2024 Landback Gala

Denver Botanic Gardens 1007 York St, Denver, CO, United States

Thank you for your interest in attending Spirit of The Sun's first Summer Solstice LANDBACK Gala! Spirit of the Sun envisions a return of land to Indigenous stewards, where we can operate our programs, care for bison to live off that land, and preserve our cultural practices. Our collective goals stand in solidarity with the LANDBACK movement to dismantle white supremacy while radically transforming this country and standing for collective liberation for all Black, Indigenous, People of Color.

Arapaho Youth Cultural Exchange

Museum of Boulder 2205 Broadway, Boulder CO

Join us for a rare opportunity for Boulder youth to meet Southern Arapaho youth who would like to share their culture. This youth-to-youth cultural education may explore Arapaho hand games, social dancing, storytelling, and Native American sign language.

Regenerative Systems Dinner and Dialogue

Junkyard Social Club 2525 Frontier Ave, Unit A, Boulder, CO

Join us for a powerful night of exploring how we are and can be designing for resilience and longevity in our core systems.  We’ll have discussion centered around food, land, community services and economics; and then explore their interconnectedness. 

NSF NCAR Explorer Series at the Longmont Museum “Atmospheric rivers in a changing climate: How rivers in the sky could change”

Longmont Museum 400 Quail Road, Longmont

On Thursday, October 17th from 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm (MT), the Longmont Museum welcomes NSF NCAR scientist Christine Shields for a lecture, "Atmospheric rivers in a changing climate: How rivers in the sky could change". This lecture will be presented in person at the Longmont Museum, and also online through multiple outlets listed on their website. Reservations are recommended for in person attendees.

“What Was Ours” Film Screening and Talk-Back about Repatriation with Jordan Dresser

Museum of Boulder 2205 Broadway, Boulder CO

“What Was Ours” is the story of how a young journalist, Jordan Dresser, and a teenage powwow princess, both of the Arapaho tribe, traveled together with a Shoshone elder in search of missing artifacts in the vast archives of Chicago’s Field Museum. There they discover a treasure trove of ancestral objects, setting them on a journey to recover what has been lost and build hope for the future. Join Jordan for a talk-back after the film.

The “Truth, Restoration, & Education Commission Report” Presentation from Richard Williams

Museum of Boulder 2205 Broadway, Boulder CO

These final reports present the comprehensive findings of the Truth, Restoration, and Education Commission (TREC) of Colorado, which, over the last two years, in collaboration with the People of the Sacred Land (PSL), has diligently examined the widely untold history of Colorado in order to uncover the causes of widespread land displacement and the genocide of Native peoples in the state.

Boulder Conversations with Extraordinary People – Charles Cambridge

Museum of Boulder 2205 Broadway, Boulder CO

Charles Cambridge (PhD, University of Colorado) is a 4/4 enrolled member of the Navaho Tribe in the Southwest United States.  He is Bitahnii (mother’s clan), born for Taneezahnii (father’s clan), his maternal grandfather is Todischiinii, and his paternal grandfather’s clan is Totsohnii.