Hello, relatives. Tigweed's for being with us here on all my relations. You know, at the beginning of the

year, there was a catastrophic wildfire that resulted in the death of 29 people and the burning of

over 50,000 acres of land and the destruction of countless buildings. Through traveling and connecting

with Indigenous People for Project 562, I learned that Los Angeles,

what is now known as Los Angeles and what is now known as California, is actually Indian land.

You know, there are over a hundred and nine federally recognized tribes in California,

and Los Angeles has the largest population of urban natives out of anywhere in the country, right?

So in the wake of the fire, we know that Los Angeles is home to thousands of our relatives, to native peoples.

And we heard stories, like small stories here and there

about tribes sending, you know, sending relief, Navajo Nation, Malax, even my own tribe,

Taleb, we sent fire trucks down to L.A. I read that. But we really, while this was all unfolding,

we're looking at national news outlets and we're asking ourselves how is Indian country and how are

Native people responding to what's happening in Tovongar? Yeah, Tongva land, Chumash land. I know

native people who live down there. I went and studied at UCLA. AIS and we really got to center

the voices of Tongva people, of Chumash people, of so many California

Indians, there are like 250 plus native languages in California alone.

And that's probably an undercount.

Let's keep it real.

So, yeah, now Los Angeles is one of the great urban epicenters, not just for native

people, but around the world. And it stands as a beacon broadcasting this American dream

globally. But long before there was ever Hollywood, before there was Venice Beach, Marina del Rey,

Santa Monica, Beverly Hills,

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