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[LA Times] After nearly 200 years, the Tongva community has land in Los Angeles County

October 11, 2022October 10, 2022 News AISC, California, indigenous, indigenous peoples, Land Acknowledgement, Los Angeles, Native Americans, native bruin, Tongva, UCLA

When Kimberly Morales Johnson gazes up toward the San Gabriel Mountains, she sees the story of her community, the Tongva, Los Angeles’ first people, written on the granite. For thousands of years, the Tongva turned to these chaparral foothills and mountains during spring and summer months for food. Its canyons served as trading routes, connecting the flourishing … Read more

Happy California Native American Day!

October 11, 2022September 23, 2022 News AISC, alumni, american indian, American Indian Day, California, California Native American Day, graduate, indigenous, indigenous peoples, Indigenous Peoples Day, native american, Native American Day, Native Americans, native bruin, UCLA, UCLA AISC

UCLA American Indian Studies Center would like to wish the many California Native Tribes a very Happy Native American Day – 2022.

[Anchorage Daily News] Astronaut Nicole Aunapu Mann will make history as the first Native woman to fly into space

August 16, 2022August 13, 2022 News California, California Native American, History, indigenous, indigenous woman, indigenous women, NASA, native american, Native Americans, Round Valley Indian Tribe, Round Valley Indian Tribes, Space, Wailacki

Nicole Aunapu Mann will be making history as the first Native woman to fly into space this fall. Mann, enrolled in Wailacki of the Round Valley Indian Tribes in northern California, will be aboard the SpaceX Crew-5 mission to go to the International Space Station no earlier than Sept. 29. “It’s very exciting,” she told … Read more