Aquarium of the Pacific hosts the 18th annual Moompetam American Indian Festival, which strives to raise awareness about local indigenous communities.
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CSULB presents virtual event on land naming, cultural preservation and restoration
The Department of Communication invited four panelists to speak at “Here There Then Now,” a virtual event discussing the power language has when naming and describing land, which in turn can affect the communities native to it.
Documents show CSULB had intentions of creating parking lot on Puvungna despite claims made by administration
As the lawsuit against Long Beach State continues to move forward, newly obtained documents show that the university did have plans to build upon the sacred land.
Tribal groups across California join forces in fighting CSULB
As part of an ongoing battle, representatives from Native and other advocacy groups through the state have submitted a letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom and California State University Board of Trustees to demand protection for Puvungna.
Native community gathers to ‘love the land’ at Valentine’s Day prayer
Members of the local Indigenous community participated in a ceremonial prayer on Puvungna Sunday, Feb. 14 to honor the land and each other.
CSULB denies allegations of plans to build parking lot on Puvungna
While members of the Indigenous community in Long Beach have taken to social media to protest the proposed construction plans of a parking lot on the 22-acre sacred site, university officials continue to refute the claims.
Geography Colloquium Series at CSULB presents professor Deshonay Dozier’s latest work
Professor Deshonay Dozier discusses how the Los Angeles Indigenous community treated alcoholism and fought against public inebriation laws through her presentation, “Criminalization and Alcoholism, Indigenous Sites of Sare in 1960s and 1970s Downtown LA.”
