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INDIAN CENTER INC. 3018 BEVERLY BLVD, LOS ANGELES, CA 90057 YEAR NO. BOARD MEMBERS   TERM EXPIRED MONTH YEAR 1965 1 JOE VASQUEZ     JAN 1968 1965 2 FRED GABOUREE     JAN 1968 1965 3 JOE WHITE CLOUD … Continue reading →

American Indian Studies 101. American Indian History: Post 1871 (3) F, S Faculty A survey of the histories and cultures of American Indian people in North America from 1871 to the present. Not open to students with credit in American … Continue reading →

One of the projects I’m working on is finding choral music that teaches the lessons of the traditional religious leaders to use at Camps or Schools.  Hal Leonard Corporation. I find a song on every subject of learning.  To sing … Continue reading →

A French “missionary” stopping at an eastern Canadian Indian village was surprised to see a group of strangers approaching, the leader bearing a large beautiful pipe with a great stem decorated with duck heads and eagle feathers.  His Indian friends … Continue reading →

*No founder; tradition has evolved over centuries, passed down by storytelling ’More than 2 million people in 300-500 different American Indian tribal groups, each with its own culture and responses to specific situations. Beliefs •      Creator – some tribes use … Continue reading →

Preferred Term: Tribal Name Cultural and Family Structure Demographics • 1.37% of the total US population Symbols • Feathers, depicted in many, many ways, are symbols of prayers, marks of honor or sources of ideas Clothing or Amulets •      Do … Continue reading →

1. We believe that there is but one race of man. The human race, who is related to all other living things. 2. We believe that all human beings should strive for universal peace, avoiding man’s inhumanity to man. 3. … Continue reading →

The members of International Aboriginal Ministries, affirm our faith that: 1. There is but one “Creator.” – We believe in one universal spirit, divine and important; of infinite power, wisdom, and goodness; maker of all things.  Although our Creator is … Continue reading →

DLA’UPAC. (fl. c. 1800s). Walula. An early prophet in the Columbia Plateau region who lived near pre­sent-day Pasco, Washington.  The prophet was be­lieved to have lived before the later prophet smohalla, perhaps in the early 1800s. Dla’upac was said to … Continue reading →

MARQUETTE, JACQUES (1637-1675). French Jesuit missionary to Canada. Born in France, Mar­quette entered the Jesuit novitiate in 1654.  In 1665 he was assigned to go to Canada and arrived in 1666 in Quebec, where he studied Montagnais and other Indian … Continue reading →