Please join The Chapter House Monday, April 22, from 6:30 - 8:30 pm for a special screening of the award-winning film Demon Mineral. 

Demon Mineral, directed by Hadley Austin, co-written by Dr. Tommy Rock, and produced by Emma Robbins and Nevo Shinaar, is an account of life in the wake of uranium mining on sacred lands. Shot over the course of four years with Diné community collaboration, guidance, and oversight, the film examines the legacy of uranium extraction from the perspectives of both the landscape and its inhabitants. Framed entirely by Indigenous voices and testimonies, Demon Mineral is about an active, multigenerational process of reclamation.

Hadley Austin will be present alongside Emma Robbins for a Q + A after the screening. Snacks and refreshments (and zines!) will be provided. (Feel free to bring your own dinner if this is during your supper time!) Our address is 1770 Glendale Blvd., but please enter at the gate on Branden St. Parking is available on residential streets around The Chapter House. This event is free and open to all. Please register at bit.ly/tch_dm.

🖌Join The Chapter House for “Write the Family”! This nonfiction writing workshop is a four part series where participants will be given prompts to ignite their creative writing process. All writing levels are welcome to explore the topic of family. This series will be facilitated by day one TCH collaborator Magda San Millan. Attendance for every workshop in this series is not required but encouraged. The last workshop will conclude with a reading open to the community. Participation in the reading is purely voluntary.☺️

👍🏽We will be discussing real life, adult topics openly, so this is an 18+ event.

🗓️Series Dates:

Sat 4.13.24 || 2pm to 4pm

Sat 5.11.24 || 2pm to 4pm

Sat 6.15.24 || 2pm to 4pm

📍The Chapter House, 1770 Glendale Blvd., LA 90026. Please enter at the gate on Branden St. Street parking is available on residential streets around TCH. 

🙏🏽By registering, you help TCH order the correct amount of supplies and prevent waste. We appreciate you!

Click the button below to register for the April 13th event.

Yá'át'ééh'!Hello everyone! My name is Nate Lemuel, I am Queer, Diné, my pronouns (he,she,they/them) and am born and raised from Shiprock, New Mexico. I am celebrating my photography of 8 years. I decided to celebrate my travels here in Tongvalands with my partner, and visit some family and friends. I always wanted to meet more folks out here and so I would like to invite everyone in the area to come on out to The Chapter House on Wednesday April 3rd, as I will be hosting an open space to photograph. If you are in need of editorial/professional headshots for any purpose of a matter, or would like to meet, and hangout, I will be here at @thechapterhousela! To sign up, go ahead and fill out the form to schedule your time that you will be arriving to the space. The photo session will be about 15-20 minutes per person so take some time to plan ahead by wearing one amazing outfit to the photo session. You are more than welcome to change into another if you are mindful of the time. I will be sending 2-3 photographs in complimentary to our photo session and you are more than welcome to send any tips or support to me on site. There will be small refreshments. Most importantly, Ahè’hee’(thank you) for participating and I look forward to seeing you! I will have the space for the morning and want to thank everyone at The Chapter House for providing a safe space to do this.

Join us for National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day!

📆Saturday March 23, 2024

⌚️12pm-5pm

📍The Autry Museum of the American West - 4700 Western Heritage Way, Los Angeles, CA 90027

Indigenous Pride LA will have their partner organizations conduct free rapid HIV/STI Testing and give out free COVID-19 PPE, testing, & Mpox vaccines, singing & dancing by local artists & performers, Native food, Native-owned business vendors, local resources for the Los Angeles Native, trans, & queer communities, and much more!

For more information or sponsorships, please visit our website at indigenouspridela.org.

🍧Who’s ready for some piccadillies?! Come chill with The Chapter House fam and enjoy a favorite rez treat. If you haven't had a piccadilly before, now is the time to try one! They’re part snow cone with a topping of pickles, gummy bears, and kool-aid powder. It sounds wild but it’s the perfect combination of sweet and salty. Meet some cool people and unwind after a long day. Bring your friends!

🗓️Tuesday, March 19, 2024 || 6pm to 7:30pm 

📍The Chapter House, 1770 Glendale Blvd., LA 90026. Please enter at the gate on Branden St. Street parking is available on residential streets around TCH.

🔗Register at bit.ly/PICsocial

🙏🏽By registering, you help TCH order the correct amount of supplies and prevent waste. We appreciate you!

The Chapter House is happy to partner with UAII on their Community heART Workshop.

