The Native Center hosts a variety of programs for students throughout the academic year. Each quarter, in November, February and May, Native American Awareness programming is spotlighted on the Stanford campus. Fall quarter programming may include Indigenous People's Day, Native Heritage Month, and a trip to the annual American Indian Film Festival in San Francisco. Mentoring within the Native American Community is the programming focus during Winter Quarter and may include visiting artists and scholars, college motivation days, and the annual Student Mentor Dinner. Native American Awareness in Spring quarter culminates with the Stanford Powwow, Native Community Recognition Night, and the Native Graduation Dinner and Awards Presentation the night before Commencement.
Stanford Native Community Annual Programming
Throughout the school year, the Native American Cultural Center (NACC) hosts and co-sponsors a variety of cross disciplinary events from cultural practice to career development. These are initiated through diverse partnerships with student groups, academic departments, University programs, and community organizations beyond Stanford.
AUTUMN QUARTER
- Summer Native American Immersion Program (SNIP)
- New Student Orientation for Undergraduates
- Graduate Student Orientation & Welcome Events
- Native American Community Barbecue for New & Returning Students
- Indigenous People’s Day
- Native Big & Little Sibling Programming
- Alumni Homecoming Reunion
- Alumni Hall of Fame Inductions
- Stanford American Indian Organization (SAIO) Anniversary
- Native American Heritage Month
- First Nations Futures Fellows Welcome
- First Nations/Native Community Stew & Frybread Dinner
- NACC Frosh Fellows & Native Graduate Mentors
- Annual American Indian Film Festival, San Francisco
- Annual Toy Drive for Muwekma Ohlone Children
- SNAGS End-of-Quarter Social
- Annual NACC Holiday Dinner
- AISF's Holiday “Dinner Out"
WINTER QUARTER
- January Artist Workshops
- NACC Frosh Fellows & Native Graduate Mentors
- John Milton Oskison Writing Competition
- AISF’s Anne Ninham Medicine Mentorship Award
- AISF’s Pam Hanitchak Quarterly Lecture Series
- Stanford’s Family Weekend
- SAIO Annual Student-Mentor Dinner
- CLUE-IN College Motivation Day — (College Life & Undergraduate Education for Interested Natives)
- NACC Frosh Fellows & Native Graduate Mentors
- Graduate Diversity Day
- SNAGS End-of-Quarter Social
SPRING QUARTER
- Stanford Admit Weekend
- AISF’s Annual PamCake Breakfast
- Annual SPARK Research Forum — (Student Projects Accelerating & Reshaping Knowledge)
- Annual Stanford Powwow, Mother’s Day Weekend
- Native American Community Recognition Night
- SNAGS End-of-Quarter Social
- Native American Graduation Dinner & Awards Presentation
