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One of the highlights of the month includes a closing ceremony on Wednesday, Nov. 29, featuring state Assemblymember James Ramos, D-Highland, bird singers and words of wisdom from CSUSB Indigenous leaders.
![A scene from the documentary, “Imagining the Indian: The Fight Against Native American Mascoting,” which will be shown at CSUSB on Nov. 2.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_ImaginingTheIndian_26Oct2023.jpg.webp?itok=SUS5_yIG)
The film explores the genesis of the exploitation of Native American culture. There will be a screening and panel discussion on Nov. 2 at noon to 3 p.m. in the SMSU Theater.
![Traditional dancers perform at the 2023 Pow Wow](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/PowWow_POST_Slide.jpg.webp?itok=Vxlpl3Wv)
The San Manuel Pow Wow was once again held at CSUSB — a three-day celebration featuring traditional bird singers and dancers, drum singing groups and artisans representing Indian tribal nations from across North America and Canada.
![Photo from the 2022 California Native American Day celebration.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_CNAD2022_18Sept2023.jpg.webp?itok=vDjfS5bK)
The celebration, free and open to the public, caps the week-long California Indian Cultural Awareness Conference, which will see more than 1,500 elementary school students and their teachers from throughout the Inland Empire visit the campus to learn firsthand about California’s Native American culture, history and customs.
![A photo from last year’s Pow Wow at CSUSB.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/Pow-Wow_Slide.jpg.webp?itok=_0xWRa2u)
The San Manuel Pow Wow is a three-day celebration free to the public, featuring traditional bird singers and dancers, drum singing groups and vending from artisans representing Indian tribal nations from across North America and Canada.
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Nena Torrez (education) was interviewed for a segment on the Project Impact initiative to increase the number of K-12 male teachers of color, and Annika Anderson (sociology) discussed the work of Project Rebound, which assists the formerly incarcerated enroll at CSUSB and obtain their college degrees.
![Students participating in the Project Impact program during an event in May 2022 at the James R. Watson and Judy Rodriguez Watson College of Education.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_BHM_ProjectImpact_Group_14Feb2023.jpg.webp?itok=6Vo8a9F1)
Project Impact is the vision of James R. Watson and Judy Rodriguez Watson College of Education Dean Chinaka DomNwachukwu to locate, recruit, train, mentor and then deploy minority male teachers to classrooms throughout the inland area and the state.
![Close up of a Native American rattle.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/TruthAndHealing_Slide.jpg.webp?itok=pguGC89w)
The California Truth & Healing Council bears witness to, records, examines existing documentation of, and receives California Native American narratives regarding the historical relationship between the state of California and California Native Americans to clarify the historical record of such relationship in the spirit of truth and healing.
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Carlos Two Bears Gonzales, who was appointed First Peoples’ Center coordinator in August, said he wants Native American students to know they will receive support at the center in academic achievement and personal success.