Members of the Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians gathered at Los Angeles Valley College to speak about the importance of land acknowledgment.
Members of the Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians gathered at Valley College to speak about the importance of land acknowledgment.
“The meaning behind it is the acknowledgment of the existence of the peoples’ of the Americas,” said tribal president Rudy Ortega Jr. “It’s not just my tribe alone, but all the Indigenous communities, families, and histories and backgrounds that were pretty much suppressed or forgotten or even erased due to genocide in this colonization that occurred here in the Americas,” Ortega said. “Emphasizing the importance of Indigenous Peoples Day brings the education to many people who don’t know my tribe solely exists here in Los Angeles.”Valley College is the first of the nine schools within the L.A.
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