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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Spirit</strong><br />
NEWSLETTER OF AGUA CALIENTE CULTURAL MUSEUM<br />
Join us at the theatre!<br />
Festival of Native Film & Culture 2011<br />
see page 7<br />
Through<br />
you, my<br />
ancient<br />
people,<br />
I am.<br />
Vol. XV No. 3 March/April/May 2011<br />
Art<br />
<strong>The</strong><br />
of<br />
Basketry<br />
see page 6<br />
Sharings & Observations<br />
Exhibitions<br />
Exhibition Notes from the Curatorial Department<br />
Special Events<br />
Education Programs<br />
Photographing the Cahuilla Landscape<br />
Acquisitions<br />
Spotlight: Holiday Open House at the Museum 2010<br />
Contributors<br />
in this issue<br />
page 2–3<br />
pages 4–5<br />
page 6<br />
page 7<br />
pages 8–9<br />
pages 10–11<br />
page 12<br />
pages 13–15
cover photograph of cave near head waters of deep canyon by dawn wellman<br />
<strong>The</strong> Festival of Native Film & Culture is like other<br />
film festivals in many respects. One of those is always<br />
having a great opening and closing night film. In<br />
years past we have had Academy Awards nominees,<br />
premiers, and unexpected surprises. And, like most<br />
film festivals, we have our greatest attendance on<br />
nights such as those.<br />
Our festival also presents strong screenings in the<br />
so-called “middle-section” – films that show on<br />
Thursday and Friday – thanks to Guest Programmer<br />
Elizabeth Weatherford, Founder and Director of the<br />
Film and Video Center of the National Museum of the<br />
American Indian. Elizabeth has an eye for quality and<br />
a knack for spotting the up-and-coming new directors<br />
in the indigenous film world. More importantly, her<br />
perspective is both global and historical. She and I<br />
share a common passion for short films, which is why<br />
we have a Sunday 5 o’clock showing of short films.<br />
Two sentences about any of these shorts would give<br />
away too much information. So, come see Poi Dogs, <strong>The</strong><br />
Rocket Boy, and Search for the World’s Best Indian Taco, among<br />
others. Some are subtley hilarious and the others silent but<br />
poignant.<br />
Thursday and Friday have very strong films. Thursday begins<br />
with CBQM, a humorous look at a small-town Native radio<br />
station. <strong>The</strong> evening film is Rabbit-Proof Fence – a classic<br />
Australian work that parallels events experienced by Native<br />
Americans. It is a poignant look at a government attempt to<br />
control aboriginal people.<br />
On Friday, our two main showings are Two <strong>Spirit</strong>s and 2501<br />
Migrants – finely crafted documentaries that evoke new<br />
depths of appreciation for and understanding of gay/lesbian<br />
and migrant issues experienced in the Native world. <strong>The</strong><br />
latter deals with migrants who leave their village in Oaxaca<br />
and how their return impacts the village. It is an artist’s<br />
perspective of that cultural impact on his life and the lives of<br />
other villagers.<br />
I invite you to join us for what promises to be an engaging,<br />
entertaining, and enlightening festival! <br />
Michael Hammond, Ph.D.<br />
Executive Director<br />
Wapawekka<br />
Still photos from two short films part of<br />
Visionaries: Short Films by Native Directors<br />
on Sunday, March 5<br />
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I think it’s fair to say that 2010 was probably not<br />
the best of years financially for not-for-profit<br />
<strong>org</strong>anizations in the Coachella Valley and elsewhere.<br />
Still, I’m sure each of us can point to a number of<br />
noteworthy achievements.<br />
Programming at Agua Caliente Cultural Museum<br />
remained strong last year, even in the face of<br />
staff reductions and other cost-saving measures.<br />
Record numbers of visitors attended exhibition<br />
openings; online exhibitions were introduced<br />
to the Museum’s Web site; and fascinating and<br />
illuminating exhibitions were installed off-site<br />
at other Valley locations. <strong>The</strong> <strong>Spirit</strong> Keepers panel<br />
presentation Section 14 – Heart of the Reservation<br />
attracted a capacity audience and lively discussion<br />
about the facts and stories associated with this<br />
historic square-mile of land in downtown Palm<br />
Springs. And registrations for Native skills crafts<br />
classes and the ever-popular Kids Explore summer<br />
programs for children were over-subscribed with<br />
waiting lists.<br />
In the 2010 American Association of Museums<br />
(AAM) Museum Publications Design Competition,<br />
Agua Caliente Cultural Museum won First Prize in<br />
