The U.S. Department of Commerce has rescheduled the public hearing on the proposed toll road through the sacred Native American site of Panhe and San Onofre State Beach. The hearing will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Monday, September 22, 2008, at O’Brien Hall at the Del Mar Fairgrounds at 2260 Jimmy [...]

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The site of the Sa-angna burial ground was a major village and burial ground of the Tongva/Gabrieleño Native Americans circa 1540 and contains remains of tools, jewelry and weapons.
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Woody Smeck, Superintendent, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, writes:
Dear Friends:
This past week former U.S. Senators J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. (D-La) and
Howard H. Baker (R- TN) announced they are convening a year-long, blue
ribbon commission to recommend policies for the National Park System in the
next century. The system will turn 100 in 2016. The commission (National
Parks [...]

Portions of the adobe structures were built in the 1790’s as part of the Rancho La Cienega o Paso de la Tijera. Archaeological evidence indicates a prehistoric Native American village existed on this site.
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A Special Message from Native American Activist Rebecca Robles
Dear Family and Friends,
There is much going on related to the sacred site of Panhe and the proposed Toll Road. Even I can hardly keep up with it! Many of you have asked me to help you understand it. I know that the destruction of Panhe would [...]

July 25, 26, 27, 2008
The 40th Annual Southern California Indian Center Pow Wow is being held July 25, 26, and 27 in Griffith Park.
The Pow Wow highlights American Indian culture, arts and crafts, powerful drumming, singing and dancing, and Native foods.
Friday, July 25 Gate opens 2pm Gate closes 10pm
Saturday, July 26 Gate opens 9am Gate [...]

The hearing originally scheduled for July 25, 2008, at UC Irvine on the proposed toll road through San Onofre State Beach has been cancelled. On July 11, UC Irvine notified the U.S. Department of Commerce that it could not accommodate the 10,000 people expected at the hearing. The Commerce Department has not scheduled a new [...]

Fifty years ago this week, Los Angeles voters narrowly OK’d a ballot measure approving the city’s gift of land near Chavez Ravine for the Dodgers’ Walter O’Malley to build his stadium. Read the rest of this post at L.A. Observed.
The Times published detailed results of the Chavez Ravine ballot initiative that showed just how close [...]

Archeological surveys discovered sites of villages of the Tongva/Gabrieleños at the mouth of Fern Dell Canyon, leaving little doubt that fairly large settlements existed in this area and others.
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