Early Native American History

Join us on Thursday, October 22, from 7 to 9 p.m., for a presentation about early Native American history in our area by Martin Rizzo-Martinez. This free community event will be at the Loma Prieta Forum, 23800 Summit Road.

Martin is a historian and assistant professor in the film and digital media department at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is the author of a study ofIndigenous peoples of the Santa Cruz area: We are not Animals: Indigenous Politics of Survival, Rebellion, and Reconstitution in Nineteenth-Century California.

Martin co-produces, along with Daniel Stonebloom, the podcast entitled Challenging Colonialism. He recently developed two multimedia projects featuring Indigenous community members that are now on exhibit at the Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park. You can learn more about Martin at rizzomartinez.com.

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