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2020 fine cut
Fine Cut
Unmothered (Preview)
Post date:Priyanaka, a rebellious American college student, travels to India upon her mother’s sudden death, navigating the inevitable culture clash led by her loveable but insane family in “Unmothered,” a dark comedy from USC, directed by Urvashi Pathania.
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Cultural Politics
Artbound
Basketry: An Art that Lives Across Generations
Post date:Baskets in Native California culture is an artistic tradition that has been practiced for thousands of years. It’s one that has endured hardship, loss, adaptation and resilience throughout history.
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Visual Arts
Artbound
It Takes Years to Create Chumash Regalia. Here's Why.
Post date:Using materials gathered from natural sources, artist Leah Mata, a member of the Northern Chumash Tribe, has been creating Chumash regalia and accessories. Her work sheds light into the delicate balance required to make art out of nature.
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tending the wild
Tending the Wild
E1: Cultural Burning - How Native American Peoples Use Fire to Rejuvenate the Land
Episode 1
Post date:Suppressed for over a century, indigenous cultural burning is still practiced today and holds important lessons for managing the threat of destructive wildfires.
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environment
Tending the Wild
Tending the Wild Series Preview
Post date:Watch a preview for the series Tending the Wild.
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Native American Heritage Month
Lost L.A.
Genocide, Slavery, and L.A.'s Role in the Decimation of Native Californians
Post date:In 1851, California’s first Anglo-American governor stood before the state legislature and declared the genocide of Native Californians a sad inevitability.
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
Indigenous Art of California
Post date:Artbound highlights indigenous artwork from the Golden State.
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community arts
Artbound
On the Air with Indian Time Radio
Post date:For over 20 years, KUCR Indian Time Radio has been a point of pride in the Indian community, cementing their own place within Southern California's pop culture sphere.
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![Kalani Queypo and Hong Lei, "Stand-Off at Highway 37." | Photo: Jean Bruce Scott.](https://www.kcet.org/sites/kl/files/styles/kl_image_medium/public/atoms/article_atoms/www.kcet.org/arts/artbound/images/NativeVoices1.jpg?itok=yF2-cVrv "Kalani Queypo and Hong Lei, "Stand-Off at Highway 37." | Photo: Jean Bruce Scott.")
Performance
Artbound
About Natives, By Natives: Indian Country Playwrights
Post date:Native Voices at the Autry puts the spotlight on American Indian playwrights, helping them transition their culturally-inspired works into full-scale productions.
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Santa Ana River
SoCal Focus
The Night Watch at Anza Crossing
Post date:The nighttime security officer arrives when the sun sets and the Santa Ana River is lit by floodlights at the construction site. Here in March of 1774, a party formed by Juan Bautista de Anza to form a trading route in New California crossed the river ...
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San Jacinto Mountains
SoCal Focus
Katherine Siva Saubel, Cahuilla Elder: Meki'i'wah, The Place That Waits for Me
Post date:Katherine Siva Saubel, a Cahuilla elder stateswoman, was legendary in this part of Inland Southern California.
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American Indians
SoCal Focus
Native Singers Keep Bird Songs Alive
Post date:Native people work to defend and preserve their diverse cultures. And some aspects of that cultural diversity are far harder to preserve than a petroglyph or intaglio. Some are as ephemeral as a soft voice spoken in the desert wind.
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American Indians
SoCal Focus
Excavation at L.A. Museum Halted, Simple Internet Search May Be Cause
Post date:Excavation at a downtown Los Angeles museum was halted Friday after two weeks of controversy over the work continuing despite the discovery of skeletal remains more than two months ago.
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la plaza de cultura y artes
SoCal Focus
Museum Excavation Continues as American Indians Call for Work to Stop
Post date:Skeletal remains found at the construction site of a downtown Los Angeles museum have been a focal point for American Indians in Southern California this week. Despite requests to stop archaeological excavation from a state commission, work continues, ...
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la county
SoCal Focus
American Indian Board Wants L.A. Museum Project Stopped
Post date:Human remains found at the downtown L.A. museum construction site of LA Plaza De Cultura y Artes have prompted a state commission to request the project be stopped while an investigation determines if they are of American Indian origin or not.
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American Indians
Press Room
KCET and San Manuel Band of Mission Indians Award Local Leaders and Broadcast Special Programming in Honor of American Indian Heritage Month
Post date:As part of its ongoing commitment to cultural diversity and in celebration of American Indian Heritage Month, KCET has partnered with San Manuel Band of Mission Indians to honor four extraordinary leaders from our local community in this very special i...
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American Indians
Press Room
KCET and the San Manuel Band Of Mission Indians to Honor Local Leaders in Southern and Central California
Post date:KCET, public media for Southern and Central California, and the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians are partnering to present the first annual American Indian Heritage Month Leadership Awards in November. The awards will recognize five outstanding indiv...