Terria Smith, editor of Know We Are Here, is participating in the next “Night Out at the Museum” program at the Maidu Museum. “Original Stories: California’s First Voices” with Rose Soza War Soldier, Viola Le Beau, and Michelle LaPena.

After the panel conversation, there will be a book signing. Books will be available to purchase at the event. Light refreshments will be served after the program as well.

In-person event. 1970 Johnson Ranch Dr Roseville, CA.

Terria Smith (Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla) is the editor of the quarterly magazine New from Native California and director of the Roundhouse program, an editorial division of Native California book publishing at Heyday. She is the editor of Know We Are Here: Voices of Native California Resistance.

Rose Soza War Soldier (Mountain Maidu/Cahuilla/Luiseño) is an enrolled member of the Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians and a professor of Ethnic Studies at California State University, Sacramento. Her research and teaching focus on twentieth-century American Indian activism, social and cultural history, politics, education, and justice-centered movements.

Michelle LaPena (Pit River Tribe) is a member of the Pit River Tribe and an Indian law attorney. She is extensively involved in developing statewide policy in California regarding cultural resources protection, including burial site protection and consultation requirements for new projects. She was the 2015 recipient of the Truman Capote Creative Writing Fellowship.

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