Join us for our March Community heART workshop: Sketch & Wellness Walk to Echo Park! 🎨🌿

We'll start at UAII, discuss the plan, and make our way to Echo Park, stopping at key points for creative activities and insights into nutrition. 🌱

During our walk, we'll be sketching and learning about the benefits of eating healthy. To help you get started, we'll provide a sketchbook, markers, pencils, colored pencils, and a yummy, healthy snack.🚶‍♀️

What to bring? Just your creativity, comfortable walking shoes ,a jacket (in case it gets chilly), and any special drawing materials you like. 🌈

Let's have fun, create art, and enjoy a walk together. See you there!✨

To RSVP please email atiger@uaii.org or shelms@uaii.org or text (213) 645-9736.

Friday March 15
3 PM - 5 PM
Meet at UAII by 3:30 to walk to Echo Park

🧘🏽‍♀️Come along with TCH fam as we give gratitude to our bodies through the art of yoga. Analisa Rockbridge will lead us through our practice in TCH’s studio space. 

🩳Dress comfortably and please bring your own yoga mat/supplies, if you have them. TCH has a limited number of mats for registrants. If you are coming straight from work, we have space for you to change your clothing.

🕰This event will start promptly at 6:00pm, so please arrive on time. If you are no longer able to attend this event, please reach out to dria@thechapterhouse.org, so that we may open your spot to another community member. We appreciate it!

📍The Chapter House, 1770 Glendale Blvd., LA 90026. Please enter at the double doors located on Glendale Blvd. Street parking is available on residential streets around TCH.

🗓️Monday, March 11, 2024 || 6:00pm to 7:00pm

💧BYOWB: Bring Your Own Water Bottle!

🙏🏽By registering, you help TCH order the correct amount of supplies and prevent waste; however. We appreciate you!

🖌Join The Chapter House for “Write the Family”! This nonfiction writing workshop is a four part series where participants will be given prompts to ignite their creative writing process. All writing levels are welcome to explore the topic of family. This series will be facilitated by day one TCH collaborator Magda San Millan. Attendance for every workshop in this series is not required but encouraged. The last workshop will conclude with a reading open to the community. Participation in the reading is purely voluntary.☺️

👍🏽We will be discussing real life, adult topics openly, so this is an 18+ event.

🗓️Series Dates:

Sat 3.9.24 || 2pm to 4pm

Sat 4.13.24 || 2pm to 4pm

Sat 5.11.24 || 2pm to 4pm

Sat 6.15.24 || 2pm to 4pm

📍The Chapter House, 1770 Glendale Blvd., LA 90026. Please enter at the gate on Branden St. Street parking is available on residential streets around TCH. 

🔗Register for the March 9th workshop at bit.ly/TCHwrite1

🙏🏽By registering, you help TCH order the correct amount of supplies and prevent waste. We appreciate you!

🏃🏽‍♀️JSI! Just Stairz It! It’s like JMI, or Just Move It! Only with stairs! 🏃🏽‍♀️ 

What is JMI, or Just Move It? JMI is a campaign to get people out moving and shaking together nationally. It’s big on our Rez, not only for the exercise, but also for coming together as a community to hang! We’re doing just that, but this time we’ll be hitting the stairs (and streets) of Tongva Territory.

📍The Chapter House, 1770 Glendale Blvd., LA 90026. Please enter at the driveway gate on Branden St. Street parking is available on residential streets around TCH.

🗓️February 24, 10am - 12 pm || Stretching at 10:10am || Hit the road at 10:30am || Return by 11:30am || Cool down, coffee, and snackz from 11:30am - 12pm.

💧BYOWB: Bring Your Own Water Bottle!

🩳Dress comfortably with appropriate shoes for walking. Wear a hat/sunscreen. 

☕️Free coffee and healthy snacks provided! 

✨Want to come, but just not feeling the stairs? There are multiple routes to choose from: one chill route, and one hardcore-ish route. *We strongly encourage everyone to walk at their own leisure for as long as they want and to hang with new and old friends.*

🙏🏽By registering, you help TCH order the correct amount of supplies and prevent waste; however, no one will be turned away regardless of registration. We appreciate you!

🔗Registration bit.ly/JSIfeb2024

✌🏽We can’t wait to see you there! PLEASE NOTE: this event takes place the last Saturday of every month. Can’t make it this time? We’ll see you in March 30th.

🧘🏽‍♀️Come along with TCH fam as we give gratitude to our bodies through the art of yoga. Analisa Rockbridge will lead us through our practice in TCH’s studio space. 

