Tule Doll and Cradleboard Workshop and Cahuilla
Documentary Film
Cahuilla Documentary: Kuktushatem Chema’avuwetemngax (Words
From Our Elders)
June 14, 2015 | Workshop: 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm , Film
Screening: 4:00 - 5:00 pm
Riverside Metropolitan Museum | Free
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Learn how to make an American Indian tule doll and a doll cradleboard during
this free workshop at Riverside Metropolitan Museum. Blossom Hathaway
(Cahuilla/Apache) and Lori Sisquoc (Cahuilla/Apache) will lead
the workshop designed for youth and adults. The workshop will begin at 2:00 pm
and end at 3:30 pm.
At 4:00 pm, enjoy a preview screening of “Kuktushatem Chema’avuwetemngax: Words
From Our Elders,” a documentary about the history and culture of a Southern
California American Indian people—the Cahuilla—as told through the stories of
tribal members: Ann Hamiliton, Kaweah, Red Elk, Ernest Siva, Roy Matthews,
Renona Pennington, Mary Belardo, Christina Morreo, Joe Benitez, and Walter
Holmes. The film will begin with a special introduction by Terria Smith
(Cahuilla), First Nations Experience producer and director of the film and Sean
Milanovich, writer and Associate Curator of Anthropology.
This project was made possible with support from Cal Humanities, a non-profit
partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For more
information,visit: www.calhum.org. Any
views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this film do not
necessarily represent those of Cal Humanities or the National Endowment for the
Humanities.
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About the Exhibit
The CAHUILLA CONTINUUM: TÚKU,
ÍVAX, TÚLEKA* exhibition
tells the story of a Southern California Native people---the Cahuilla. The past,
present, and future of this vital, indigenous community is brought to life through baskets,
branding irons, ollas, regalia, paintings, photographs, and stories. The exhibit
features over 160 objects from the Riverside Metropolitan Museum, National
Museum of the American Indian, Cabazon Band of Mission Indians Cultural Museum,
and private collectors with members of the Cahuilla community playing a pivotal
role in both the development and production of the exhibition.
The Cahuilla say they have been in Southern California since the beginning of
time. They have made inland Southern California their home-- taking care of the
land, water, trees, plants, and animals. Adapting to life on the desert floor in
the heat and on tops of mountains in the cold, their culture, language, and
religion are an extension of their environment. Through their basketry,
ceramics, songs, and dances, they preserve their heritage and teach their
history and laws. In these ways, they prepare for the future. Within the last 25
years, a revitalization of Cahuilla culture has emerged and Cahuilla Continuum:
Túku,
Ívax, Túleka is an extension of
that idea and thought. There are nine federally-recognized Cahuilla reservations
in Southern California: Agua Caliente, Augustine, Cahuilla, Cabazon, Los
Coyotes, Morongo, Ramona, Santa Rosa, and Torres Martinez. Cahuilla also live on
other reservations, all of which are actively preserving the natural resources
of the state, their heritage, and their sovereignty for future generations.
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