Hello,
ONE HISTORICAL ITEM -- COULD SOMEONE include the OAKLAND INTERTRIBAL FRIENDSHIP HOUSE in
your project for OAKLAND WIKI LOCAL HISTORY EDITATHON this Sunday, should no one else be
there to do so. I cannot attend. I provided some information below, including some
excepts that should provide for at least a basic post with a few related links.
I am unable to attend the Oakland Wiki local history editathon on Sunday. I am unaware
of a wikipage for the Intertribal Friendship House in Oakland California, also known as
ifhurbanrez, Urban Rez. It is a historical location in Oakland, of regional importance,
in my opinion, to Native Americans. The article below says Oakland Intertribal Friendship
House, or Urban Rez, is one of the oldest in the United States, and I believe it may be
also the oldest in California.
I am NOT able to attend the Oakland Wiki local history editathon this Sunday, but would
hope that some information may be included about the Oakland Intertribal Friendship
House.
I have provided links for Oakland Intertribal Friendship House below and related websites
including facebook and myspace.
I also included the text immediately below about local efforts to revitalize Native
Language wherein Janeen Antione and perhaps others teach language class(es) at Oakland
Intertribal Friendship house.
Janeen Antione teaches at Oakland Intertribal Friendship House, as mentioned in this
article Native Americans work to revitalize California’s indigenous languages
http://oaklandnorth.net/2012/07/23/native-americans-work-to-revitalize-cali…
An excerpt from the above article:
"California was once home to over 300 Native American dialects and as
many as 90 languages, making it the most linguistically diverse state in
the US. Today, only about half of those languages are still with us,
according to the Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival,
or AICLS.
“Many of the California tribes were really negatively impacted with
the Gold Rush and tribes were devastated and a lot of the languages have
been lost,” said Janeen Antoine, who teaches a language class at the
Intertribal Friendship House in Oakland. She teaches Lakota, which is
spoken in South Dakota where she is from. “There’s a very strong effort
within the California peoples to revive their languages.”"
This is the symbol used to represent Oakland Intertribal Friendship House.
Intertribal Friendship House
The Intertribal Friendship House is one of the oldest urban American
Indian agencies in the United States. It's motto is "Our Urban Rez,
Since 1955" relays the message of the importance the Intertribal
Friendship House is to urban American Indians, who utilize the facility
to hold community meetings, dinners and other events.
The agency began to serve American Indians who moved to the San
Francisco Bay Area during the Relocation program in the early 1950s.
Below are some websites and a couple of exceprts of text from those websites. I did not
find a wikipedia for Oakland Intertribal Friendship House
Karen Doris Wright (I used to live in the SF Bay area and regularly visited the Oakland
Intertribal Friendship House and continue to visit as I am
able.)
4167 Central Avenue
Riverside, CA 92506
951 204-3252
twodogkd(a)yahoo.com
Intertribal Friendship House - SF Bay Area American Indian ...www.ifhurbanrez.org/IFH.
Intertribal Friendship House
(IFH) located in Oakland, CA was established in 1955 as one of the
first urban American Indian community centers in the nation ...
Google+ page
523 International Boulevard Oakland, CA 94606
(510) 836-1955Calendar of EventsIFH's Health Policy: No Soda, No Sugar, No Salt, No
Smoking ...
GalleryIntertribal Friendship House - Photo Gallery. Gallery · still ...
Contact UsStill Strong IFH Mural. Please contact us if you would like to ...
Board/StaffIntroducing our Board of Directors. We recognize and honor these ...
ParticipateIntertribal Friendship House - Participate. Volunteer/Join ...
DonationsYou can help sustain and support our mission. In Native Tradition ...
Text from the above website
http://www.ifhurbanrez.org/mission.php
The primary objectives and purposes of “IFH” shall be:
To promote health and wellness in Native community through traditional and
contemporary ways
To promote the ability of Native people to thrive in urban environment.
To be a forum for cultural activities and keep traditions intact and alive
To serve as a ceremonial house
from
http://www.ifhurbanrez.org/index.php
Intertribal Friendship House
523 International Blvd., Oakland, CA 94606
(510) 836-1955
www.IFHurbanrez.org
August 2012
Greetings relatives,
We are writing you today to seek your support for the annual campaign for Intertribal
Friendship House (IFH). Established in the 50s when native peoples were being relocated to
urban areas to assimilate into mainstream society, expected to relinquish their cultural
values and traditions, IFH was, and is, a vital touchstone for the native community. It is
a place to build community, to maintain connection with traditional values, and to be with
other native peoples. It is a place that affirms the cultures and traditions of the
diverse indigenous peoples of this land, including the native Ohlone, Pomo and Miwok
peoples, original occupants of this land we now call home. IFH embraces all tribes, and in
friendship, provides a house, a home, where we can come together and practice our
traditions, share with the broader community, and care for our relatives and future
generations. In this way, we are building community.
IFH has been building community since 1955. Our regular scheduled activities include
elders’ luncheons, powwows, drum and dance instruction, language classes, traditional
gardening, food cooking classes, beading circles, youth development, and positive support
groups. It offers a place to hold ceremonies, and most importantly a place for
multigenerational healing.
IFH has many objectives we would like to realize in the coming year. In addition to
continuing all our regular programming, we would like to add a film series, increase our
regalia classes, basketry and other classes that focus on California tribes, and plan
special programs for target groups including youth, parents, women, elders and families.
