(SAN DIEGO) - The Barona Cultural Center & Museum has announced that it will now be open Tuesday through Friday from noon to 5 p.m. and on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The museum will be closed on Sunday and Monday to focus on creating new exhibits and providing community outreach.

Posted on October 28th, 2008 by hunwut
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By EDWARD SIFUENTES - Staff Writer
Hundreds of items, including some ancient human remains considered sacred by American Indian people, are waiting to be recovered.
The collection, stored in a museum near Escondido, also includes quartz crystals, pipe fragments, raptor talons and stone tubes believed to be used by native peoples hundreds and thousands of years ago [...]

Posted on October 25th, 2008 by hunwut
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By MELISSA EISELEIN, The Press-Enterprise
Fall Gathering at the Malki Museum in Banning on Saturday was a celebration of Native American tradition.
The event included bird singing, basket weaving and lectures on the historical lifestyle of the Inland area’s early inhabitants.

Posted on October 19th, 2008 by hunwut
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City set to open Kumeyaay Center
By GARY WARTH - Staff Writer
POWAY —- The long-awaited Kumeyaay-Ipai Interpretive Center in Poway is scheduled to be dedicated Thursday, and visitors can check out the exhibit “Poway’s First People: Art and Culture” beginning Saturday.
Watch the video at http://videos.nctimes.com/p/video?id=2258362

Posted on October 8th, 2008 by hunwut
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Cocopah re-create home for upcoming celebration
BY DARIN FENGER, SUN STAFF WRITER
Using trees, dried plants, twine and the occasional screw, an ancient tradition is being built from the ground up on the Cocopah Indian Tribe’s western reservation.
Under the direction of tribal elders, a small crew of workers is erecting a traditional Cocopah home. It’s a domestic [...]

Posted on October 5th, 2008 by hunwut
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Thirty years in the making, the Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians realized a dream to record and share the lives of their elders and ancestors, with the grand opening of the Wasxayam Pomkí Museum, on Friday, Sept. 26.
“Opening our museum to the public on California’s American Indian Day seemed appropriate,” said Leo Calac, member of [...]

Posted on October 1st, 2008 by hunwut
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Friday, September 26, 2009 7-9 p.m.
Rincon Tribal Hall, West Tribal Road, Rincon Reservation, Valley Center, CA.
The grand opening of Wa$xayam Pomki Museum, featuring ethno botany, digital photo histories, rare artifacts, Luiseño basketry a window into the daily lives and culture of the Luiseño people.

Posted on September 25th, 2008 by hunwut
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Collectors and others interested in baskets of Southern California Indian tribes are invited to a free basket identification workshop conducted by David Earle at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 7.
Collectors who are bringing baskets from their personal collections must register for the workshop. Pre-registration is not necessary for visitors who do not bring baskets.

Posted on August 14th, 2008 by hunwut
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SURVIVAL: Exhibit explores basket weaving and the history associated with the ancient art.
By VALERIE DETWILER/The Valley Chronicle
3/1/2008
Basket weaving is an ancient tradition that American Indians in Southern California passed down through the generations.
A new exhibit at the Western Center for Archaeology and Paleontology, called “Stories of Survival: Walking with Weavers through Generations of Time,” outlines [...]

Posted on March 1st, 2008 by hunwut
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by: Shadi Rahimi
January 29, 2008
SACRAMENTO CA - In a powerful show of support, state senators are rebuking the University of California - Berkeley for refusing to return thousands of Native human remains held in storage, calling the actions of university officials discriminatory.
Sen. Dean Florez, D-Shafter, chairman of the Senate Committee on Governmental Organization, said in [...]

Posted on February 29th, 2008 by hunwut
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