UCR 44th Annual Medicine Ways Conference
Presented by Native American Student Association and Native American Student Programs, UC Riverside
About this event
For over four decades, UCR's Native American Student Association and Native American Student Programs have hosted the annual Medicine Ways Conference. Featured guests from across the nation are invited to partake in this event and admission is free to our students, faculty, staff, and community. This year's Medicine Ways Conference theme "Stories Passed Around the Fire".
Time Saturday, April 4, 2026 Theme "Stories Passed Around the Fire" Student Success Center (SSC)
- 8:30am - 9:30am Registration and Breakfast
- 9:30am - 10:00am Welcome, Blessing, and Birdsongs Michael Madrigal (Cahuilla)
- 10:15am - 11:00am Keynote Speaker William Bauer (Round Valley Indian Tribes)
- 11:10am - 12:00pm Keynote Speaker James Yee (Kaswa' Chumash)
- 12:00pm - 1:00pm Lunch
- 1:00pm - 1:50pm Pottery Workshop Izzi Reyes (Mexican Kikapú/Lepaí Ndé)
- 1:00pm - 1:50pm NASA Ink Stamping Alikoi Parra (Kaswa' Chumash) and Francine Phillips (Fort Yuma Quechan Indian Tribe)
- 1:50pm - 2:00pm Closing