Calendars of Events for the design of our 2009-2010<br />
Museum Program Brochure and accompanying<br />
series of program announcement postcards<br />
designed by JCRR Design of Palm Springs. Second<br />
Prize was awarded to Yale Center for British Art,<br />
with Honorable Mention going to the Solomon R.<br />
Guggenheim Museum and Bard Graduate Center.<br />
Looking ahead, our “small-but-mighty Museum”<br />
will continue to focus on providing you the quality<br />
programming you have come to expect from us<br />
in exhibitions, education lectures and classes, and<br />
special cultural events.<br />
I invite you to attend this season’s many activities. <br />
basket photograph by mark davidson<br />
Millie Browne<br />
Chairwoman, Board of Directors<br />
<strong>The</strong> Rocket Boy<br />
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Exhibitions<br />
c u r r e n t c h a n g i n g e x h i b i t i o n<br />
Song<br />
of the<br />
Basket<br />
through october 16, 2011<br />
Prior to European contact, baskets of the Cahuilla women<br />
were made for utilitarian purposes. <strong>The</strong>y were woven with<br />
great skill and beauty, regardless of their intended use.<br />
Through careful study of their form, color, and design, it<br />
becomes apparent that these baskets are a work of love.<br />
To Indian women, fine baskets are their poems, paintings,<br />
and sculptures… their songs.<br />
c o r e e x h i b i t i o n s<br />
Flora Patencio Collection<br />
Flora Patencio was a strong leader<br />
in the history of the Agua Caliente<br />
people. She participated in some<br />
of the most important political and<br />
cultural decisions of her time.<br />
This exhibition, an introduction to the<br />
current Song of the Basket exhibition, is<br />
a study of basket making techniques<br />
and contains basketry materials<br />
and artifacts from Flora’s personal<br />
collection.<br />
To “hear” the song or story of a basket, we must first<br />
understand the cosmology of the Cahuilla people and the<br />
important values and concepts established when the world<br />
was created. Song of the Basket is a unique look into the<br />
Cahuilla culture from a woman’s perspective.<br />
See if you can identify the song in each of the baskets on<br />
display from the Museum’s collection.<br />
Cahuilla Culture & History<br />
Photographs, maps, and text<br />
displayed in this exhibition tell<br />
the story of the early times of the<br />
Cahuilla people.<br />
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<strong>The</strong> largest – and the very smallest –<br />
baskets in the Museum’s collections.<br />
photograph by mark davidson<br />
o n l i n e e x h i b i t i o n s<br />
Two popular exhibitions curated by<br />
the Museum are now available online<br />
through the Museum Web site at<br />
www.accmuseum.<strong>org</strong><br />
Click the “Online Exhibits” link.
“Chief” Meyers (holding the baseball) with Steve Royce<br />
image from exhibition What’s the score: american indians in sports<br />
o f f - s i t e c h a n g i n g e x h i b i t i o n s<br />
Agua Caliente Cultural Museum collaboratively shares its<br />
resources with California State University, San Bernardino<br />
and University of California, Riverside (Palm Desert<br />
Campuses), the City of Palm Springs, Palm Springs<br />
Public Library, and other institutions. Off-site<br />
exhibitions offer a unique glimpse of local history<br />
for university students and staff, Coachella Valley<br />
residents, and visitors to the desert.<br />
Dream of the Blue Frog<br />
(Wahaatukicnikic Tetayaw)<br />
This exhibition focuses on the history and<br />
lore of the Agua Caliente Hot Spring from<br />
ancient times to the present. Blue Frog<br />
is one of the nukatem or spiritual beings<br />
residing in the spring.<br />
Where: Spa Resort Casino Hotel<br />
location of the Hot Spring<br />
100 North Indian Canyon Drive,<br />
Palm Springs<br />
online<br />
at<br />
w w w. a c c m u s e u m .o rg<br />
What’s the Score? American Indians in Sports<br />
Sports played a prominent role in the traditional life of most<br />
Indian communities. Games such as shinny, lacrosse, foot<br />
racing, archery, swimming, hoop and pole, and various types<br />
of football taught survival skills. This exhibition offers a look<br />
at Indian sports through the years to the present, including<br />
notable Indian athletes such as “Chief” John Meyers and<br />
Jim Thorpe.<br />
Where: California State University/San Bernardino<br />
Palm Desert Campus<br />
37500 Cook Street, Palm Desert<br />
Facts & Fictions<br />
of Ancient Lake Cahuilla<br />
Spanish galleons, fish traps, and a stripe on the<br />
mountainside? What do they have to do with the ancient<br />
