American Indian Cultural District's Mapping Genocide Exhibition
About this Event
Join the American Indian Cultural District (AICD) for the opening reception and film screening of “Elevating Untold Stories & Native Resilience Through Art & Placekeeping in Yelamu,” marking the opening of the Mapping Genocide Exhibition at the San Francisco Public Library’s Koret Auditorium on Wednesday, September 9, 2026, from 5:00–7:00 PM.
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The Mapping Genocide Exhibition, on view September 4, 2026–January 21, 2027, examines San Francisco’s legacy of commemorating the ideologies and individuals who spearheaded the genocide and displacement of American Indians through public art in the San Francisco Civic Art Collection, as well as through street and place names throughout San Francisco.
Through visual art by artists Jackie Fawn and Edward “Redbird” Willie, physical mapping, and documented interviews, this interactive exhibition examines whose histories have been celebrated and memorialized in San Francisco’s public realm—and whose have been erased.
Centering Native perspectives, Mapping Genocide confronts difficult truths about the city’s history while elevating American Indian cultures, histories, lived experiences, and resilience. At the same time, the exhibition invites audiences to reimagine the future of public art, monuments, memorials, and place names through an Indigenous lens, creating space for community dialogue about truth, healing, representation, and placekeeping.
Special Contributions:American Indian Cultural District staffAICD American Indian Monuments and Memorial Advisory CommitteeSan Francisco Public Library
Event Details
Date: Wednesday, September 9, 2026Time: 5:00–7:00 PM | Doors open at 4:45 PMLocation: San Francisco Public Library, Main Library — Koret Auditorium100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
Exhibition Dates: September 4, 2026–January 21, 2027
Agenda
🕑: 04:45 PM - 05:00 PM
Doors Open
🕑: 05:30 PM - 06:30 PM
Film Screening
🕑: 06:30 PM - 07:00 PM
Audience Q & A
🕑: 05:00 PM - 05:30 PM
Refreshments
Where is it happening?
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