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EVERYONECANHELPPROTECTNATIVECULTURE.docxEVERYONE CAN HELP PROTECT NATIVE CULTURE.
Source: News from Native California. Winter 2019/2020, Vol. 33 Issue 2, p6-10. 4p. 3 Color Photographs.
Document Type: Article
Subject Terms:
*NATIVE American Heritage Day *NATIVE Americans *CULTURAL property
Geographic Terms:
CALIFORNIA
NAICS/Industry Codes:
712120 Historical Sites
People:
BROWN, Edmund G. (Edmund Gerald), 1905-1996
Abstract:
The article informs that the California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC) by Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. in 1976 to preserve ancient places of special significance to Native Americans and ensure that legal obligations to Native Americans are met in the state. According to NAHC Executive Secretary Christina Snider, Protecting tribal cultural resources of California is always the top priority of the NAHC through creating a new, reliable, and consistent revenue stream.
Full Text Word Count: 1504
ISSN: 1040-5437
EVERYONE CAN HELP PROTECT NATIVE CULTURE
Contents
7. WHAT'S NEXT?
9. COMMIT TO PROTECT NATIVE CULTURE NOW
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Section: FEATURES
Courtesy of the California Native American Heritage Commission
NATIVE AMERICAN LICENSE PLATE
Now Available for Pre-Order
Cultural resources are basically everything from the ground to the sky.
It's all the plants, rocks, water. They're what allow us to survive in this world.
All Californians live on Indian land…. It's here because people took care of it before you. So now that's part of your history, and you should care just as much.
It takes an active effort to protect these [resources]. We have to look at the whole picture because everything affects everything else.
Join us in protecting Native culture and help support the Native American Heritage Commission because they support all of the tribes in California.
THESE WORDS FROM Kathy Bancroft, the tribal historic preservation officer for the Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Reservation, highlight the importance of protecting Native culture. They are also the words that underscore an uplifting video from the California Native American Heritage Commission to launch the new Protect Native Culture specialty license plate, now available at www.protectnativeculture.com .
Whether you are like Bancroft, whose ancestors lived in Payahuunaü (the Owens Valley) since time immemorial, or you are a new California resident, all of us live on Native land. We all have a duty to honor and protect Native cultural resources. With that focus, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. created the California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC) in 1976.
The Protect Native Culture plate, designed by Sacramento-born filmmaker Curtis Corona. Photos courtesy of the California Native American Heritage Commission.
The NAHC is dedicated to preserving ancient places of special significance to Native Americans and known ancient burial places of Native Americans in California. They are also charged with ensuring that California's legal obligations to Native Americans are met. More recently, the NAHC was also given the authority to implement CalNAGPRA, by which Native American cultural resources are to be properly cataloged and returned to their tribe of origin. These resources might be known to exist in public facilities, like museums, or they may be discovered inadvertently, like during a construction project. In all these cases, the NAHC is responsible for fulfilling the legal obligations and overseeing the proper treatment and handling of Native American human remains and burial items.
This work requires a good deal of integrity, resolve, and legal acumen to ensure that California honors its commitments. It also requires a good deal of money. In recent years, the NAHC has been fortunate to have adequate funding for its work, but that has not always been the case.
"Protecting California's tribal cultural resources is always the top priority of the NAHC. Creating a new, reliable, and consistent revenue stream ensures that our work will be funded for generations to come," says NAHC Executive Secretary Christina Snider. "The Protect Native Culture specialty license plate program will allow the NAHC to expand our programming in furtherance of our mission."
The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) offers many specialty plate options, each affiliated with specific nonprofit organizations and programs. After the minimum order quantity (7,500 pre-orders) is met and the initial program fees are paid to DMV, all proceeds from the plate purchases and renewals go directly to NAHC to help its efforts to protect Native culture.
Each specialty license plate is visually distinct, yet also needs to meet California DMV and Highway Patrol requirements. The NAHC knew it wanted the Protect Native Culture plate's design to be something that would celebrate the diversity of California's Native Americans and appeal to the general driving public. In preparing for the launch of the program, the NAHC prepared a survey of tribal leaders and California Indian Country to weigh in on the design of the plate and the allocation of funds generated by the program. The survey results were incorporated in the design, the tagline, and the distribution of the program proceeds.
