47 Protests, Activism, Popular Political Movements, Resistance, Conflicts

Adelman, Jacob. “Dozens Protest Excavations – Native American Concerns Campo Santo – The City Project.” The City Project: Equal Justice, Democracy, and Livability for All, January 10, 2011. Access through Internet Archive.

Alvitre, Weshoyot. “Tongva Tribe: Denounces New Comic She Kills for Violence and Misrepresentation of Their Women.” News from Native California 33, no. 4 (Summer 2020): 10–11. Find at your local library. Access through LMU.

“American Indian Group Appeals Cathedral Ruling.” The Ojibwe News 10, no. 47 (September 4, 1998): 2. Find at your local library. Access through ProQuest.

Behrens, Zach. “American Indian Board Wants L.A. Museum Project Stopped.” KCET: Social Focus, January 8, 2011. Access through Internet Archive.

Belardes, Matias. “Native American Sacred Land on CSU Long Beach Campus Should Be Permanently Protected.” CalMatters, August 14, 2020, sec. My Turn. http://calmatters.org/commentary/my-turn/2020/08/native-american-sacred-land-on-csu-long-beach-campus-should-be-permanently-protected/, archived at https://perma.cc/7EV6-E6H9.

Berger, Leslie. “Gadfly Rallies Indians to Save Encino’s ‘Lost Village.’” Los Angeles Times. May 10, 1990, sec. Metro News. Find at your local library. Access through LMU.

Blume, Howard. “Mall Site a Burial Ground, Indians Claim Archeology: Whittier Has Agreed to Hire an Expert to Examine the Tract Earmarked for a $20-Million Shopping Center.” Los Angeles Times. September 9, 1990, Home Edition edition, sec. San Gabriel Valley; PART-J; Zones Desk. Find at your local library. Access through LMU.

Borgatta, Tina. “Irvine Co., Indians Divided by a Wall Carving; Development: The Tiny Image in a San Joaquin Hills Cave Is Sacred to Some, but Homes Are Planned for the Site.” Los Angeles Times. January 3, 2002, Orange County Edition edition, sec. California; Metro Desk. Find at your local library. Access through LMU.

———. “Prehistoric Indian Carving Imperiled by Housing Project; Development: Irvine Co. Promises to Preserve More Significant Sites, but Local Tribal Leaders Say the Cave with the Tiny Artifact Is Sacred Ground.” Los Angeles Times. January 3, 2002, Home Edition edition, sec. California; Metro Desk. Find at your local library. Access through LMU.

Carcamo, Cindy. “American Indians Ask State to Revoke Developer’s Permit.” Orange County Register, June 2, 2008. https://www.ocregister.com/2008/06/02/american-indians-ask-state-to-revoke-developers-permit/.

———. “American Indians, Developer Reach Agreement on Human Remains.” Orange County Register, February 5, 2009. https://www.ocregister.com/2009/02/05/american-indians-developer-reach-agreement-on-human-remains/.

———. “American Indians Lose Fight against H.B. Developer.” Orange County Register, November 14, 2008. https://www.ocregister.com/2008/11/14/american-indians-lose-fight-against-hb-developer/.

———. “American Indians Plan Protest of Huntington Beach Project.” Orange County Register, May 27, 2008. https://www.ocregister.com/2008/05/27/american-indians-plan-protest-of-huntington-beach-project/.

———. “Ancient Burial Ground Gets National Designation.” Orange County Register, August 6, 2009. https://www.ocregister.com/2009/08/06/ancient-burial-ground-gets-national-designation/.

———. “Developer Vows to Rebury Ancestral Remains Found at Site.” Orange County Register, December 23, 2008. https://www.ocregister.com/2008/12/23/developer-vows-to-rebury-ancestral-remains-found-at-site/.

———. “State Officials: H.B. Developer Failed to Rebury Indian Remains in a Timely Fashion.” Orange County Register, November 14, 2008. https://www.ocregister.com/2008/11/14/state-officials-hb-developer-failed-to-rebury-indian-remains-in-a-timely-fashion/.