lake that filled the southern Coachella Valley prior to the<br />
formation of the Salton Sea? Learn this and more when you<br />
visit this exhibition at the Salton Sea History Museum in<br />
North Shore, California.<br />
Since Time Immemorial<br />
This exhibition highlights major events and milestones in<br />
the history of the Cahuilla people.<br />
Where: Palm Springs City Hall<br />
3200 East Tahquitz Canyon Way, Palm Springs<br />
online<br />
at<br />
w w w. a c c m u s e u m .o rg<br />
Where: Salton Sea History Museum<br />
99-155 Sea View Drive, North Shore<br />
2010-2011 Exhibition Print Media Sponsor<br />
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Exhibition Notes from the Curatorial Department<br />
Art<br />
Basketry<br />
<strong>The</strong> of<br />
by Dawn Wellman Assistant Curator<br />
In our current Song of the Basket exhibition there are many opportunities to discover<br />
the influence that immigrant settlers had on traditional Cahuilla basketry.<br />
Cahuilla women made baskets mostly for utilitarian purposes<br />
prior to foreign contact. Some were made for gathering<br />
and storing plants and seeds, while others were made<br />
for separating seeds from hulls. Baskets were woven tight<br />
enough to hold water and food could be cooked by adding<br />
hot rocks. Even though baskets were part of everyday work,<br />
making them indulged the weaver’s artistic side. Designs<br />
were taken from nature, such as animals, birds, clouds, and<br />
lightning. Cahuilla baskets were made with great skill and<br />
beauty, regardless of their intended use.<br />
After the arrival of Europeans, an enormous change<br />
occurred in Native women’s lives. By the late 1800s, baskets<br />
were being replaced by metal pots and pans, glass bottles,<br />
and dishes. Some Cahuilla women worked as domestics and<br />
saw new designs and shapes, including new plants, animals,<br />
and needlepoint work done by European women, which<br />
they incorporated into their baskets.<br />
Many Cahuilla basket makers became entrepreneurs and<br />
supported their families by selling baskets to tourists. Often,<br />
baskets with non-traditional designs were woven specifically<br />
for sale; and it is commonly believed that women changed<br />
basket designs to please their new audience. However,<br />
it’s feasible to think the weavers were excited about the<br />
unfamiliar designs and were continuing to exercise their<br />
creativity. Eventually, many Cahuilla women took up<br />
needlepoint, quilt-making, and embroidery.<br />
Even though their lives have been changed forever, Cahuilla<br />
basket makers keep basket making alive and continue to be<br />
creative and innovative.<br />
Song of the Basket presents exquisite examples of pre- and<br />
post-contact baskets.<br />
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For additional information about Song of the Basket,<br />
call Dawn Wellman, Assistant Curator, at 760-833-8170.
Special Events<br />
Engaging, entertaining, and<br />
enlightening feature films,<br />
documentaries, and short<br />
films from some of today’s<br />
premier Native American<br />
and indigenous filmmakers<br />
will be followed by<br />
informative Q&A sessions.<br />
<strong>The</strong> outstanding lineup of<br />
screenings this year includes<br />
a wide variety of films.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y range from short films<br />
originating in Hawaii and those<br />
of hilarious comedic content with<br />
strong messages, to finely crafted<br />
documentaries that evoke new depths<br />
of appreciation for and understanding<br />
of gay/lesbian and migrant issues<br />
experienced in the Native world.<br />
Watch for the announcement of this year’s<br />
schedule of screenings at www.accmuseum.<strong>org</strong><br />
and <strong>The</strong> Desert Sun.<br />
Now in its tenth season, the<br />
Festival is one of the most highlyregarded<br />
events of its kind – featuring the<br />
best in films by, about, and starring Native<br />
Americans and other indigenous peoples.<br />
Festival<br />
of<br />
Native<br />
Film &<br />
Culture<br />
Individual tickets at $10 for Adults; and $7 Senior Adults<br />
(60+), Youth (16 and under), Students, and Military<br />
Personnel can be purchased and picked up at Camelot<br />
<strong>The</strong>atres Box Office during normal business hours or<br />
online at www.camelottheatres.com. All Access passes<br />
at $60 each are available at the Box Office. Seating is<br />
available on a first-come, first-served basis.<br />
guest programmer:<br />
Elizabeth Weatherford,<br />
Founder and Director,<br />
Film and Video Center,<br />
Smithsonian National Museum<br />
of the American Indian<br />
