O, My Ancestor: Recognition and Renewal for the Gabrielino-Tongva People of the Los Angeles Area

Jurmain, Claudia; McCawley, William; Delaney-Rivera, Colleen

doi:10.1179/cal.2010.2.2.290

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“…For decades, Tongva community members have actively fought against the notion that the Tongva are extinct or are latecomers to the southern California area, as well as the distorted stereotype that they are a group of delusional Mexicans who are lying about their heritage for personal gain (Alvitre 2006; Jurmain and McCawley ; Martinez ; Teeter and Martinez ). These perceptions are based on studies completed by early ethnologists and anthropologists who had a limited definition of who was Tongva and who wasn't.…”

Section: Pimu Catalina Island Archaeology Projectmentioning

confidence: 99%

Returning the tataayiyam honuuka' (Ancestors) to the Correct Home: The Importance of Background Investigations for NAGPRA Claims

Martinez¹,

Teeter²,

Kennedy-Richardson³

2014

Curator The Museum Journal

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The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) claims process can be frustrating for Native American communities due to hindrances such as the lack of provenience and provenance of collections. Through historic research on and preliminary analysis of Santa Catalina Island archaeological collections assembled by Ralph Glidden and held by museums across the United States, the authors have discovered that much of the documented provenience and provenance information is missing, wrong, or at best more complicated than previously thought. The authors assert that background research of collections is imperative to ensure that ancestral remains are returned to the appropriate lineal descendants or Native American descendant community. Further, the Glidden collections show that disputed provenience and provenance information has massive implications for NAGPRA claims made by non‐federally recognized tribes, such as the Gabrielino/Tongva, the Indigenous inhabitants of Santa Catalina and the Los Angeles Basin.

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Section: Pimu Catalina Island Archaeology Projectmentioning

confidence: 99%