We would like to expand our new “I Choose” program that focuses on lifestyle and health
choices for the community. We would like to continue to offer the house facilities to
groups for classes, meetings and community observances. We have capital goals including
maintenance and improvement of the house facilities and equipment, a most needed roof
repair, and acquisition of a van for transporting elders and youth to and from community
events.
To help realize these goals we seek and need the support and involvement of the IFH
community members, our friends, s/heroes and patrons. Your support is key to IFH’s
wellbeing. We need the involvement of you all and hope that you value IFH and are able to
support our programs and goals with a financial contribution. We hope that you will think
of IFH as a worthy investment of your time and money.
We look forward to your continued participation at IFH and hope that you will share our
request for support with all your relations as we build community together. As a key
native virtue, and a core practice for IFH, we believe that generosity is to be practiced
regardless of whether it is reciprocated. We give unconditionally, and appreciate that
those who can, will give back, honoring both IFH and themselves. It is this spirit of
giving that we seek and celebrate in our community. We also recognize that as relatives,
our mutual interdependence is demonstrated in how we care for one another. IFH is
veryimportant and we are committed to making sure it exists for generations to come! If
you can help, your
tax-deductible donations will go a long way in sustaining community. Thank you for
caring.
Carol Wahpepah
Executive Director
Intertribal Friendship
A fiscally-sponsored project of Community Initiatives
IFH is a fiscally sponsored project of Community Initiatives. Please send donations to:
CI/IFH Project, 523 International Blvd, Oakland, CA 94606, or Donate securely online at:
www.ifhurbanrez.org.
Intertribal Friendship House - Oakland, CA - Non-Profit Organization
...http://www.facebook.com/pages/Intertribal-Friendship-House/251798591568899?rf=120188981325695Intertribal
Friendship House, Oakland, CA. 202 likes · 8 talking about this · 69 were here.
Intertribal Friendship House on
Myspacewww.myspace.com/urbanreservationIntertribal
Friendship House's profile on Myspace, the leading social entertainment destination
powered by the passion of our fans.
Intertribal Friendship House - San Francisco Homeless
Resourcehttp://sfhomeless.wikia.com/wiki/Intertribal_Friendship_House523 International
Blvd, Oakland, CA, 94606 510-452-1235 510-452-1275 (FAX) MWT: 9am-12pm...
http://sfhomeless.wikia.com/wiki/Intertribal_Friendship_House
http://www.nativenewsnetwork.com/intertribal-friendship-house-to-host-leona…
Intertribal Friendship House to Host Leonard Peltier Walk for Human Rights Reception
Leonard Peltier Walk
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Currents. Discussion »
Reception December 17
OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA - Participants of the Leonard
Peltier Walk for Human Rights that kicks off on Alcatraz Island on
Sunday, December 18 are invited to a reception the Saturday evening
before the walk.
The reception will be hosted by the Intertribal Friendship House,
located at 523 International Boulevard in Oakland. The reception will
feature speakers and food. It begins at 5:00 pm pst and will conclude at
8:30 pm pst.
Leonard Peltier Walk for Human Rights Starts from Alcatraz Island on Sunday,
December 18
The Leonard Peltier Walk for Human Rights is an effort to raise
awareness regarding political prisoner Leonard Peltier, Turtle Mountain
Ojibwe, who has been in prison for the past 35 years. Organizers of the
walk want President Barack Obama to grant clemency to Peltier.
Intertribal Friendship House
The Intertribal Friendship House is one of the oldest urban American
Indian agencies in the United States. It's motto is "Our Urban Rez,
Since 1955" relays the message of the importance the Intertribal
Friendship House is to urban American Indians, who utilize the facility
to hold community meetings, dinners and other events.
The agency began to serve American Indians who moved to the San
Francisco Bay Area during the Relocation program in the early 1950s.
Co-founder of the American Indian Movement Dennis Banks, Ojibwe, will
be on Alcatraz Island to kick off the walk. The Leonard Peltier Walk
for Human Rights will conclude in Washington on May 18, 2012.
posted December 10, 2011 8:50 am est
--- On Fri, 1/11/13, Pete Forsyth <peteforsyth(a)gmail.com> wrote:
From: Pete Forsyth <peteforsyth(a)gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-SF] Reminder: Oakland Wiki local history editathon this Sunday
To: "San Francisco Bay Area Wikimedians"
<wikimedia-sf(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Date: Friday, January 11, 2013, 5:16 PM
Thanks for the reminder Vicky, I hope to make it for part of this -- unfortunately I have
some conflicting plans, but I should be able to catch part of it!
Pete
On Jan 11, 2013, at 5:04 PM, Vicky Knox wrote:
Hello!
Please excuse me for this slightly late reminder (though a reminder nonetheless): the
first-ever Oakland Wiki History Edit-a-thon is this Sunday! This will be a fascinating way
to meet other people with an interest in local history, and coming from the point of view
of a Wikipedian a great opportunity to include rare images on Commons and well-researched
local history content on Wikipedia.
12-1p: Brown Couch Cafe noontime meet-n-greet
1-5p: Oakland History Room editathon, 2nd floor of Oakland Public Library (main branch)
Don’t forget a computer or some note-taking materials! Updates can be found in the Oakland
Wiki on the project page here.
Cheers! Vicky
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