🩳Dress comfortably and please bring your own yoga mat/supplies, if you have them. TCH has a limited number of mats for registrants. If you are coming straight from work, we have space for you to change your clothing.

🕰This event will start promptly at 5:30pm, so please arrive on time. If you are no longer able to attend this event, please reach out to dria@thechapterhouse.org, so that we may open your spot to another community member. We appreciate it!

📍The Chapter House, 1770 Glendale Blvd., LA 90026. Please enter on Branden St. Street parking is available on residential streets around TCH.

🗓️Friday, February 23, 2024 || 5:30pm to 6:30pm

💧BYOWB: Bring Your Own Water Bottle!

🙏🏽By registering, you help TCH order the correct amount of supplies and prevent waste; however. We appreciate you!

🙋🏽‍♀️Join TCH for a chill Galentine’s Day celebration where femmes come together to practice self-love❤️. 

🔆Let’s be in community with one another and make something fun together. We will be making vision boards focused on self-care/love, related to the four quadrants of the medicine wheel (mental, physical, emotional, spiritual), in physical or digital form. 

💻If you would like to make a digital vision board, be sure to bring your own electronic device📱 (computer, tablet, or phone).

✂️TCH will provide supplies for physical vision boards🖼. We do ask that you bring a copy of your favorite 📸picture of yourself to include in your project. 

📍The Chapter House, 1770 Glendale Blvd., LA, 90026. Please enter on Branden St. Street via our driveway/gate. Parking is available on residential streets around TCH.

🗓️Tuesday, February 13, 2024 || 5:30pm to 7pm

‼️SPACE IS LIMITED‼️ Registration is required.

🙏🏽By registering, you help TCH order the correct amount of supplies and prevent waste.

UCLA Film & Television Archive and Autry Museum of the American West present

Save the Man presents an assembly of titles showcasing an overlooked trend in pre-Code Hollywood: studio films that openly confronted the contemporary consequences of this nation’s fraught history with Indigenous peoples after they were granted citizenship in 1924. Featuring a melodrama about a mixed-race woman coming to terms with her identity, a tale of Native Alaskan revenge, a doomed Navajo Nation bordertown romance, and a violent uprising led by a Wild West Show performer against a corrupt government, these four forgotten films each reflect the era’s affinity for breaking on-screen taboos and imperfect examinations of contemporaneous prejudices. They stand out as being both of their time and beyond the studio filmmaking of today.

Notes written and program curated by Adam Piron.

Special thanks to our community partners: The Chapter House, LA Skins Fest.

Please note that this screening will be held at the Autry Museum. Tickets are available on the Autry Museum website.

Call Her Savage

U.S., 1932

The penultimate role of Hollywood’s original “It Girl,” Clara Bow stars as Nasa Springer, a rebellious, young Texan who burns through life quicker than she can take it in. Her reckless ways take her on a riches-to-rags story accented by flourishes of 1930s opulence and human tragedy, leading her to a startling revelation about her true heritage. Notable for its plays on stereotypes of mixed-race Indigeneity as well as early instances of openly gay characters on screen, Bow’s performance ultimately commands sympathy for the plight of a people unable to fully fit within either of their worlds in the early 20th century.

35mm, b&w, 88 min. Director: John Francis Dillon. Writer: Edwin J. Burke. With: Clara Bow, Gilbert Roland, Thelma Todd.

UCLA Film & Television Archive and Autry Museum of the American West present

Save the Man presents an assembly of titles showcasing an overlooked trend in pre-Code Hollywood: studio films that openly confronted the contemporary consequences of this nation’s fraught history with Indigenous peoples after they were granted citizenship in 1924. Featuring a melodrama about a mixed-race woman coming to terms with her identity, a tale of Native Alaskan revenge, a doomed Navajo Nation bordertown romance, and a violent uprising led by a Wild West Show performer against a corrupt government, these four forgotten films each reflect the era’s affinity for breaking on-screen taboos and imperfect examinations of contemporaneous prejudices. They stand out as being both of their time and beyond the studio filmmaking of today.

Notes written and program curated by Adam Piron.

Special thanks to our community partners: The Chapter House, LA Skins Fest.

Admission is free. No advance reservations. Your seat will be assigned to you when you pick up your ticket at the box office. Seats are assigned on a first come, first served basis. The box office opens one hour before the event.

