http://coachellaunincorporated.org/2016/02/29/qa-living-library-keeps-cahuilla-culture-alive/ Incorporating the Voices of the Eastern Coachella Valley Mon, 23 May 2016 09:02:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.3.4 http://coachellaunincorporated.org/2016/02/29/qa-living-library-keeps-cahuilla-culture-alive/#comment-90712 Mon, 04 Apr 2016 03:12:00 +0000 http://coachellaunincorporated.org/?p=4243#comment-90712 […] With a population of just over 4,000, the Torres Martinez Reservation, in Thermal, California, is home to the Cahuilla, the indigenous people of the Coachella Valley. The Education Library Center is an enrichment program for youth on the reservation, offering tutoring, structured curriculum, parent seminars, a computer lab and a collection of books that includes native studies and archives. “The growing emphasis on higher education is at the forefront of all tribal communities across the nation. Higher education is now a very real and viable tool that our young people must access so that they can come back and learn how to successfully empower their nation.” Luisa Armijo, the education and library director at the reservation, spoke to Coachella Unincorporated. […]

]]> http://coachellaunincorporated.org/2016/02/29/qa-living-library-keeps-cahuilla-culture-alive/#comment-89881 Tue, 01 Mar 2016 19:23:43 +0000 http://coachellaunincorporated.org/?p=4243#comment-89881 My homegirls Luisa ARMIJO. Luisa and her husband, Oscar are one of the greatest couples I know. And you would want to know. Great people. Glad to have worked with Luisa and Oscar in the past and hopefully in the future. The spirits truly blessed me when I met the ARMIJO Family. Torres-Martinez are fortunate to have Luisa as a team member. Si Se Puede!

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