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Indians in California School Books | Bioneers Short Clips

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Channel: Bioneers · 2018 · Nonprofits & Activism

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Award-winning Tolowa culture-bearer and public school teacher, Loren Bommelyn shares what it felt like for his people and culture to be erased from text books growing up in California. 

This presentation took place in the Indigeneity Forum at the 2017 National Bioneers Conference.
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