Casgraux, Douglas. “Tribes Stop Cathedral Construction.” Indian Country Today. April 13, 1998. Find at your local library. Access through LMU.

Chadwick, Alex. At Playa Vista, a Controversy over Indian Remains. Radio. Day to Day. NPR, 2007. https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9940767, archived at https://perma.cc/ABK8-TZR7. Access through LMU.

Chan, Erin. “Museum Files Suit to Block Its Ouster by School District; Land Use: Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified Wants Site for Special Education Program. Historical Society Says It Has Nowhere to Go.” Los Angeles Times. July 18, 2002, Home Edition edition, sec. California; Metro Desk. Access through LMU. Find at your local library.

“Coastal Comission Reverses Stand on Ballona Bluffs.” Santa Monica Mirror 2 (August 16, 2000): 9. Find at local library.

Coker, Matt. “This Is Where We Pray.” OC Weekly, November 2001. https://www.ocweekly.com/this-is-where-we-pray-6388192/, archived at https://perma.cc/M3MS-9X9Q.

———. “‘This Is Where We Pray’: As Earthmovers Move In, Local Indians Move to Save Their Sacred Land.” Orange County Weekly, November 2, 2001. Find at your local library.

“Compromise at Bolsa Chica Is Not Acceptable.” Los Angeles Times. September 9, 2001, Orange County Edition edition, sec. California; Metro Desk. Find at local library. Access through ProQuest.

“CSULB Building Project Blocked on 22-Acre Ancient Indian Site.” Long Beach Press-Telegram. August 20, 1993. Find at your local library.

Del Real, Jose A. “An Icon or Insensitive Relic? Prospector Pete Is on Its Way Out.” The New York Times, October 4, 2018, sec. ection A; Column 0; National Desk. Access through LMU.

Dillow, Gordon. “No Common Ground Indians Say 22-Acre Site Is Sacred but Cal State Long Beach Disagrees and Plans to Lease It to Developer.” Los Angeles Times. June 19, 1993, sec. Metro; PART-B; Metro Desk. Find at your local library. Access through LMU.

Doherty, Shawn. “Gabrielinos Join Battle Over Barrington Plaza Zoning: Tribe May Join Westside Activists in Effort to Block 23-Story Development. They Cite Historical Significance of Underground Springs.” Los Angeles Times. October 24, 1991, sec. Westside; PART-J; Zones Desk. Access through LMU. Find at your local library.

“Dozens Protest Construction Of Cultural Center Downtown.” CBS Los Angeles. January 9, 2011. https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/dozens-protest-construction-of-cultural-center-downtown/. Access through Internet Access.

Edwards, Andrew. “Ceremony Memorializes Reburial of Indigenous People’s Remains at Cal State Long Beach.” Press Telegram, September 22, 2016. https://www.presstelegram.com/2016/09/22/ceremony-memorializes-reburial-of-indigenous-peoples-remains-at-cal-state-long-beach/. Access through ProQuest.

“Environmental Groups File Suit Against Coastal Commission.” Santa Monica Mirror 2, no. 18 (October 18, 2000). Find at local library.

Flynn, Johnny P., and Gary Laderman. “Purgatory and the Powerful Dead: A Case Study of Native American Repatriation.” Religion and American Culture: A Journal of Interpretation 4, no. 1 (1994): 51–75. https://doi.org/10.2307/1123877. Find at your local library. Access through JSTOR.

Garcia, Robert, and Ramya Sivasubramanian. “Rest in Peace: Ancestors Finally Return to El Pueblo.” KCET: History & Society, May 11, 2012. Access through Internet Archive.

Gottesman, Jill. “Judge Bars Building on Indian Site Development: The Temporary Order Prohibits Cal State Long Beach from Doing an Archeological Survey on 22 Acres Considered Sacred by the Gabrielino Tribe.” Los Angeles Times. September 4, 1993, sec. Metro; PART-B; Metro Desk. Find at your local library. Access through ProQuest.

