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Breaking the Grand Silence on OC World – A Must See
November 4 – Breaking the Grand Silence OC World Host Manuel Gomez interviews two Orange County Native Acjachemen leaders: storyteller Jerry Nieblas, and Heidi Lucero, Chair of the Juaneño Band of Mission Indians Council who discuss the past trauma, present...
Cee Cee Vasquez is the New Matriarch for San Juan Capistrano!
Read the article in full online at The Capistrano Dispatch. Congratulations Cee Cee Nieblas Vasquez! The San Juan Capistrano Historical Society has announced the new Matriarch for San Juan Capistrano. The latest is Ceclia Vasquez, known to all as CeeCee. The...
Native American Uses of Local Plants
We invite you to tune in for this special series on Native American Uses of Local Plants hosted by Tree of Life Nursery. Event Date: June 3 Time: 9:30 am Speaker: Stephen O'Neil Topic: Local Native American Use of SoCal's Native Plants Event link for more information:...
City Council Declares May as National Historic Preservation Month
https://www.thecapistranodispatch.com/city-council-declares-may-as-national-historic-preservation-month/ With San Juan Capistrano being a town steeped in history, San Juan Capistrano Mayor Howard Hart issued a proclamation recognizing May as National Historic...
Non-Profits and Theft
We regret to inform our contributors that our 501 C 3 was subject to recent theft. In order to maintain transparency with all of our contributors, and those who also run 501 C 3’s, we thought it best to share this with all of you. Not to worry, all funds have legally...
The Vatican and the Doctrine of Discovery concerning the Indigenous
(LifeSiteNews) — Pope Francis’ Vatican has issued a new statement repudiating three 15th century papal bulls that many Indigenous groups in Canada have accused of paving the way for the European settlement of North America. The statement, published Monday by the...
San Juan Capistrano Docent Society Member Designed New City Seal
https://sjcdocentsociety.org/san-juan-capistrano-docent-society-member-designed-new-city-seal Kimberleigh Gavin, a member of the SJC Docent Society for 13 years, designed the new city seal for San Juan Capistrano. Her design was selected last September and is now...
Native Bound-Unbound. Peopling the Archive of Indigenous Slavery
Enjoy this video on the Native Bound-Unbound, Peopleing the Archive of the Indigenous Slavery. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3w8ZtV0uIA Title: The Genealogical Society of Hispanic America-So. Cal. Chapter YouTube Channel Presents “Native Bound-Unbound. Peopling the...
Saint John of Capistrano – Learn more about our Patron Saint
He is the Patron Saint of our Old Mission San Juan Capistrano, all our Old Mission historic families and all of San Juan Capistrano. A statue honoring him sits high above the Main Altar of historic Saint Father Serra Chapel. There is also a very old and historic...
White sage, a water-wise, California native pollinator magnet, is being unlawfully poached from the state’s wildlands
What is negatively occurring to our sacred white sage is a serious concern to us, Juaneno Band of Mission Indians/Acjachemen Nation, as well as a major concern to our other Native American Tribal brothers and sisters!! The “poaching” and abuse of this sacred plant...