The Protect Native Culture plate, designed by Sacramento- born filmmaker Curtis Corona, includes several unique, distinct features:
THE BASKET. With their baskets featured in museums around the world, California Native American tribes are known for their intricate basketweaving artistry. The image of the basket featured on the Protect Native Culture plate is a rattlesnake basket from the Tule River Tribe, who graciously licensed the image in perpetuity as a gift to the NAHC.
THE COLOR SCHEME. The background of the plate is a light earth tone that offsets the bold, brown color of the alphanumeric characters of the plate—you can either order a sequential numbered plate or a custom vanity plate with six characters of your choosing. This color scheme is unique to the Protect Native Culture plate.
THE TAGLINE . While each plate will have its own distinct character set, all of them will highlight the core mission of the NAHC: Protect Native Culture.
Following the initial program fees paid to the DMV, the plate revenues will fund the following:
• Implementation of the California Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (CalNAGPRA) to return the remains of Native American ancestors to their tribes of origin.
• Legal clinics and internship programs to train students on laws protecting California Native American cultural resources.
• Training programs for California Native American tribes and government agencies on laws protecting California Native American cultural resources.
• An NAHC legal defense fund to enforce state laws protecting Native American cultural resources when the California Department of Justice cannot represent the NAHC due to a conflict of interest.
• Land conservancy purchases to protect Native American cultural resources.
Pre-Orders
Now Open
NAHC AT (916) 373-3710
FILL OUT THE AD TO THE RIGHT!
All major credit cards and personal checks are accepted.
You can buy plates for your own California-registered automobile, truck, motorcycle, or hitch, or businesses can buy them for a fleet of vehicles. You can even buy the plates as a gift for someone, as long as they own a California-registered vehicle.
Since the Protect Native Culture plate is new, the NAHC needs to meet certain requirements before the DMV will begin production. That's right. You won't find the Protect Native Culture plate on the DMV website and you won't be able to buy one at a DMV office just yet.
The DMV wants to see that there is a committed community who will consistently support the plate program. NAHC needs to obtain a minimum of 7,500 pre-orders by November 2020 in order for the plate to go in to production.
That may seem like a lot of plates, but in the first month since the program launched in Sacramento at California Native American Day, NAHC has already received over 750 pre-orders—well on the way to reaching the goal.
"Meeting the minimum order of 7,500 for plates to go into official production is key," says Samantha Cypret, special assistant to the general counsel at the NAHC. "We are just kicking off our marketing and outreach efforts to make sure everyone knows the plate is live!"
Those efforts include that viral video, which is available to view on the Protect Native Culture website. Acclaimed writer/director/poet Tazbah Rose Chavez (Bishop Paiute Tribe) directed and conceived the video, which features members of California's more than 160 Native American Tribes. In addition to the program launch, the NAHC is planning to attend and distribute information to people at upcoming tribal gatherings and events throughout California.
The first one thousand purchasers of the Protect Native Culture plate will join the Heritage Circle. Heritage Circle members receive recognition on the Protect Native Culture website and will receive free gifts including a license plate frame and a limited-edition air freshener in the shape of California that features the Tule River Tribe basket design—best of all, it smells like sage.
COMMIT TO PROTECT NATIVE CULTURE NOW
"We really need the help of everyone across California to make sure their tribal members, family, friends, and coworkers are aware of the plate," said Cypret. "We ask that tribal members share our website on social media with the hashtag #ProtectNativeCulture to help drive awareness. Call us if you know of a Native business in California who may wish to buy the plate for their fleet. Plus, you don't have to be Native to buy a plate. Protecting Native culture is a priority for all Californians."
The Protect Native Culture plate can help preserve and protect cultural resources for years to come. That is a legacy that we should all be proud to contribute to and commit to secure for future generations.
For more information about the plate and the work of the California Native American Heritage Commission, please visit www.protectnativeculture.com .
The Protect Native Culture plate, designed by Sacramento-born filmmaker Curtis Corona. Photos courtesy of the California Native American Heritage Commission.
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