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Modern Native American Kizh/Tongva "invisibly" living in Los Angeles County
Tongva: E'kwa'shem means "We are still here"
(Santa Monica History Museum) Join us for a look inside the museum's permanent gallery to explore the history of the original inhabitants of Tongavaar (now Los Angeles) the Tongva (now Kizh) people.
On Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023, at the Los Angeles Thanksgiving Vegan Potluck Picnic, a Native American speaker from Wisdom Quarterly will kick off the festivities with a traditional acknowledgement of the unceded land in honor of the Indigenous people still here. As Prof. Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz writes, Native Americans are still here. The slow genocide has not yet succeeded in exterminating the original inhabitants. In fact, Los Angeles (Tongavaar) is home to more Indians and tribes than any other place in the country. They may blend in among the Latinx, sharing surnames from the time they were forcibly relocated to the south before their return to find themselves dispossessed of the land. "We didn't cross the border, the border crossed us." There was no Mexican American border to cross. That came after the exodus to save our lives from the bounty put on scalps by the newly formed Los Angeles City Council, when whites from Europe were free to kill men, women, and children to depopulate the land to make way for the USA's settler colonial project. It's a shocking history.
(Circle of the Earth) 8/26/22: Desertification - Reforestation - Sustainability projects - Greening projects 🔔 Everyone probably knows the Los Angeles River from Hollywood movie scenes. The film Grease has probably the most well-known scene filmed in the river basin. Everyone knows the unforgettable drag race between Danny and Leo that took place between the 1st and 7th street bridges. But the river has its downside, too. For years, it was a drainage ditch along most of its 51-mile length, and large parts have been covered in concrete. The river became heavily polluted from agricultural and urban runoff over the last century, negatively impacting both residents' health and the environment. People living in the area were overly exposed to pollutants and didn't have much access to green space. This shows how Los Angeles residents have been transforming the LA River by using natural-based solutions to restore the watershed, improving the lives of ten million county residents by increasing biodiversity and improving water security. #greencity#megacity#walkablecity
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