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May 30, 2026
The Last Human Bear Discussion & Book Signing
A double-billed event featuring John Freeman and Greg Sarris in conversation about their new works, California Rewritten and The Last Human Bear. Hosted at the Point Reyes Presbyterian Church with Point Reyes Books as the provisioning bookstore.
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May 31, 2026
Bay Area Book Festival
THE LAST HUMAN BEAR, inspired by the Native women elders who shaped Sarris' youth, will be on special early sale with the Bay Area Book Festival following an incredible conversation between Greg Sarris and Susan Straight, author of Sacrament, celebrating independence, healing, and brilliant Native writing.
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June 14, 2026
Author Talk & Book Signing at Book Passage
Greg Sarris discusses and signs The Last Human Bear at Book Passage in Corte Madera, CA.
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June 18, 2026
Indigenous Narratives of the Past, Present, and Future
Greg Sarris joins The Center for Fiction in Brooklyn, NY for a conversation on Indigenous storytelling across time.
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June 22, 2026
Author Talk & Book Signing at New York Society Library
Greg Sarris discusses and signs The Last Human Bear at the New York Society Library in New York, NY.
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July 16, 2026
Greg Sarris in Conversation with Rebecca Solnit
Greg Sarris joins Rebecca Solnit for an evening presented by Copperfield's Books at the Finley Community Center in Santa Rosa, CA.
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July 23, 2026
Greg Sarris in Conversation with Oscar Villalon at City Lights Books
Greg Sarris joins ZYZZYVA editor Oscar Villalon for a conversation at City Lights Books in San Francisco, CA.
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July 30, 2026
Greg Sarris in Conversation with Obi Kaufmann at Clio's
Greg Sarris joins Obi Kaufmann for an evening celebrating The Last Human Bear at Clio's in Oakland, CA.
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August 27, 2026
Greg Sarris in Conversation with Jon Hickey at Kepler's
Greg Sarris joins Jon Hickey for an evening celebrating The Last Human Bear at Kepler's in Menlo Park, CA.
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September 25, 2026
Greg Sarris in Conversation with Jane Ciabattari at The 222 Gallery
Greg Sarris joins Jane Ciabattari for an evening celebrating The Last Human Bear at The 222 Gallery in Healdsburg, CA.
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April 28, 2026
San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus Crescendo Event
Proud to co-sponsor the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus Crescendo event, honoring their Corporate Champion, Gilead Sciences.
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April 1, 2026
CALIBA Spring Forum Panel
That's My Alter Ego: Exploring Identity, Transformation, and Self. Greg Sarris and Sarah Gailey, author of Make Me Better, led in conversation by a CALIBA bookseller.
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June 19, 2024
Greg Sarris' 'The Forgetters' reminds audiences stories are lessons, history that can't be forgotten
Sarris' latest book, "The Forgetters," published by Heyday Books, is immediately engaging, a revealing glimpse into the lives, places and heritage of our region's Southern Pomo and Coast Miwok people, and provocative because, with rich detail and lyrical craft, Sarris calls on us to remember the essential way all humans actually come to understand and value our lives.
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May 29, 2024
Greg Sarris on Tribal Leadership and a Sense of Belonging
Sarris became active in tribal politics in the 1990s and, in 2000, was instrumental in obtaining federal recognition for The Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria. He subsequently led the effort to build the Graton Resort and Casino in Sonoma County, which opened in 2013.
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May 23, 2024
'Against all odds': Sarris speaks on storytelling
"We're complicated people who suffered a traumatic history, but we have humor and dignity and against all odds," Greg Sarris M.A. '81, Ph.D '89 said to an audience of over 100 people at an event celebrating his new book "The Forgetters" Tuesday night at Cemex.
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May 22, 2024
Storytellers share histories in Greg Sarris's 'The Forgetters'
Greg Sarris lives in Sonoma County. His collection of stories, The Forgetters, came out on April 16th, 2024.
