Oliviana's Blog

As I have mentioned in my previous blog, I have been researching the Tongva Tribe, who once lived in what is now Los Angeles to Orange County and on the Catalina and San Clemente islands. They were forcibly moved out of their homes by the mid-1840s and now both USC and UCLA occupy their territories for their universities. In my paper, I argue that the Tongva victims of cultural displacement and their descendants should be given financial scholarships, and that the universities should offer classes, majors and/or minors to educate and raise awareness, as well as sympathy for the Tongva Tribe and their history.   The article sited below , from the USC library, talks about a 2021-22 academic year scholarship for the descendants of boarding school survivors, provided by the American Indian College Fund and National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition. It discusses the effectiveness of these scholarships as a reparation for those affected by displacement and therefore...

                                                                        Making Amends with the Tongva Tribe “The History Department of USC acknowledges our presence on the ancestral and unceded territory of the Tongva people and their neighbors: (from North to South) the Chumash, Tataviam, Kitanemuk, Serrano, Cahuilla, Payomkawichum, Acjachemen, Ipai-Tipai, Kumeyaay, and Quechan peoples, whose ancestors ruled the region we now call Southern California for at least 9,000 years."     I have learned a lot from the readings that we have done this past week about the Tongva tribe, who lived in what is now Los Angeles to Orange County and on the Catalina and San Clemente islands. They were forcibly moved out of their homes by the mid-1840s and both...