I really respect the work that you're doing. Increasing languages increases dignity and self/community empowerment. Same for knowledge of how history actually went down and affected everyone today. Thanks.
I am Jose Manuel Marquez Espinoza my Grandfather was Miguel Marquez Blanco born in Rancho Boca de Santa Mónica, I was deported in 2000 and in 2006 I was approved for my Social Security pension but I can't collect till I am back in United States legally ❤ I need to know how I can get my grandfather birth certificate, I will appreciate any help ❤ thanks 🇲🇽💯❤️✅
I am 80 and will like to go back legally to enjoy my grandchildren and my 5 kids are United States citizen and 4 live in San Diego county and the other in Anderson Indiana
Thank you for the incredibly rich and mindful presentation. The work you're doing to restore the land, the language, and the practices with nature's full support seems like that crack in the universe that could restart our world's reciprocity once again. Seems like a lot for the Tongva people and yet it's as though these magnificently abundant springs with equally almost unbelievable irony within Los Angeles city limits evaded and slipped away in everyone's minds waiting for the time for the Tongva to return to it. May the land speak back to you for another ten thousand years more..
Love this. I signed up to give ghost tours in Santa Monica w/ this national company WeJunket, and was so happy when I learned that their scripts have a ton of history. I live near the Pier, and learned that this is the neighborhood where my parents actually courted in the 1940s, so I go excited to learn more of the history...giving the tours, I realized that the main characters were mostly very interesting women! I am now digging deeper into these women to learn more, and this vid was perfect for my purposes. I hope to have a chat w/ Arcadia sometime while walking along Palisade Park. Thanks for all your hard work. Want to see more pix and get more of these really fun stories out there! Elizabeth
A superb presentation of this wonderful endeavor in our mist in Santa Monica and West LA: that of restoring Tongva village life on the site of the important springs of Kuruvungna, at University High School. Thank you all so much for making this happen. I hope everyone attends a Saturday morning tour of the site (1st Saturday of every month). Again thank you.
If as stated you were born and raised in Santa Monica California you would be better referred to as an American or North American not Mexican but of Mexican heritage if so desired. Assimilation is dependent entirely upon participation not divisive practices and or attitudes. Ones personal demeanor outlines and dictates how others perceive and interact with them.
