Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day (10/9)

Xochitl, Dhr. Seven, Ashley Wells, Ananda (Dharma Buddhist Meditation), Wisdom Quarterly

Tongaavar was full of Tongva ("The Land") villages of the indigenous locals

It was better in the olden days when the tallest buildings were called kizh or wigwams (not teepees), retaining the marvelous views of the future Los Angeles basin then known as Tongaavar.

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History (Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz)

We acknowledge that we are located on the traditional homelands of the Native Kizh, Tongva, and Gabrieleno American people.

We also recognize their neighbors in this region: the Tataviam (San Fernando Valley) and Chumash (Malibu) people. We are committed to developing an authentic relationship with this land and its remaining Indigenous inhabitants.

We further promise to keep an eye out for descendants of our lost warrior princess, Toypurina of California.

• Indigenous Peoples' Day (United States)

Toypurina: Cali's Joan of Arc

According to this book, we found one, a young girl directly related to the Native American "Joan of Arc," who was detained and forced to convert to the religion of the genocidal colonists in the San Gabriel Concentration Camp Mission.

It was there that she attempted to lead an Indigenous uprising, a revolution to win our freedom from European domination, before being caught and subjected to the worst punishment the invaders could come up with to impose -- forcing her to "marry" a white man and bear his blended children, which included forced relocation up north.

There's also an International Day of the World's Indigenous People on August 9th

What precious ways were lost.

Oh, Sacred American Indians, please forgive us for what we have done, for what they did, for what we are still doing, for what European empires were in the habit of doing, for what the Catholic Church looks like it will never stop doing. We owe reparations, repatriation of lands, restoration of lost languages and stories, but most of all honor and respect for your survival here for thousands of years before it was ruined. May the prophecies be merciful. May we honor our pledge to make things right again rather than rationalizations, living in ignorance, and bitter denial.

• Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2023: History, Activities, FAQs, and Facts About Indigenous People (newsd.in)

The Zen of Farting (Alan Watts)

Alan Watts (alanwatts.org); Seth Auberon, Ashley Wells, Wisdom Quarterly

The title is far better than the book, a bad joke gone too far. Better to hear Alan Watts:

Indigenous Peoples Day 2018, Los Angeles

Xochitl, Dhr. Seven, Crystal Q. (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly; RT; CBS Los Angeles, Oct. 8, 2018

LA celebrates first Indigenous Peoples Day

The Los Angeles City Council, heeding the direction of Councilmember Mitch O'Farrell, voted to replace the genocidal imperialist enslaver Cristobal Columbus Day with a holiday celebrating native populations last year. Chris Holmstrom reports.

(RT/Tyrel Ventura) Erased History of Native Americans before Europeans

Life Before Columbus

(Watching the Hawks RT #138) Real History of Thanksgiving and Black Lives Under Fire

 

On this episode of “Watching the Hawks” Tyrel Ventura and Tabetha Wallace take a look at the media’s fear-mongering as the American holiday season ramps up at Halloween and Thanksgiving. Tabetha Wallace offers an exclusive look at The True Story Behind Thanksgiving. Jeff Bezos’ company Blue Origin sends the first ever re-usable rocket into orbit and back down to earth again. The team goes live to RT Correspondent Manuel Rapalo for the latest on the video of the police shooting of Laquan McDonald in Chicago. [The killer cop has now been found guilty of murder, and is awaiting sentencing after his conviction on multiple charges along with six fellow officers who lied to shield their fellow murderer in blue from the law]. Anya Parampil offers us the latest from the shootings at the Black Lives Matter protests in Minneapolis. A Syrian refugee offers warm meals to feed the homeless in Berlin so as to give back to the people who accepted him into their country.

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Haramokngna: Native American L.A. (video)

Haramokngna; Ray Rivera (pukuu.org); Xochitl, Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

The forest above the megalopolis of Los Angeles is green and wild with many trails.

ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST, California - Tataviam (Kitanemuk, "People of the South Slope") Senior Program Staffmember Rudy Ortega Jr. presides over reconstruction work at the Haramokngna Cultural Center, Los Angeles, and volunteers have began the reconstruction phase of an extensive plan envisioned since the center opened in 1997.

 

Haramokngna, Los Angeles County’s only Native American-owned and operated cultural center, serves as a learning facility to the local community offering a many services from seasonal camps, cultural workshops, conferences, and events.

The visitor’s center features information on regional tribal history and displays items such as basketry, instruments, and rock art, with a convenience store to boot.

 

For over 15 years Haramokngna has remained Los Angeles’ hidden gem, located 14 miles up the Angeles Crest Highway (Hwy 2), a few miles past Switzer Falls. It maintains its purpose after its namesake -- "the place where people gather." More

 

 

• Tataviam tribe building village at Rancho Camulos 
• Build a Tataviam Village! 
• Affordable Housing opportunities 2017

Canada agrees to pay Indian reparations, United States not so much.

• Canada makes up for Indigenous abuses (cbc.ca)
• Whites act out, we help; when others do, we punish
• The white ideal: a Little House on the Prairie
• San Fernando Valley: (csun.edu) Dept. of Chicana/o Studies Faculty, students, and graduates of the DCC Studies at California State University, Northridge, were an influential presence at this year’s annual conference...

Starting in Downtown Los Angeles, go north on 5, merge onto Hwy 2, north, past Glendale...

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