First Foods of the Season Strawberry Festival and Workshop

Thursday, May 4, 2023, 4-7:00PM

Santa Rosa Intercultural Center, Pioneer Hall, Room 380

Featuring Frybread, Strawberry Shortcakes, plus strawberry cotton candy and chocolate-covered strawberries.

This is a public lecture on First Food Traditions and Rituals in North America, especially California region. This talk will focus on the beautiful strawberry as well as other first foods and flowers blooming in the spring and include stories associate with these special foods. 

Lecturer Lori Laiwa Thomas (Pomo, Coast Miwok, Huchnom) is an enrolled member of Hopland Band of Pomo Indians, and descendant to several Tribes in Lake, Mendocino and Sonoma counties. She is a the newly-hired Native American Studies Instructor - Tenure Track for Ethnic Studies Department at SRJC.

4-5:00pm Public Lecture & Food, 380 Pioneer Hall
Good Luck Dance: Mini Bigtime
5:20pm "Yahwiy" Thank you to all who helped make this event possible.
5:30pm SuNuNu Shinal - Kashia Pomo
6:00pm Point Arena Coast Dancers - Smith Family
7:00pm Closing Prayer

Zoom Registration ID: 847 0815 0810 (Registration is available if you are unable to attend in person.)