Native and Indigenous students and community members came together on March 29 for a summit titled “Our Future is Ancestral: Uplifting Indigenous Knowledge Systems.” The day of programming was hosted by Pitzer College’s Native and Indigenous Initiatives (NII) program at the Robert Redford Conservancy.
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After Tongva land reclamation, 5Cs reflect on Indigenous history, resources
For the first time in nearly two centuries, the first people who inhabited the Los Angeles area will have land of their own. Owing to an Oct. 10 donation from an Altadena resident, the Tongva, whose ancestral lands extend to the Channel islands, received the first returned plot of land
5C students and professors push for establishment of Indigenous Studies department
Calling attention to the 5Cs’ occupation of Indigenous Tongva land and histories of activism around representation and reparations, 5C students are advocating for the establishment of an intercollegiate department of Native American/Indigenous Studies. Those advocating for the NAIS program include Alutiiq/Sugpiaq student Mischa Brown SC ’23, Kankanaey student Malaya Caligtan-Tran
In Memoriam: Tongva elder Julia Bogany
Tongva elder Julia Bogany died March 28. She had been affiliated with the Claremont Consortium for over a dozen years.