Granberry, Michael. “Judge’s Ruling Deals Setback to Wetlands Project.” Los Angeles Times. May 28, 1997, sec. PART-A; Metro Desk. Find at your local library. Access through LMU.

Hall, Carla. “La Plaza Developer Looks to Allay Critics: Groups Have Voiced Concerns about the Removal of Skeletal Remains from the Site.” Los Angeles Times. January 14, 2011, sec. Latextra. Access through ProQuest.

Harder, Dan. “Finding God in L.A.; Just Off the 405 Is a Forlorn Lot Where, the Tongva Indians Say, Something Very Sacred Happened.” Los Angeles Times. January 28, 2001, sec. Los Angeles Times Magazine; PART-; Times Magazine Desk. Find at your local library. Access through ProQuest.

Hernández, Kelly Lytle. City of Inmates : Conquest, Rebellion, and the Rise of Human Caging in Los Angeles, 1771–1965. Justice, Power, and Politics. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2017. Access through LMU. Find at your local library.

Hudson, Berkley. “New Complications Arise Over Project; County to Vote on Zone Changes for Development in Foothills.” Los Angeles Times. August 24, 1989, sec. San Gabriel Valley; 9; Zones Desk. Find at your local library. Access through ProQuest.

Indian Graves/Chavez Son/Peter Ustinov. Videorecording. KCET, 2004. Find at your local library.

“January 4, 2011, NAHC Letter to the Los Angeles County Coroner,” January 4, 2011. Access through Internet Archive.

“January 6, 2011, NAHC Letter to the Los Angeles County Coroner with Related Attachments,” January 2011. Access through Internet Archive.

“January 7, 2011, Letter from County Supervisor Gloria Molina to the Native American Heritage Commission,” January 7, 2011. Access through Internet Archive.

“January 7, 2011, Letter from LA Plaza CEO Miguel Angel Corzo to the Native American Heritage Commission,” January 7, 2011. Access through Internet Archive.

“Judge Denies Native American Suit.” Los Angeles Downtown News. June 12, 1998. Find at local library.

Koerper, Henry C., Jonathon E. Ericson, Donald L. Fife, M. Steven Shackley, Clay A. Singer, and John A. Minch. “Jasper Procurement, Trade, and Control in Orange County: Comments and Observations.” Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology 14, no. 2 (July 1, 1992): 237–46. Find at your local library. Access through eScholarship.

Lepowsky, Maria. “Indian Revolts and Cargo Cults: Ritual Violence and Revitalization in California and New Guinea.” In Reassessing Revitalization Movements: Perspectives from North America and the Pacific Islands, edited by Michael E. Harkin, 1–60. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2004. Find at your local library. Access through Project MUSE.

Loewe, Ronald. Of Sacred Lands and Strip Malls: The Battle for Puvungna. Contemporary Native American Communities. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2016. Access through ProQuest. Find at your local library.

“Long Beach Court Upholds Ban on Developing Ancient Site.” Los Angeles Times. February 26, 1994, sec. Metro; PART-B; Metro Desk. Find at your local library. Access through ProQuest.

Lopez, Steve. “Indians See L.A. as Likely Spot for a Casino– Maybe Two.” Los Angeles Times. April 9, 2003, sec. California. Access through ProQuest.

“Lost Past.” U.S. News & World Report. October 26, 1992. Find at your local library. Access through LMU.

“‘Lost Village of Encino’ Discoveries : State Senate OKs Home for Indian Relics.” Los Angeles Times. June 6, 1986. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-06-06-me-9035-story.html. Find at your local library.

Madigan, Nick. “Developer Unearths Burial Ground and Stirs Up Anger Among Indians.” The New York Times, June 2, 2004, sec. Section A; Column 1; National Desk. Access through LexisNexis.

Maharaj, Davan. “O.C. Fossil Digs Yield Bonanza for Scientists.” Los Angeles Times. July 30, 1991, Orange County edition, sec. Orange County. Find at your local library. Access through ProQuest.

Mattia, Lauren. “LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes Excavation Uncovers Downtown History.” blogdowntown, January 10, 2011. Access through Internet Archive.

