Cal Academy of Science Nightlife- Fungus among Us
Indigenous perspectives on mycology with a talk from Mutsun-Ohlone Indigenous consultant Kanyon Sayers-Roods. 

Fungal networks connect living systems. Building relationality into sacred while approaching reconnection to the Fungal Kin-dom.

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Indigenous Pedagogies, Sacred Living Systems. & Ancient Future Relationship to Fungi. Is the science of mycology really inclusive? Allison Shiozaki, co-founder of Decolonize Mycology, a BIPOC & QT2SBIPOC group, and Kanyon Sayers-Roods, a Mutsun-Ohlone Indigenous consultant and CEO of Kanyon Konsulting LLC, invite you to explore how to build meaningful relationships to the land with accountability and reciprocity, and engage integral grounding into the sacred mycelial network. 


Allison Shiozaki, co-founder of Decolonize Mycology, shares their reflections on connection to the fungal kin-dom and their personal experiences within Mycological societies at large. Their desire is to build deeper, more meaningful and respectful relationships to the land, and original caretakers.
Video shared in this presentation: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QBJ3aq7G1cE&feature=youtu.be




Continue Learning:

we're on Instagram, @KanyonKonsulting @decolonizemycology, also recommend following @PocFungiCommunity

#HonorNativeLand
www.native-land.ca

+ We want to people to see what Winnemum Wintu have been through in Panther Meadow + what's happening at Red Hill

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QopPwlN68GQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eO6XMSdFf_Q

this is IG account has a lot of really good information about what's been happening at Red Hill facility, from a kanaka POV
https://www.instagram.com/healanipale/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00YFSa9SvtY





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Activist, artist, educator – an Indigenous Generalized Specialist

CEO of Kanyon Konsulting LLC
Founder of Indian Canyon Two-Spirit Society
Cultural Director and COO of Costanoan Indian Research
Cultural Representative and Native Monitor for Indian Canyon Mutsun Band of Costanoan Ohlone People

Artist of Woven Media
I am Ohlone & Chumash – California Native Woman. I am a creative artist ever inspired by nature and the natural world, Catalyst of decolonizing conversations. Contemp/Traditional Artist, Native Representative, Consultant, Advocate of Truth in History, Multimedia Artist, “Coyote”, T.E.K educator, and much more – Let’s Talk

Introduction Bio:
Kanyon Sayers-Roods is Costanoan Ohlone-Mutsun and Chumash; she also goes by her given Native name, “Coyote Woman”. She is proud of her heritage and her native name (though it comes with its own back story), and is very active in the Native Community. She is an Artist, Poet, Published Author, Activist, Student and Teacher. The daughter of Ann-Marie Sayers, she was raised in Indian Canyon, trust land of her family, which currently is one of the few spaces in Central California available for the Indigenous community for ceremony. Kanyon’s art has been featured at the De Young Museum, The Somarts Gallery, Gathering Tribes, Snag Magazine, and numerous Powwows and Indigenous Gatherings. She is a recent graduate of the Art Institute of California, Sunnyvale, obtaining her Associate and Bachelor of Science degrees in Web Design and Interactive Media. She is motivated to learn, teach, start conversations around decolonization and reinidgenization, permaculture and to continue doing what she loves, Art.

“I am a creative artist ever inspired by nature and the natural world. I make a difference in the lives of others by sharing my life experiences and knowledge about California Native Americans. I have the gift of communication, starting conversations around decolonization and indigenization, and challenge myself to utilize this gift to deliver powerfully effective messages for others. My personal mission, which I intend to carry out in my career, is to contribute toward the goal of global education with emphasis on promoting understanding of the relationship between humanity and the natural world.”

-Kanyon CoyoteWoman Sayers-Roods
Artist Statement:     Costanoan Ohlone Mutsun and Chumash Native American Kanyon Sayers-Roods’ (Hahashkani-Coyote Woman) art is a sincere expression of her Native heritage. Kanyon’s visual descriptions are always based on nature and the natural world. Dedicated and active in the Native Community, Kanyon provides leadership, serving as an artist, poet, activist, student and teacher for up and coming scholars ready to challenge their creative paths and remind people what it means to decolonized. Kanyon’s lifelong artistic vision is to convey principal ideas of Native culture through visual means. Offering her voice and her art to remind our community that Indigenous perspectives and cultural continuity is ever present and prevalent.

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