It's been five years since the San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians held their intertribal pow wow. This weekend, the event returns to the mission in Oceanside.
The Valley Arts Festival is an annual celebration of the San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians and the Luiseño history and culture, aiming to help support and celebrate the indigenous population that lived on the land we now known as Oceanside. AF aims to educate the community on the beauty and strength of this amazing culture. Each year a portion of proceeds from the festival is donated to the San Luis Rey Mission Indian Foundation for enrichment programs.The upcoming festival will include many elements of the previous years, and much more! We would like to thank our title sponsor Visit Oceanside for their support towards organizing VAF 2023.2023 Sponsorship Opportunities are available! Please contact Julia for more info!Visit our website for more info on the Valley Arts Festival 2023.Follow Studio ACE on Social Media! Facebook | Instagram | X/Twitter
You can stay up late and not pay for it on Sunday morning. Yep, it's fall back time, meaning we gain an hour. And you can put it to good use with so many weekend activities.
Members of local Kumeyaay tribes are understandably upset that the operators of the Lake Cuyamaca Recreation and Park District have recently added tipis as rental options in their campground. The tipis are replicas of the traditional dwellings of Indigenous Plains communities and not of local native peoples, the Kumeyaay. Emily Burgueno, a member of the…