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First Peoples Native Center Opens

A Student Club that has existed for more than two decades finally got its dream of having a full-fledged student support center for those identifying as having indigenous ancestry.

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First Peoples Native Center Celebrates

The First Peoples Native Center (FPNC) will celebrate students who are graduating, transferring or completing certificates from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Summit Event Center.

A Native American woman is being blessed by a Native elder. Both women are facing each other. One is on the left and the other is on the right

Mt. SAC Hosts Native Graduation

Indigenous students who are graduating, transferring or completing certificates will be honored and celebrated Saturday during Native Graduation hosted by the First Peoples Native Center.

Navajo Tribe Sacred Dance Presentation

November 2024 Native American & Indigenous Heritage Month

November is Native American and Indigenous Heritage Month, and this year Mt. SAC’s First People’s Native Center will be hosting 25 events to celebrate.

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Planting the Seeds: Women of Color  Leadership Conference

Hosted by Mt. SAC, the groundbreaking event gathered more than 400 women from 30 community colleges and 12 universities across the region. WOCAN was created as a platform for empowerment, healing, and leadership development—an intentional space designed by and for women of color.

 

FPNC Podcast Episodes

         
     		 Creating Student Impact: The First Peoples Native Center Episode 205
           

Crafting an Intentional Land Acknowledgment at Mt. SAC with Dr. Primavera Reza-Nakonechny & Alisa Ciulla, Episode 206