Wednesday through sunday, march 2-6<br />
Camelot <strong>The</strong>atres<br />
2300 East Baristo Road, Palm Springs<br />
Box Office: 760-325-6565<br />
For more information, call Claire Victor, Administrative Assistant/Programs at 760.833.8169.<br />
2010-2011 Education Program<br />
Print Media Sponsor<br />
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Education Programs<br />
living traditions program:<br />
Can You Dig It?<br />
instructor: Pattie Garcia-Tuck<br />
Director of Historic Preservation, Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians<br />
Tribal Historic Preservation Officer Pattie Garcia-Tuck, an<br />
archaeologist by training, will conduct this hands-on class<br />
in Andreas Canyon. Pattie will talk about Cahuilla dwellings<br />
and the tools that were used to build them in our desert<br />
environment. This class is for participants 12 years of age<br />
and younger who must be accompanied by an adult.<br />
Bring your own picnic lunch.<br />
saturday, march 5, 2011<br />
10:00 am Meet at the Museum.<br />
Location: Andreas Canyon.<br />
free registration<br />
spirit Keepers special museum tour:<br />
Behind the Scenes at the Autry<br />
Board a luxury motor coach at the Museum and enjoy<br />
carefree transportation to our destination, the Autry<br />
Museum of Western Heritage in Los Angeles. Space is<br />
limited to 40 people. We will depart the Museum at 8:00<br />
am, tour the Autry, have lunch in their café, and then return<br />
to Palm Springs by 6:00 pm.<br />
Wednesday, march 9, 2011<br />
8:00 am<br />
Motor coach departs from the Museum.<br />
fee:$60<br />
above Wooden shovel from the Museum collections<br />
photograph by mark davidson<br />
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left Photograph of a double-decker bus in Los Angeles, California, early 1900s.<br />
photograph from autry museum collections
panel discussion:<br />
Birds, Bugs, and Bean<br />
– with Tribal Stories about Animals<br />
of the Cahuilla Landscape<br />
panelists:<br />
Lowell J. Bean, Ph.D.<br />
Anthropologist, Ethno-historian<br />
Annette Segundo Guzman<br />
Member, Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians<br />
Kurt Leuschner<br />
Ornithologist, Professor of Natural Resources,<br />
College of the Desert<br />
Lois Segundo-Workman<br />
Member, Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians<br />
Doug Yanega, Ph.D.<br />
Entomologist, Senior Museum Scientist at the<br />
Entomology Research Museum, University of<br />
California at Riverside<br />
Dr. Lowell Bean recently finished a<br />
book draft on animals of the Cahuilla<br />
landscape. He will be joined on the<br />
panel by two members of the Agua<br />
Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians,<br />
an entomologist, and a naturalist/<br />
ornithologist to discuss the well-known<br />
and the relatively unknown living<br />
creatures of the Coachella Valley. Many<br />
of these animals are related to Cahuilla<br />
stories that will be shared by Tribal<br />
members on the panel.<br />
tuesday, april 5, 2011<br />
6:30 pm<br />
University of California, Riverside<br />
Palm Desert Campus<br />
Building B, Auditorium (B-100)<br />
75080 Frank Sinatra Drive<br />
Palm Desert<br />
free admission & parKing<br />
living traditions program:<br />
Photographing the<br />
Cahuilla Landscape<br />
instructor: Sue Myers<br />
Sue Myers is an award-winning photographer and naturalist.<br />
She spent 14 years volunteering with the Coachella Valley<br />
Preserve, and earned an Associate of Arts degree in Art with<br />
a photography concentration from College of the Desert.<br />
Sue has extensive knowledge of the local flora and fauna, has<br />
led wildflower hikes, and taught classes about the natural<br />
environment. This class promises to be a fun outing and a<br />
unique opportunity to learn about the Cahuilla landscape.<br />
Bring your own equipment and picnic lunch.<br />
saturday, april 16, 2011<br />
10:00 am Meet at the Museum.<br />
fee: $10<br />
Free Registration for Museum Members<br />
This fingernail-size flower is indigneous to meadowlands within<br />
the Cahuilla landscape in the San Jacinto Mountains.<br />
photograph by dawn wellman<br />
2010-2011 Education Program<br />
Print Media Sponsor<br />
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Acquisitions<br />
Agua Caliente Cultural Museum recently<br />
acquired the following items.<br />
d o n at i o n s<br />
Gift of Stuart & Pat Barton<br />
Library books and journals<br />
Gift of Lowell J. Bean, Ph.D<br />
Digital scans of Lowell Bean photos<br />
through the years<br />
Gift of Mildred Browne<br />
Circle of Wonder – a book by<br />
N. Scott Momaday<br />
Gift of Michael Hammond, Ph.D.<br />
