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44th Annual Medicine Ways Conference
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".
SCHEDULE
| Time | Saturday, April 4, 2026 | Theme "Stories Passed Around the Fire" | Student Success Center (SSC) |
| 8:30am - 9:30am | Registration and Breakfast | SSC Lobby | |
| 9:30am - 10:00am | Welcome, Blessing, and Birdsongs | Michael Madrigal (Cahuilla) | SSC MPR 1,2,3 |
| 10:15am - 11:00am | Keynote Speaker | William Bauer (Round Valley Indian Tribes) | SSC 229 |
| 11:10am - 12:00pm | Keynote Speaker | James Yee (Kaswa' Chumash) | SSC 229 |
| 12:00pm - 1:00pm | Lunch | SSC MPR 1,2,3 | |
| 1:00pm - 1:50pm | Pottery Workshop | Izzi Reyes (Mexican Kikapú/Lepaí Ndé) | SSC Lawn |
| NASA Ink Stamping | Alikoi Parra (Kaswa' Chumash) and Francine Phillips (Fort Yuma Quechan Indian Tribe) | SSC 216 | |
| 1:50pm - 2:00pm | Closing | SSC MPR 1,2,3 |
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