth (ages 15-30) to join our contingent for a day-long event in Tomales Bay. This is a private invitation for BAAITS members only. Please do not publish/post on social media. All BAAITS members must register for more details to attend. We will be prioritizing IndigeQueer Youth (ages 15-30). Registration link will be available in the October newsletter!
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Save-the-Dates For More Master Artist Workshops
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Mark your Calendars for our upcoming Master Artist Workshops! Stay tuned for more details to come.
- Saturday, October 14 @ 10am-4pm PST: Messages of Resistance Through Printing- A Master Artist/Cultural Bearer Workshop with Vick Montano In this workshop, we will learn the importance of delivering messages through Linocut Printing. We will learn the process of creating your own design, transferring images, carving and printing on various fabrics, cloth, shirts and totes.
- Saturday, November 18 @ 10am-4pm PST: Master Artist/Cultural Bearer Workshop with Sean Snyder
- Saturday, December 9 @ 10-4pm PST: Master Artist/Cultural Bearer Workshop with Adrian Stevens
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Two-Spirit & IndigeQueer Mural Project
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In partnership with the American Indian Cultural District as part of the AICD Indigenize SF Project, BAAITS is gathering community input to create a mural representing our community. Please help us in this creative process by completing this survey.
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Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits (BAAITS) is an all-volunteer organization that exists to restore and recover the role of Two-Spirit people within the American Indian/First Nations community by creating a forum for the spiritual, cultural and artistic expression of Two-Spirit people. To that end, BAAITS is committed to offering culturally relevant activities for LGBTQ+ individuals of Native American ancestry and their families and friends.
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