Print, Jimmy Jackrabbit<br />
Gift of Judy Harris<br />
Two ceramic ollas<br />
Gift of Dr. Bruce & Karen Jacobs<br />
Collection of Native American and<br />
Native American inspired objects,<br />
including staffs, baskets, bowls, cradle<br />
basket, prints, and more<br />
Gift of Rodney Pennington<br />
53 cases of fish teeth, bones, shells and<br />
other objects from Ancient Lake Cahuilla<br />
shoreline, and two stone tools<br />
Gift of Debrah Purnel<br />
ASWET newsletters<br />
Gift of Ginger Ridgway<br />
Seven pen and ink drawings of<br />
Cahuilla artifacts<br />
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<strong>The</strong> items pictured are from the most recently acquired collection of Native<br />
American-made and Native American-inspired objects donated by Dr. Bruce<br />
& Karen Jacobs. Other objects in this collection include paintings, photographs,<br />
baskets, Plains-type pipe and staff, and dream catchers.<br />
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Holiday Open House at the Museum Spotlight<br />
Museum members and<br />
visitors to the desert<br />
gathered to celebrate the<br />
2010 Holiday Open House<br />
on December 14.<br />
In addition to delicious<br />
culinary delights prepared<br />
by Chef Paul Woods and<br />
his staff of the Spa Resort<br />
Casino, guests enjoyed<br />
adding their Native<br />
American- and desertthemed<br />
ornaments to the<br />
Museum’s holiday tree,<br />
and viewing the current<br />
exhibition –<br />
Song of the Basket.<br />
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Contributors<br />
Agua Caliente Cultural Museum Capital Campaign<br />
Agua Caliente Cultural Museum, with<br />
a governing board of directors and<br />
professional staff, is a 501(c)(3) not-forprofit<br />
<strong>org</strong>anization that welcomes financial<br />
support for its mission from a broad range<br />
of individuals and donor <strong>org</strong>anizations.<br />
Contributions to the Agua Caliente Cultural Museum Capital Campaign are used to help<br />
fund construction of a new 110,000 sq. ft. Museum facility in the heart of Palm Springs.<br />
A model of the new Museum<br />
building is now on display at<br />
the Museum.<br />
Gifts to the Museum are tax-deductible.<br />
Contributions received after December 15,<br />
2010 will be recognized in the next issue of<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Spirit</strong>. For additional information about<br />
how you can support the Museum, please<br />
contact Steve Sharp, Director of Development,<br />
at 760.833.8167.<br />
Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians<br />
<strong>The</strong> Autry Foundation<br />
Millie & Dave Browne<br />
In Memory of Elizabeth Pete Monk & Ray L. Patencio, Sr.<br />
Brianna R. Duran<br />
In Memory of Daryl Pennington & Rosella Welmas<br />
Priscilla Patencio Gonzales<br />
Annette Segundo Guzman<br />
In Honor of the Segundo Family & in Memory of John,<br />
Mandy, Eugene & Juan Segundo<br />
Devin Guzman<br />
In Honor of the Segundo Family & in Memory of John,<br />
Mandy, Eugene & Juan Segundo<br />
Nastassja Leilani Guzman<br />
In Honor of the Segundo Family & in Memory of John,<br />
Mandy, Eugene & Juan Segundo<br />
Michael Hammond, Ph.D.<br />
& Rebecca Hendrickson<br />
In Memory of Ray L. Patencio, Sr.<br />
& in Honor of Millie Browne<br />
Sydne & Peter Heidrich<br />
Ambrosia M. Howell<br />
In Memory of Priscilla Patencio Gonzales<br />
Larry & Meg King<br />
In Honor of grandson Atom Ray Patencio Travis<br />
Christina Marie Lewis<br />
In Honor of the Segundo Family & in Memory of John,<br />
Mandy, Eugene & Juan Segundo<br />
Christopher T. Lewis<br />
In Honor of the Segundo Family & in Memory of John,<br />
Mandy, Eugene & Juan Segundo<br />
David James Lewis<br />
In Honor of the Segundo Family & in Memory of John,<br />
Mandy, Eugene & Juan Segundo<br />
Larea Mae Lewis<br />
In Honor of the Segundo Family & in Memory of John,<br />
Mandy, Eugene & Juan Segundo<br />
Stacia Lewis<br />
In Honor of the Segundo Family & in Memory of John,<br />
Mandy, Eugene & Juan Segundo<br />
Virginia Milanovich<br />
Fred H. Morris, Jr.<br />
In Memory of Elizabeth Pete Monk & Ray L. Patencio, Sr.<br />
Our Savior’s Community Church<br />
To fund children’s education facilities<br />
Alycia A. Patencio<br />
In Memory of Elizabeth Pete Monk<br />
Alycia A. Patencio & Reuben Travis<br />
In Memory of Ray L. Patencio, Sr.<br />
Candace Patencio<br />
In Memory of Elizabeth Pete Monk & Ray L. Patencio, Sr.<br />
John Patencio<br />
In Memory of Elizabeth Pete Monk & Ray L. Patencio, Sr.<br />
Ray L. Patencio, Jr.<br />
In Memory of Elizabeth Pete Monk & Ray L. Patencio, Sr.<br />
Ray L. Patencio, Sr.<br />
Mrs. Renona Pennington<br />
