From LA to the Bay and everywhere in between, we are coming together to support our relatives in Northern California who are impacted by the Sulfur fire and the other fires occurring in Napa and Sonoma Counties. We are collecting clothing, gift card, and food donations in an effort to support Native American families affected … Read more
By Hedy Wang Posted: October 10, 2017 1:38 am A tribal elder of the FernandeñoTataviam Band of Mission Indians burned sage in the air as the chair of the Los Angeles City and County Indian Commission gave a blessing to all those present at an Indigenous Peoples Day celebration Monday. The event, which was hosted by … Read more
The American Indian Culture and Research Journal is seeking applicants for its Editor-in-Chief position. Key qualities and qualifications sought include an established record of scholarship in the field; managerial skills to oversee the editorial cycle and meet deadlines; the ability to recruit quality manuscripts; the ability to attract respected experts to the editorial board; the … Read more
By Jessica Wolf August 2, 2017 Tongva educator Julia Bogany was interviewed recently by her great-granddaughter Marissa Aranda for a school report. The 11-year-old asked her great-grandmother: “How do you feel to be a Native American woman?” Bogany answered honestly: “I feel invisible.” “That is exactly how I feel,” Marissa replied. This exchange between two … Read more
Congratulations to Associate Professor Benjamin Madley whose book, An American Genocide: The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe won the Raphael Lemkin Book Award from the Institute for the Study of Genocide. http://studyofgenocide.org/lemkin/
By David Zanniser June 15, 2017, 5:00 AM A key panel of the Los Angeles City Council endorsed a plan Wednesday to take Columbus Day off the city calendar and put in its place a new Indigenous Peoples Day, despite opposition from Italian American civic leaders and some city lawmakers. The council’s Rules, Elections, Intergovernmental … Read more
Jessica Wolf | June 15, 2017 The first women of Tongva descent to be awarded Ph.D.s at UCLA celebrated that milestone today at the Graduate Division Doctoral Hooding, held on a campus that now sits on the ancient land of their ancestors. Theresa Jean Ambo and Yve Chavez of the Tongva Tribal Nation proudly stood … Read more
By Jory Rand LOS ANGELES (KABC) — A proposal to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day is one step closer to reality in the city of Los Angeles. The rules committee voted unanimously Wednesday night in favor of the change, but the proposal still needs full council approval. “I feel hopeful and I am … Read more
By Liz Ohanesian April 13, 2017 On a side wall at the San Fernando Valley Arts and Cultural Center, deep inside “First Peoples: A Celebration of Native Artists in Southern California, a 29-artist exhibition, Rowan D. Harrison’s pottery is an immediate attention-grabber. In “Reservation Plates,” the Fullerton-based artist places three earthenware clay plates, each one … Read more
By Jessica Wolf | February 14, 2017 Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA will donate approximately half of the profits from Royce Hall’s Feb. 15 presentation of “Dirtsong” to UCLA’s American Indian Studies Center (AISC). “Dirtsong” features Australian Indigenous music-theater troupe Black Arm Band. Addressing American Indian issues and supporting Indian communities, AISC … Read more