It’s a tradition that dates back to the 1970s at California State University, Northridge — one that was suspended for two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. CSUN’s 37th Annual Powwow returns on Saturday, Nov. 26, to celebrate American Indian communities of Los Angeles and throughout Southern California. The...

A tradition that began at California State University, Northridge in the 1970s – and one that has been practiced for generations in American Indian communities – is celebrating its 36th occurrence on Saturday, Nov. 30.

The Santa Clarita Public Library will host a launch event for the Yawáyro: Indigenous Awareness and Literacy Development program at the Old Town Newhall Library on Tuesday, November 5, at 6 p.m. Yawáyro, meaning awareness, is a joint collaboration between the Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians...

Descendants of the first people to live in the Santa Clarita Valley have begun the process to buy back some of their ancestral land. The Fernandeño-Tataviam Band of Mission Indians has established the Tataviam Land Conservancy, which primary purpose is to conserve lands within the tribe’s traditional...

PIRU – Rancho Camulos Museum, Ventura County’s only National Historic Landmark, is now recruiting volunteers for a variety of service opportunities and will host an open house for interested people on Saturday, Sept. 15 from 10 a.m. to noon. Ideal candidates should have a passion for history and...

A member of the Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians is planning to bring supplies to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s Sacred Stone Camp in North Dakota next week. Kagen Holland Kagen Holland, who with his mother led a several-hundred-mile pilgrimage to all  California missions in protest...

Pukúu Cultural Community Services, founded in 1971 by members of the local Fernandeno-Tataviam Band of Mission Indians, is hosting its 12th Annual scholarship gala fundraiser, Night with the Stars. Through the generous funds raised at the event, Pukúu provides scholarships for American Indian students...

The Tataviam – the indigenous peoples of the Santa Clarita Valley – are among the least known of the California Indian groups. Little of their tribal history and unique language survived the mission period. By sifting through Spanish mission archives and records of early-20th-century anthropologists,...

[FTBMI] – In 1984, the 4,000-year-old village of Siutcanga, meaning the place of live oaks, was disturbed during development on the Encino Towers and Casa Balboa property, which consequently uncovered thousands of cultural items. The artifacts were kept for ransom from archaeologists and from the...

What is a Tataviam home called? That was a topic of much discussion at the Placerita Canyon Nature Center for about 20 years. As the local Tataviam Indians did not have a written language and did not leave us with a specific word for their “home sweet home,” we have worked our way through many...