In Memory of Flora Patencio<br />
Dean W. Pieper<br />
Frank Prieto<br />
In Memory of Dora Joyce Prieto<br />
Michael Prieto<br />
In Memory of Dora Joyce Prieto<br />
Andrew Purnel<br />
In Memory of Priscilla Patencio Gonzales<br />
Anthony Purnel<br />
In Memory of Priscilla Patencio Gonzales<br />
Debbie Purnel<br />
In Memory of Priscilla Patencio Gonzales<br />
Blake Alejo Richards<br />
In Memory of Dora Joyce Prieto<br />
Diana Richards<br />
In Memory of Dora Joyce Prieto<br />
Kyle Richards<br />
In Memory of Dora Joyce Prieto<br />
Sanborn Civil Engineering<br />
Lindsey Segundo<br />
Lois Segundo-Workman & Carl Workman<br />
In Honor of the Segundo Family & in Memory of John,<br />
Mandy, Eugene & Juan Segundo<br />
Connie Sharp<br />
Steve Sharp<br />
Mrs. Peter Siva<br />
In Memory of Edmund Peter Siva<br />
Rozene & Ric Supple<br />
Joy M. Pierce Teel & Michael Teel<br />
In Memory of Carrie Pierce McCoy<br />
Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians<br />
United States Congress<br />
Lynn Walker<br />
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Contributors<br />
Annual Giving 2010-2011<br />
Annual tax-deductible contributions in<br />
the form of memberships, sponsorships,<br />
grants, tributes, and matching gifts provide<br />
funding to ensure the availability of quality<br />
exhibitions, educational programs, and<br />
cultural festivals. We gratefully acknowledge<br />
the support of our members, sponsors, and<br />
other generous donors.<br />
Members<br />
d o n o r s c i r c l e<br />
e a g l e / g o l d ($10,000 and above)<br />
Lois Segundo-Workman & Carl Workman<br />
e a g l e / s i lv e r ($5,000 to $9,999)<br />
Christopher T. Lewis<br />
David James Lewis<br />
e a g l e / b r o n z e ($2,500 to $4,999)<br />
Annette Segundo Guzman<br />
Devin Guzman<br />
In Memory of Eugene J. Segundo<br />
Nastassja Guzman<br />
with Leilani & Damon Guzman<br />
In Memory of Eugene J. Segundo<br />
Lindsey Segundo<br />
e a g l e ($1,000 to $2,499)<br />
Lowell J. Bean, Ph.D.<br />
Lee Elster<br />
Michael Hammond, Ph.D.<br />
& Rebecca M. Hendrickson<br />
Elaine Hill & John Schoettler<br />
In Memory of Patrick & Ray Patencio<br />
& in Memory of Dora Prieto & Jeannette Prieto-Dodd<br />
Jim & Jackie Lee Houston<br />
Debbie Purnel<br />
In Memory of Priscilla Patencio Gonzales<br />
Steve Sharp<br />
Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians<br />
Whitewater Rock & Supply Co.<br />
p a l m ($500 to $999)<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Clint Miller<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Steven Niethamer<br />
Connie Sharp<br />
H. Mark Schulz<br />
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m e s q u i t e ($250 to $499)<br />
Jean C. Carrus<br />
Ms. Margaret Cole<br />
Tiffany & Co.<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Fey<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Mark D. Gershenson<br />
Mrs. Olga H. Giannini<br />
Mr. Len Goldberg<br />
Bill & Suzanne Houck<br />
Larry & Meg King<br />
In Honor of grandson Atom Ray Patencio Travis<br />
& Millie Browne<br />
Hugh A. Langford & Janet G. Langford<br />
Naideen F. Nagle<br />
Robert & Renona Pennington<br />
Eleanor R. Pohl<br />
Kerstin Pollack<br />
Joseph A. Roman, Esq. & Mark L. Wilson<br />
Allan & Merry Ann Ruegsegger<br />
In Memory of Dr. Sterling Allen<br />
Lori Sarner<br />
In Honor of Michael Hammond & Rebecca Hendrickson<br />
Simmie & Keith Shibou<br />
Mrs. Polly Soules<br />
Mrs. Dorothy Walsh<br />
Mrs. Diana J. Wiefels<br />
In Memory of Howard H. Wiefels<br />
p a l o v e r d e ($100 to $249)<br />
Anonymous (6)<br />
Lorna LePage Alexander & Maisie Alexander<br />
In Memory of Jean-Louis & Margaret LePage<br />
Charmay Allred<br />
Bart & Sharon Apfelbaum<br />
Herb & Judy Bauer<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Donald E. Bradley<br />
Mrs. Judy Browne<br />
Millie & Dave Browne<br />
Mrs. Elaine Burnett<br />
Tom Bastow & Michael Call<br />
Mr. & Mrs. William H. Casey<br />
I.M. Chait & Mary Ann Chait<br />
Ronald D. Childers & Richard M. Proctor<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Michael J. Clapper<br />
Samuel K. Coleman, Ph.D.<br />
& Hiroko Kataoka, Ph.D.<br />
Mr. James Cornett & Ms. Terry Cornett<br />
Ecological Consultants, Inc.<br />
Virginia S. Criste & Larry Allen<br />
Keith & Donna Jean Darby<br />
Judith Eagan<br />
Lee Elliott<br />
Mr. Justin F. Farmer<br />
Virginia Siva Gillespie<br />
In Memory of Edmund Peter Siva, Virginia Patencio Siva<br />
& Austin Cruz Siva<br />
Michael & Eula Harris<br />
In Memory of Dora Prieto<br />
Ms. Marjorie Hatcher<br />
Mrs. Ann Heavey<br />
Sydne Heidrich<br />
In Memory of brother, Bill Keenan<br />
Mrs. CleoBell Heiple-Tice & Mr. Sid Tice<br />
