Know We Are Here: Native Visibility in the University
October 6, 2023 | 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Join editor Terria Smith for a riveting panel drawing upon the insights shared in the anthology Know We Are Here: Voices of Native California Resistance.
The panel will focus on the histories and dynamics of life in Native California. The discussion will examine the resistance to colonialism through the reclamation of culture and language, and how these particular challenges play out in the university system for native students.
Collecting over twenty-five essays written by more than fifteen California Indian authors, Know We Are Here surveys many of the ways California’s Indigenous communities are resisting the legacies of genocide. Focusing on the particular histories, challenges, and dynamics of life in Native California—which are often very different from elsewhere in the United States—the book collects essays from writers across the state.
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Terria Smith
Terria Smith is a tribal member of the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians. For more than five years she has been working as the editor of News From Native California, a quarterly magazine devoted to the vibrant cultures, art, languages, histories, social justice movements, and stories of California’s diverse Indian peoples. Terria is also the director of California Indian Publishing at Heyday. She is a member of the Native American Journalists Association and an alumna of the University of California Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.
