morongo indian reservation: Ramona Basket ~ Cahuilla Indians Exhibit the Ramona Basket during Indian Week - 10/08/08 07:20 PM
The 4th Friday of September in California is Native American Day.  In honor of this day, and the Native People, "Indian Week was celebrated around the State."
Over this  week-end the 18th Annual Thunder and Lightning Pow Wow was held on the Morongo Reservation.  In Banning there was also a nice exhibit at the Dorothy Ramon Learning Center on San Gorgonio.  My family and I went to the new Center, and behind it there was an exhibit with a Kish set up.

 
 
 
 
 
Unfortunately we didn't get there early enough to participate in the flute making, but next year … (11 comments)

morongo indian reservation: Cabazon: Sitting in the Shadows of the Morongo Indian Reservation - 08/02/08 05:37 AM
Cabazon, CA is an interesting little town.  It's not a city, and only has one little store, a Post Office, and the Am/PM Gas Station at the Main Street exit.  That's on the South Side of the Freeway....the side where locals think of Cabazon as Cabazon. For years Cabazon was just a small little town off the I-10 Freeway between Banning and Palm Springs.  It was best known for the big Dinosaur on the North Side of the Freeway.  That Dinosaur was made famous in a few movies, including a Pee Wee Herman one.   That was  Cabazon to most people.

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