News From Native California - Summer 2016 Volume 29, Issue 4 | Page 3

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FEATURES

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Language
Stephen Meadows
Bringing Culture to Life
Holli Jackson
Kenneth Ramos: An
Interview with a True
“Urban Rez” Guy
Terria Smith

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You’re Healing the Earth
at the Same Time: One
Man’s Story at the Amah
Mutsun Land Trust
Vincent Medina

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Medicine Carriers
Bonnie Lockhart
The Warrior Institute:
Creating Leaders For a
Better Future
Terria Smith

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Mike’s Relentless Pursuit:
An Interview with Michael
Mirelez
Terria Smith

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Restoring a True History:
An Interview with Ral
Christman
Terria Smith

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Something Inside is
Broken: The Birth of a
Rock Opera
Lindsie Bear

Returning the Warrior
Spirit: Native Men’s
Wellness Gatherings
Calvin Hedrick

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Growing Up with Mo’omat
Ahiko
River Garza

IN (ALMOST) EVERY ISSUE

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In Our Languages:
Serrano
The Dorothy Ramon
Learning Center

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Book Reviews:
El Capitan
Ishmael Elias
An American Genocide
Tony Platt

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Film Review:
The Doctrine of Discovery
Ishmael Elias

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Recipe
Meagen Baldy

Big Times/Little Times
Vincent Medina and
Terria Smith

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With Respect: Rick
Bartow, Margaret Carlson

Calendar of Events

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