Indigenous Affairs
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Thousands mark Indigenous Peoples Day on Alcatraz as tribes decry Newsom’s vetoes of tribal bills
Organizers and attendees at the twice-yearly sunrise ceremony criticized the governor’s vetoes of bills on water, sacred sites and missing and murdered Indigenous people.
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Agua Caliente opens rare Indigenous art exhibit in Palm Springs
“A Beauty That Endures: Native Painting, Ritual, and Resilience in the 20th Century” was curated by Tony Abeyta. The Indigenous art exhibit features more than 50 paintings by artists from 16 tribal nations across the United States.
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How Twenty-Nine Palms tribe says Riverside County defrauded it of $12M
The Twenty-Nine Palms tribe is accusing Riverside County of fraud, racial discrimination and more
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Agua Caliente tribe halts plans for Palm Springs housing development
The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians have intervened in philanthropist Brad Prescott’s plans to purchase half of the former Tommy Jacobs Bel Air Greens golf course and preserve it as open space.