Massacre

U.S., 1934

Chief Joe Thunder Horse (Richard Barthelmess) is the top draw in the Wild West show he tours with, and he won’t let anyone forget it. Whether it’s speeding his gaudy sports car, bedding white women or demanding higher pay, Joe unapologetically lives life fast — until word reaches him from the reservation that his father is dying. He returns home to find his community in disarray and under the rule of a corrupt white government official and a group of con men. Pushed to breaking point, he leads his tribe to revolt against their oppressors in an explosive, damning finale.

16mm, b&w, 70 min. Director: Alan Crosland. Writer: Sheridan Gibney, Ralph Block, Robert Gessner. With: Richard Barthelmess, Ann Dvorak, Henry O'Neill.

UCLA Film & Television Archive and Autry Museum of the American West present

Save the Man presents an assembly of titles showcasing an overlooked trend in pre-Code Hollywood: studio films that openly confronted the contemporary consequences of this nation’s fraught history with Indigenous peoples after they were granted citizenship in 1924. Featuring a melodrama about a mixed-race woman coming to terms with her identity, a tale of Native Alaskan revenge, a doomed Navajo Nation bordertown romance, and a violent uprising led by a Wild West Show performer against a corrupt government, these four forgotten films each reflect the era’s affinity for breaking on-screen taboos and imperfect examinations of contemporaneous prejudices. They stand out as being both of their time and beyond the studio filmmaking of today.

Notes written and program curated by Adam Piron.

Special thanks to our community partners: The Chapter House, LA Skins Fest.

Admission is free. No advance reservations. Your seat will be assigned to you when you pick up your ticket at the box office. Seats are assigned on a first come, first served basis. The box office opens one hour before the event.

Eskimo

U.S. 1933 

Filmed on location in then-Alaskan Territory, Eskimo (a descriptor now considered a racial slur) follows the life of Mala (Iñupiaq actor Ray Mala) and the everyday life of his community. After the death of one of his wives at the hands of corrupt fur traders, Mala exacts revenge and is forced to go on the run. Although a box office disappointment, W.S. Van Dyke’s motion picture received the first Oscar for Best Film Editing, and was also the first U.S. feature filmed in an Indigenous language, offering viewers today a unique look at early sound-era cinema’s experimentation with subtitles.

16mm, b&w, 117 min. Director: W.S. Van Dyke. Writer: John Lee Mahin, Peter Freuchen. With: Ray Mala.

Laughing Boy

U.S., 1934

Laughing Boy (Ramón Novarro), a Navajo silversmith, does his best to entertain and sell his wares to the hordes of grotesque American tourists who visit his reservation daily. He gains the affection of Slim Girl (Lupe Vélez), a Native woman raised by white people, who many in the tribe believe to be leading a life of sin in the nearby town. A doomed love triangle forms between her, Laughing Boy, and her white former lover that exposes the racism, exploitation and misogyny at the root of reservation border towns, Indian trading posts and the tourism they thrive on.

16mm, b&w, 79 min. Director: W.S. Van Dyke. Writer: John Colton, John Lee Mahin. With: Ramón Novarro, Lupe Vélez.

🏃🏽‍♀️JSI! Just Stairz It! It’s like JMI, or Just Move It! Only with stairs! 🏃🏽‍♀️ 

What is JMI, or Just Move It? JMI is a campaign to get people out moving and shaking together nationally. It’s big on our Rez, not only for the exercise, but also for coming together as a community to hang! We’re doing just that, but this time we’ll be hitting the stairs (and streets) of Tongva Territory.

📍The Chapter House, 1770 Glendale Blvd., LA 90026. Please enter on Branden St. Street parking is available on residential streets around TCH.

🗓️January 27, 10am - 12 pm || Stretching at 10:10am || Hit the road at 10:30am || Return by 11:30am || Cool down, coffee, and snackz from 11:30am - 12pm.

💧BYOWB: Bring Your Own Water Bottle!

🩳Dress comfortably with appropriate shoes for walking. Wear a hat/sunscreen. 

☕️Free coffee and healthy snacks provided! 

✨Want to come, but just not feeling the stairs? There are multiple routes to choose from: one chill route, and one hardcore-ish route. *We strongly encourage everyone to walk at their own leisure for as long as they want and to hang with new and old friends.*

🙏🏽By registering, you help TCH order the correct amount of supplies and prevent waste; however, no one will be turned away regardless of registration. We appreciate you!

🔗bit.ly/JSIjan2024

✌🏽We can’t wait to see you there! PLEASE NOTE: this is a monthly event. Can’t make it this time? We’ll see you in February. Date TBA.