Jose & Donna Higueras<br />
In Memory of Frank Bogert<br />
Jane L. Hoff<br />
Bud & Barbara Hoover<br />
In Honor of Bruce & Karen Jacobs<br />
Katherine Hough & Greg Hough<br />
Ambrosia M. Howell<br />
Judith R. Johnston, Ph.D.<br />
Jeannine Jones<br />
Mrs. Sofia S. Jones<br />
Cheryl & Rick Lantz<br />
Las Casuelas Terraza/Patty D. Service<br />
Mary Jo Lass, Ed.D.<br />
In Memory of Ray Patencio, Sr.<br />
Jacqueline Lawrence<br />
Mrs. Ariette Lea<br />
Stacia Lewis<br />
Tsianina Lomawaima, Ph.D.<br />
Janice Lyle, Ph.D.<br />
Charles M. Monell, M.D.<br />
Ms. Robin Montgomery<br />
In Memory of Nathan Kay<br />
In Honor of Jackie Lee Houston<br />
Cynthia Murdoch<br />
In Memory of Frances Murdoch<br />
Dr. Nathan Murillo & Mr. Monkgorn Kaiwsai<br />
Richard J. O’Linn<br />
Mrs. Mary Kay Patencio<br />
Patti Patencio<br />
Cindy Pieper<br />
Andrew Purnel<br />
Anthony Purnel<br />
Marilyn Ekdahl Ravicz, Ph.D.<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Victor Reyes<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Schneller<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Charlie Shaeffer<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James J. Shea, Jr.<br />
Mrs. Mary Small<br />
Ken & Jeanie Smith<br />
Dr. Ronald W. Steigerwalt<br />
& Mr. Michael P. Carson<br />
Ge<strong>org</strong>e & Louise Stettler<br />
Ms. Sharon Tamagni & Mr. Rudy Aguilar<br />
Joy M. Pierce Teel<br />
In Memory of Lawrence Pierce<br />
Claire Victor & Thomas Carnase<br />
Ms. Karen Vielhaber<br />
Susan Walpert<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Richard E. Weaver<br />
Dr. Emily J. Williams<br />
Bob Zimmerman
Sponsors<br />
<strong>Spirit</strong> Keepers Programs<br />
Alexandra Sheldon<br />
Special Events<br />
Agua Caliente Band of<br />
Cahuilla Indians<br />
Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa/<br />
Spa Resort Casino<br />
Barona Band of Mission Indians<br />
Lowell J. Bean, Ph.D.<br />
Millie & Dave Browne<br />
City of Palm Springs<br />
Desert Regional Medical Center<br />
Annette Segundo Guzman<br />
Devin Guzman<br />
Nastassja, Leilani &<br />
Damon Guzman<br />
Jackie Lee & Jim Houston<br />
/ Local 2 KPSP<br />
IGT<br />
Lamar Outdoor Advertising<br />
of Palm Springs<br />
Jacqueline Lawrence<br />
Harold Matzner/<br />
Spencer’s Restaurant<br />
Karen & Clint Miller<br />
Morongo Band of Mission Indians<br />
Robert & Renona Pennington<br />
<strong>The</strong> Penta Building Group, Inc.<br />
Prescott Place, LLC/<br />
Steve Nichols & Sally Benson<br />
<strong>The</strong> Purnel Family:<br />
Debbie, Anthony & Andrew Purnel<br />
& Ambrosia M. Howell<br />
In Memory of Priscilla Patencio Gonzales<br />
San Manuel Band of Mission Indians<br />
Eugene Segundo, Jr. & Vivian Segundo<br />
Patty D. Service/Las Casuelas Terraza<br />
<strong>The</strong> Signature Insurance Group<br />
Brakke Schnafnitz Insurance<br />
Brokers – Tribal First<br />
Simmie & Keith Shibou<br />
Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians<br />
Southern California Edison<br />
Union Bank, Native American Market<br />
Wells Fargo<br />
Media Sponsors<br />
2010-2011<br />
Exhibition Print Media Sponsor<br />
2010-2011<br />
Education Program<br />
Print Media Sponsor<br />
2010-2011 Outdoor Advertising<br />
Media Sponsor<br />
Camelot <strong>The</strong>atres<br />
R&R Broadcasting<br />
In-Kind Contributors<br />
Brilliant Events and Meetings, Inc.<br />
Burrtec Waste & Recycling Services<br />
Copley’s on Palm Canyon<br />
James H. Toenjes<br />
Matching Gifts<br />
Chevron Corporation<br />
Tiffany & Co.<br />
Special Gifts & Grants<br />
Cabazon Elementary School<br />
Second Grade Class, Mrs. Elsa Rice,<br />
Mrs. Louise Farshad,<br />
Mrs. Elizabeth Syria<br />
Jean C. Carrus<br />
Mrs. Olga H. Giannini<br />
Mr. Eddis I. Harrison<br />
Gioconda C. McMillan<br />
In Honor of Millie Browne<br />
Ms. Barbara Mortensen<br />
<strong>The</strong> National Film<br />
Preservation Foundation<br />
Priscilla Pete<br />
Joseph A. Roman, Esq.<br />
Eyron Ike Rosenberg<br />
Connie Sharp<br />
United States Department<br />
of the Interior<br />
Bureau of Land Management<br />
California Desert District<br />
Gifts of Artifacts, Art<br />
& Archival Materials<br />
Stuart & Pat Barton<br />
Lowell J. Bean, Ph.D<br />
Mildred Browne<br />
Michael Hammond, Ph.D.<br />
Judy Harris<br />
Dr. Bruce & Karen Jacobs<br />
Rodney Pennington<br />
Debrah Purnel<br />
Ginger Ridgway<br />
Tributes & Memorials<br />
Lorna LePage Alexander<br />
& Maisie Alexander<br />
In Memory of<br />
Jean-Louis & Margaret LePage<br />
Steven Copeland<br />
In Memory of Muriel & Jack Copeland<br />
Patricia Erickson<br />
In Honor of Millie Browne<br />
Virginia Siva Gillespie<br />
In Memory of Edmund Peter Siva,<br />
