89 Contemporary Art
Ahumada, Jose. “Exhibit on Tongva People Shares the History of the Natives of Los Angeles.” Daily Forty-Niner Student Resources, September 30, 2018. https://daily49er.com/artslife/2018/09/30/exhibit-on-tongva-people-shares-the-history-of-the-natives-of-los-angeles/, archived at https://perma.cc/ZAW2-K72Y. Access through LMU.
Alvitre, Weshoyot. “What Does It Mean to Be Seen?” News from Native California 35, no. 2 (Winter 2021/2022): 46–50. Access through LMU. Find at your local library.
Breschini, Gary. “Studio Visit: Mercedes Dorame.” Art and Cake, August 26, 2020. https://artandcakela.com/2020/08/26/studio-visit-mercedes-dorame/, archived at https://perma.cc/7D2T-84SQ.
Dreskin, Jeanne. “The Terrestrial and the Celestial: A Conversation with Mercedes Dorame.” Monument Lab, January 18, 2022. https://monumentlab.com/bulletin/the-terrestrial-and-the-celestial-a-conversation-with-mercedes-dorame, archived at https://perma.cc/7LRW-8F5J.
Dorame, Mercedes, and Mario Ontiveros. “Mercedes Dorame in Conversation with Mario Ontiveros.” The Massachusetts Review 62, no. 4 (2021): 737–52. https://doi.org/10.1353/mar.2021.0160. Access through LMU.
Gill, Kristina Perea. “Identity Matters in Contemporary Art by Indigenous Women.” In When I Remember I See Red: American Indian Art and Activism in California, edited by Frank R. LaPena, Mark Dean Johnson, and Kristina Perea Gilmore, 141–44. Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2019. Find at your local library.
Hammer Museum. “Mercedes Dorame.” Made in L.A. 2018. Accessed May 25, 2022. https://hammer.ucla.edu/exhibitions/2018/made-in-la-2018/mercedes-dorame, archived at https://perma.cc/4TGT-VFLK.
Hunt, Mark Alan. “Los Angeles’ 1981 Bicentennial Installation, ‘The City of Our Lady Queen of the Angels’ Inspires Digitally Filmed Ritual Choreography.” M.A., California State University, Los Angeles, 2016. Access through ProQuest.
Indian Country Today. “Indigenous Artists Tell Flip-Side Story of Gold Rush of ’49.” March 8, 1999. Find at your local library. Access through ProQuest.
“Indigenous Now – Multiple Artist Event in Santa Monica’s Tongva Park,” May 2, 2019. https://www.santamonica.gov/press/2019/05/02/indigenous-now-multiple-artist-event-in-santa-monica-s-tongva-park, archived at https://perma.cc/C6K7-MZXA.
“Indigenous Now – Multiple Artist Event in Santa Monica’s Tongva Park.” US Official News. May 3, 2019. Access through LMU.
International Indigenous Photographers Conference, Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie, Veronica Passalacqua, and C.N. Gorman Museum, eds. Our People, Our Land, Our Images: International Indigenous Photographers. [Davis, Calif.]; Berkeley, CA: C.N. Gorman Museum, University of California, Davis ; Heyday Books, 2006. Find at your local library.
Jeffries, Lynn, and Tima Lotah Link. “Magic Fruit.” Puppetry Journal 69, no. 1 (Winter 2018): 4–6. Access through LMU. Find at your local library.
LACMA × Snapchat: Monumental Perspectives | Portal for Tovaangar by Mercedes Dorame, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhhVze4f_50&t=3s&ab_channel=LosAngelesCountyMuseumofArt.
Long Beach Press-Telegram. “Gathering Celebrates 500 Years of Survival.” October 10, 1992. Find at your local library.
Lotah Link, Tima, and Lynn Jeffries. “Making Magic: Basket Puppets the Tongva Landscape.” News from Native California 31, no. 3 (Spring 2018): 10–13. Access through LMU.
Meztli Projects. “Memory and Futurity in Yaangna.” Accessed May 25, 2022. https://www.meztliprojects.org/memory-and-futurity-in-yaanga, archived at https://perma.cc/CMJ6-C28P.
Rosenthal, Nicolas G. “Artist Is Indigenizing Los Angeles, Rewriting Historical Narratives.” LMU Newsroom, November 20, 2021. https://newsroom.lmu.edu/campusnews/artist-is-indigenizing-los-angeles-rewriting-historical-narratives/, archived at https://perma.cc/H2EQ-6PHV.
Season 1 Episode 1: Mercedes Dorame: Through the Portal with Dr. Wendy Teeter. Podcast. LACMA × Snapchat: Monumental Perspectives Podcast. LACMA, 2021. https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s1-e1-mercedes-dorame-through-the-portal-with-dr/id1573860607?i=1000526799026.
Season 1 Episode 2: Mercedes Dorame: Through the Portal with Dr. Ed Krupp. Podcast. LACMA × Snapchat: Monumental Perspectives Podcast. LACMA, 2021. https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s1-e2-mercedes-dorame-through-the-portal-with-dr-ed-krupp/id1573860607?i=1000526799174.
Season 1 Episode 3: Mercedes Dorame: Through the Portal with Robert Dorame. Podcast. LACMA × Snapchat: Monumental Perspectives Podcast. LACMA, 2021. https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s1-e3-mercedes-dorame-through-the-portal-with-robert-dorame/id1573860607?i=1000526799027.
Season 1 Episode 4: Through the Portal with Megan Dorame. Podcast. LACMA × Snapchat: Monumental Perspectives Podcast. LACMA, 2021. https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s1-e4-through-the-portal-with-megan-dorame/id1573860607?i=1000526799055.
Segal, Connie. “‘We, as a People, Still Exist’ — Artist Illuminates Native American History with Family Photos.” PBS NewsHour, January 7, 2017. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/gabrielino-tongva-artist-native-american, archived at https://perma.cc/63AQ-LHR7.
Smith, Terria. “Our Cultures in Their Hands.” News from Native California 31, no. 1 (Fall 2017): 27–30. Access through LMU. Find at your local library.
“Student Residence Hall Adorned with Murals Featuring Art of Iris Yirei Hu — CSUDH News.” CSUDH Campus News Center. November 18, 2020. https://news.csudh.edu/housing-mural/, archived at https://perma.cc/T7SR-T4D6.
“Tongva Exhibit for Native American Heritage Month,” November 20, 2020. https://www.santamonica.gov/press/2020/11/18/tongva-exhibit-for-native-american-heritage-month.
UCLA Arts. Mercedes Dorame: Making Art on Tongva Land. Works in Progress, 2022. https://soundcloud.com/user-451207578/mercedes-dorame-making-art-on-tongva-land.
Zacarias, Deliasofia. “Reimagining the Continuous Presence of Native People with Mercedes Dorame.” LACMA Unframed, June 29, 2021. https://unframed.lacma.org/2021/06/29/reimagining-continuous-presence-native-people-mercedes-dorame, archived at https://perma.cc/UD7Q-TL8G.
