Leopo: A Time to Reflect, Recognize Local Indigenous History
Indigenous People
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Three different indigenous women with ancestral ties to native Orange County offer their perspectives on recognizing local indigenous history.
Santana: Columbus, Indigenous Peoples’ Day Engages Around Equity
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The debate over recasting Columbus Day as Indigenous People’s Day offers a chance to consider equity in society and how best civic leaders can address inequity. In San Juan Capistrano, the historic debate is in many ways still playing itself out in the effort to preserve one of the last original indigenous villages in Orange County. And on the modern policy front, one recent study about inequity in Orange County is challenging local policymakers to confront a stark opportunity gap between geographic areas of the county – split along largely racial, ethnic and income lines.
Acjachemen People and Allies Call For Construction of Putuidem Cultural Village in San Juan Capistrano
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Indigenous activists and community members are calling on the San Juan Capistrano City Council to move forward on the development of a cultural park they say was promised to them by the city, after the plan to create an open-air park to honor one of the area’s original villages, Putuidem, was suspended in April.
Santana: Columbus Day or Indigenous People’s Day?
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Given Orange County’s longtime, official fervor for ideological debates on issues like immigration along with this year’s competitive congressional campaigns, it’s surprising that the question of city recognitions of Columbus vs. Indigenous People’s Day hasn’t yet hit the city council dais.