Virginia Patencio Siva & Austin Cruz Siva<br />
Devin Guzman<br />
In Memory of Eugene J. Segundo<br />
Nastassja Guzman<br />
with Leilani & Damon Guzman<br />
In Memory of Eugene J. Segundo<br />
Michael & Eula Harris<br />
In Memory of Dora Prieto<br />
Sydne Heidrich<br />
In Memory of brother, Bill Keenan<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jose Higueras<br />
In Memory of Frank Bogert<br />
Elaine Hill & John Schoettler<br />
In Memory of Dora Prieto<br />
& Jeannette Prieto-Dodd<br />
In Memory of Ray & Patrick Patencio<br />
Bud & Barbara Hoover<br />
In Honor of Bruce & Karen Jacobs<br />
Larry & Meg King<br />
In Honor of grandson<br />
Atom Ray Patencio Travis<br />
Mary Jo Lass, Ed.D.<br />
In Memory of Ray Patencio, Sr.<br />
Allen Lundberg<br />
In Memory of Muriel & Jack Copeland<br />
Ann Mang<br />
In Memory of Muriel & Jack Copeland<br />
Ms. Robin Montgomery<br />
In Memory of Nathan Kay<br />
In Honor of Jackie Lee Houston<br />
Cynthia Murdoch<br />
In Memory of Frances Murdoch<br />
Naideen F. Nagle<br />
In Honor of Richard Milanovich<br />
Robert & Renona Pennington<br />
In Memory of son Stephen John Lopez<br />
on his birthday, January 22<br />
In Memory of son Anthony A. Welmas<br />
on his birthday, March 12<br />
In Memory of son Daryl E. Pennington<br />
on his birthday, April 17<br />
In Memory of daughter Rosella J. Welmas on<br />
her birthday, July 17<br />
Mr. Ignatius Petek<br />
In Memory of Austin Cruz<br />
Ashley L.Prieto<br />
In Memory of Dora Joyce Prieto “Grandma”<br />
In Loving Memory of Jeanette Prieto-Dodd<br />
“Queen AJPD”<br />
Joseph A. Roman & Mark L. Wilson<br />
In Memory of Christine Gottlieb<br />
Allan & Merry Ann Ruegsegger<br />
In Memory of Dr. Sterling Allen<br />
Lori Sarner<br />
In Honor of Michael Hammond<br />
& Rebecca Hendrickson<br />
Jeanette Swenson<br />
In Honor of Dean Pieper<br />
Joy M. Pierce Teel<br />
In Memory of Lawrence Pierce<br />
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Administration Offices<br />
901 East Tahquitz Canyon Way, Suite C-204<br />
Palm Springs, CA 92262<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Spirit</strong> is published quarterly by<br />
Agua Caliente Cultural Museum,<br />
a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit public corporation.<br />
Copyright of <strong>The</strong> <strong>Spirit</strong> and its content is held by the<br />
Agua Caliente Cultural Museum unless expressly stated<br />
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Smithsonian Institution<br />
Affiliations Program<br />
Agua Caliente Cultural Museum is the first Native<br />
American museum to be part of the Smithsonian<br />
Institution Affiliations Program. This special<br />
relationship provides opportunities to share resources<br />
in programming, collections, scholarship, and technical<br />
expertise – and entitles the Museum to bring worldacclaimed<br />
Smithsonian exhibitions to the Coachella Valley.<br />
museum hours<br />
Labor Day to Memorial Day<br />
Wednesday through Saturday 10:00 am – 5:00 pm;<br />
Sunday noon – 5:00 pm<br />
Memorial Day to Labor Day<br />
Friday and Saturday 10:00 am – 5:00 pm;<br />
Sunday noon – 5:00 pm<br />
museum location<br />
<strong>The</strong> Museum is located at 219 South Palm<br />
Canyon Drive in downtown Palm Springs,<br />
between Arenas Road & Baristo Road.<br />
760.323.0151<br />
board of directors<br />
Mildred Browne Chairwoman<br />
Diana Richards Vice-Chairwoman<br />
Debbie Purnel Secretary<br />
Joy M. Pierce Teel Treasurer<br />
Lowell J. Bean, Ph.D.<br />
Virginia Siva Gillespie<br />
Annette Segundo Guzman<br />
David J. Lewis<br />
Virginia Milanovich<br />
Renona Pennington<br />
Joseph A. Roman, Esq.<br />
Lois Segundo-Workman<br />
Patty Delgado Service<br />
Alexandra Sheldon<br />
Karen Vielhaber<br />
Chase Welmas<br />
Jeff L. Grubbe Ex-Officio<br />
staff<br />
Michael Hammond, Ph.D. Executive Director<br />
Dawn Wellman Assistant Curator<br />
Jon Fletcher, mlis Archivist<br />
Steve Sharp Director of Development<br />
Jackie Bagnall Officer Manager<br />
Claire Victor Administrative Assistant/Programs<br />
Terri Boe Administrative Assistant/Development<br />
Ashley Dunphy Curatorial Assistant<br />
Ursula Cripps Museum Interpreter<br />
Donald Karvelis Museum Interpreter<br />
Susan Myers Museum Interpreter<br />
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<strong>The</strong> Agua Caliente Cultural<br />
Museum inspires people to learn<br />
about the Agua Caliente Band of<br />
Cahuilla Indians and other Native<br />
cultures. We keep the spirit alive<br />
through exhibitions, collections,<br />
research, and educational programs.<br />
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