For Immediate Release: September 27, 2007

"Sacred Ground, Sacred Sites"
Theme Of Native American Culture Day

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(Oakland, CA)— The Native American Services Committee of the Oakland Public Library will host their 16th Annual Native American Culture Day on Saturday, October 27, 2007 from noon-5 p.m. at the César E. Chávez Branch Library, 3301 East 12th Street, Second Floor, near the Fruitvale BART station. The theme this year is “Sacred Ground, Sacred Sites” with special emphasis on the Bay Area shellmounds. This event will include Native speakers, performers, dancers, artwork and films.

Native American Culture Day is a free public event for all ages. The documentaries, San Francisco Peaks and Sacred Ground, will be shown from noon-1 pm. Corrina Gould (Ohlone), Morningstar Gail (Pit River), and Perry Matlock will speak after the film showing. Wally Johnson and Jane DeCuir, Medicine Warriors Dance Troupe members, and All Nations Singers will provide music and dancing.

Native American Culture Day has been sponsored by the Native American Services Committee of the Oakland Public Library since 1991. Past themes have included “Black Native Americans,” “Pomo Massascre: Bloody Island,” and “Honoring Native Women Survivors of Breast Cancer.” Oakland's own Medicine Warriors Dance Troupe and All Nations Singers are host dancers and drummers every year.

Please contact the Main Library's Information Desk at (510) 238-3134 for more information, or see the Oakland Public Library’s Web site: www.oaklandlibrary.org. Please refrain from wearing scented products to library events. To request sign interpretation or other accommodation, please call the number above or (510) 834-7446 (TTY) at least five working days prior to the event. The Oakland Public Library is a department of the City of Oakland

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