Stop by Sacred Path’s Grand Opening for family friendly activities.

Please note there is a break during the event.

Hours are 11:30am to 1:30pm and 3:30pm to 5pm.

Located in Suite 250.

Sacred Path Indigenous Wellness Center is offering a Sewing Workshop. This is an in-person, free workshop, with materials provided! The meeting will be at the American Indian United Methodist Church in Anaheim.

RSVP email rsvp@sacredpath.org or the link in our bio.

Join The Chapter House for an afternoon of reading with Native Drag Queens Lady Shug and Landa Lakes!

Lady Shug and Landa Lakes will be reading 2 books, including Koni, written by Sherrie Begay, Kari A.B. Chew, Steffani A. Cochran, and Donna Courtney Welch. Geared toward young readers, this monolingual children’s book encourages immersion in a vital Native American language as it teaches about opposites. Readers follow engaging, whimsical Koni (the Chickasaw word for skunk) through a variety of day-to-day situations designed to help young readers sniff out opposites like big and little, wet and dry, hungry and full. Koni’s illustrations make the accompanying Chickasaw phrases easy to understand and learn. The book also features an English-to-Chickasaw glossary to further facilitate learning.

This event is in collaboration with the nonprofit Drag Story Hour. Drag Story Hour celebrates reading through the glamorous art of drag. The goals of Drag Story Hour are to build empathy, allow kids to express their authentic selves and become bright lights of change in their communities. Find out more information at www.dragstoryhour.org.

bit.ly/TCHdsh

Free beading workshop with materials provided. Sacred Pathways will be meeting in person at the American Indian United Methodist Church in Anaheim. Details in flyer.

Please rsvp at rsvp@sacredpath.org

Support Indigenous artists!

Thunder Voice Hat Co.

Blue Corn Custom Designs

Shi Yoo Designs

Laughing All Somehow

Pony Puff Beads

Support Indigenous artists!

Thunder Voice Hat Co.

Blue Corn Custom Designs

Shi Yoo Designs

Laughing All Somehow

Pony Puff Beads

Sacred Path Indigenous Wellness Center is offering a Sewing Workshop. This is an in-person, free workshop, with materials provided! The meeting will be at the American Indian United Methodist Church in Anaheim.

RSVP email rsvp@sacredpath.org or the link in our bio.

Ya'at'eeh everyone, Navajo Nation Library is extremely excited to announce the Celebration of Diné Authors, happening on Thursday, November 9th at 5 pm in Window Rock, AZ!

The event will feature two astounding Diné authors: Ramona Emerson (Shutter) and Jolyana Begay-Kroupa (Becoming Miss Navajo). Navajo Nation Library is extremely excited to host both authors for an award presentation, author visit and reading, and book signings. Refreshments will be served! Join in person or online!

UAII is very thankful for the community they serve and they hope you will join them for their 43rd Annual Thanksgiving Community Feast.

Please register yourself and your family at the link in @uaii_inc ‘s bio so that they can ensure they have enough food for all!

See you at St. Paul’s Commons on Wednesday, November 8!

Mending the Hoop: Gathering of LA Nations is a two-day event centering Indigenous Peoples and the local Tribes.

cultural art - villages - food & drink - giveaway - resources

DAY 2: The second day of Mending the Hoop centers the local Land-based tribes ceremony by inviting people into the space to learn and heal using ancestral practices.

Participants will learn about the importance of healing practice and talking circle. The objectives include discussions around ceremony, healing practices, mental health and communal health!

All are welcome!

Go to bit.ly/LAnations to reserve your seat!

UCLA Film & Television Archive is excited to host “Reservation Dogs” @rezdogsfx producers-writers-directors @sterlinharjo and @tazbah Rose Chavez in person on Saturday, November 4 at 7:30 p.m.!

Created by Sterlin Harjo and @taikawaititi, FX’s “Reservation Dogs” (2021-23) is a landmark dramedy that follows four Indigenous teenagers in rural Oklahoma, with an extended cast of memorable characters. The acclaimed series is a breakthrough in Indigenous representation on TV, both in front of and behind the camera: every writer, director and series regular is Indigenous.

They are screening two episodes (“Wide Net,” “Deer Lady”) and hosting a Q&A with Sterlin Harjo and Tazbah Rose Chavez, moderated by David Delgado Shorter, UCLA Professor in @uclawacd.

Co-presented by @uclaaisc.

Free admission! bit.ly/RezDogsUCLA

(ending time is an estimate)