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California Native American Day, celebrated annually on the fourth Friday of September, is a day to honor California’s indigenous people, an opportunity to learn about Native American culture and a time for people of all cultures to reflect on and remember their traditions.
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The celebration, free and open to the public, caps the week-long California Indian Cultural Awareness Conference, which will see more than 1,500 elementary school students and their teachers from throughout the Inland Empire visit the campus to learn firsthand about California’s Native American culture, history and customs.
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The celebration, free and open to the public, caps the week-long California Indian Cultural Awareness Conference, which will see more than 1,500 elementary school students and their teachers from throughout the Inland Empire visit the campus to learn firsthand about California’s Native American culture, history and customs.
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Attendees learned about Native American music, art and food of the Native peoples in this region at the free event on Friday, Sept. 23.
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Attendees will learn about Native American music, art and food of the Native peoples in this region at the free event on Friday, Sept. 23, starting at 6 p.m.
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More than 1,500 elementary school children and their teachers will learn about California’s Native American culture, history and customs as part of the weeklong California Indian Cultural Awareness Conference to be held at CSUSB Sept. 23-27.
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The weeklong conference that begins Monday, Sept. 18, is a prelude to the 18th Annual California Native American Day celebration on Friday, Sept. 22, at the CSUSB Lower Commons.
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California Native American Day is the final event of the annual California Indian Cultural Awareness Conference for area elementary school children that began on Sept. 24.
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CSUSB has appointed Native American educator and advocate Vincent Whipple as the university’s newly created director of Tribal Relations to increase the college-going rates and success of Native American students.