California is home to the largest Native American population in the country with more than 160 tribes. The state ranks 5th for the country's most cases of missing and murdered Indigenous people. It's been described as an epidemic, an emergency and a crisis by California tribal leaders desperate for change.
An eight-foot-tall bronze statue of a late Native American leader known for preserving cultural dances now stands surrounded by trees in a historic park outside of California s state Capitol building,
When Rosie Parra was a little girl, she knew deep down that she was an American Indian. There was never any discussion about the family’s heritage when she was growing
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