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April 6, 2024
Greg Sarris on Writing to Remember Our Responsibility To Each Other
Greg Sarris's gritty, dramatic, and innovative novel-in-stories, Grand Avenue, follows the exploits of members of an urban Native American community in Santa Rosa, Northern California.
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March 21, 2024
Greg Sarris to receive SSU honorary doctorates
Sonoma State University will bestow honorary degrees on two longtime North Bay community leaders during the university's 2024 Commencement ceremonies on May 18.
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March 2, 2024
Sonoma Democratic Party presents Trowbridge Lifetime Achievement Award to Greg Sarris
The Sonoma County Democratic Party's annual Crab Feed included a ceremony awarding the Trowbridge Lifetime Achievement Award to Chairman Greg Sarris of Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria.
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February 9, 2024
What's Missing in 'Killers of the Flower Moon'
Killers of the Flower Moon, Martin Scorsese's Oscar-nominated film, begins with Osage men somberly performing a traditional pipe ceremony.
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January 17, 2024
Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria and Sonoma State University Celebrate Opening of Refurbished Center at SSU's Osborn Preserve
On Tuesday, January 16, Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria (FIGR) and Sonoma State University (SSU), celebrated the opening of the FIGR Learning Center at SSU's Fairfield Osborn Preserve.
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November 30, 2023
Alta Live: Place and Purpose's Greg Sarris and Obi Kaufmann
Master chroniclers of the West, Greg Sarris and Obi Kaufmann have penned some of our favorite texts of and about California.
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September 10, 2023
The University of Utah honors scholar Greg Sarris with Award in Environmental Humanities
As chair of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, Greg Sarris has an extensive body of humanities work that spans media and genres: novels, memoir, film, theater, and more.
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June 30, 2023
Greg Sarris, chairman of Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, appointed to UC Board of Regents
Greg Sarris, chairman of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, has been appointed to the University of California Board of Regents by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
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June 17, 2023
Sundance Institute Receives $4M To Support Indigenous Filmmakers In California
The Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria has gifted the Sundance Indigenous Program $4 million to empower Indigenous filmmakers from California tribes.
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June 16, 2023
Ceremony marks start of $1 billion Graton Resort and Casino expansion
Plans at the 254-acre casino site call for a gaming floor almost twice the current size, with 2,000 more slot machines and an additional 200-plus hotel rooms.
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August 11, 2021
Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria and Point Reyes National Seashore Announce Partnership
A Government-to-Government Partnership was signed between the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria and the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service.
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April 6, 2021
How this $250K grant aims to support Sonoma County migrant families
The Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria (FIGR) presented the collaborative with a $250,000 grant to continue to provide needed legal and social services for the underserved.
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April 6, 2021
This Bay Area Company Raised Wages in the Pandemic. Will more follow?
"The cost of living in the Bay Area is so high and so many people pay a really large portion of their income towards rent," said Aamir Deen, the president of Unite Here Local 49.
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January 27, 2021
Greg Sarris' 'Citizen' a Highlight of Word for Wordcast's Adaptations of Short Fiction
As Salvador, the aforementioned abandoned son, Edie Flores smoothly moves the bulk of the narrative forward, his voice coloring each passage with a golden resonance.
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September 24, 2020
UCLA Law receives $15 million to boost study of Native American law and policy
"Tribal law is a cornerstone of Native Americans' quest for equality and inclusion within the U.S. justice system," said Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria Tribal Chairman Greg Sarris.
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March 24, 2018
Petaluma Profile: Greg Sarris brings Miwok myths to life
"I had never written a children's story, so I turned to the classics like the Brothers Grimm, where a beautiful maiden is rescued by a handsome and powerful male hero."
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July 18, 2017
Outstanding Voices: Graton Rancheria Resort and Casino's Greg Sarris believe equality is all about inclusion
A writer and academic who has taught at UCLA, Loyola Marymount University and Sonoma State University, Sarris helped lead the Graton Rancheria tribe's restoration as a federally recognized American Indian nation.
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April 5, 2014
Staff Spotlight: Greg Sarris
"I believe that leading and teaching use many of the same skills, but it is important for me to keep the two hats separate," said Sarris.
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