McGarry, T. W. “Indian Feud in Los Angeles: Development Brings Out the War Paint.” Los Angeles Times. June 4, 1988, sec. Part I. Find at your local library. Access through ProQuest.

Mehta, Seema. “Burial Site Discovery Halts Development.” Los Angeles Times. October 1, 2002, sec. California; Metro Desk. Access through ProQuest.

Merl, Jean. “Workers Unearth the Unexplained: Archeology: Finds at Burial Site in Carson Show That 50 Gabrielino Indians Died Violently but Mysteriously.” Los Angeles Times. December 11, 1998. Find at your local library. Access through ProQuest.

Morin, Monte. “Recalling Burial Sites Where Houses Sprawl; Culture: With Offerings and Prayers, Descendants of Two Tribes Make an Annual Pilgrimage.” Los Angeles Times. October 8, 2000, sec. Metro; PART- B; PART-; Metro Desk. Access through LMU.

“Native American Heritage Commission: Halt Excavation at Campo Santo in El Pueblo UPDATED.” The City Project: Equal Justice, Democracy, and Livability for All. February 27, 2016. Access through Internet Archive.

Nguyen, Tina. “Chief Unhappy With Reburial of Tribal Artifacts: Culture: Juaneno Leader Scolds Irvine Co., Although Other Observers Have No Complaint.” Los Angeles Times. November 28, 1996, sec. Orange County. Find at your local library. Access through ProQuest.

Parsons, Dana. “Will Irvine Co.’s Sacred Heritage Trump Native Americans’?” Los Angeles Times. January 23, 2002, sec. Orange County. Access through ProQuest. Find at your local library.

Pasquis, Kimberly. “Government Blocks CSULB Land-Lock Issues.” California State University Long Beach 49er 9, no. 28 (October 11, 2001).

Phillips, George Harwood. Chiefs and Challengers: Indian Resistance and Cooperation in Southern California, 1769-1906. 2nd edition. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2014. Find at your local library.

“Putting L.A.’s Past to Rest.” Los Angeles Times. April 9, 2011. Access through ProQuest.

“Respecting Early Angelenos.” Los Angeles Times. April 28, 2012. Access through ProQuest.

Ruyle, Eugene E. “Puvungna Sacred Site Struggle.” Accessed April 28, 2022. https://home.csulb.edu/~eruyle/puvuhome.html.

Sacred Lands, White Man’s Laws. Videorecording. Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 1995. Find at your local library.

Snyder, Gary. “`A String That Holds Together Our Culture and Traditions’: First Positive Vote for Indian Interests.” News from Indian Country. May 31, 1996. Find at your local library. Access through ProQuest.

“Suit Seeks to Prevent Nature Center at Site.” Los Angeles Times. December 5, 1995, Home Edition edition, sec. Metro; PART-B; Metro Desk. Find at local library. Access through ProQuest.

“Superior Court Seconds Coastal Commission Decision on Project.” Santa Monica Mirror 1, no. 13 (September 15, 1999). Find at local library.

“El Pueblo de Los Angeles Plaza Church Cemetery Campo Santo Excavations.” The City Project. 2011. https://www.flickr.com/photos/cityprojectca/albums/72157625648308799/

“The Kids’ Reading Room; California Classroom; A Learning Link to the Ballona Wetlands.” Los Angeles Times. October 10, 2002, Home Edition edition, sec. Southern California Living; Features Desk. Find at your local library. Access through ProQuest.

Wamstad, Anne-Lise. “Sacred Indian Site Headed for a Mini-Mall Future?” Cultural Survival Quarterly, December 1994. Access through Cultural Survival Quarterly. Find at your local library.

Werblin, Cathy. “Hellman Ranch Project a Step Closer to Reality.” Los Angeles Times. September 24, 1997, sec. Orange County. Access through ProQuest.

“Why Didn’t They Just Stop? Save the Ancestors at Yaangna and El Pueblo Campo Santo.” The City Project: Equal Justice, Democracy, and Livability for All. February 26, 2016. Access through Internet Archive.