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QUAKE CITY: Native Mythology
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Dan Carino
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Mar 7, 2009
QUAKE CITY: Native Mythology
Off-Ramp contributor Jackson Musker visits a sacred Native American site in Long Beach with Tongva tribe member Cindi Alvitre. She offers this advice: Don't wake up the turtles!
Cindi Alvitre of the Tongva tribe, in front of the Ancestor Pole. The red, yellow, black and white flags represent both the "four races of man" and the four sacred winds.
Cindi Alvitre of the Tongva tribe, in front of the Ancestor Pole. The red, yellow, black and white flags represent both the "four races of man" and the four sacred winds.
(
Jackson Musker
)

Off-Ramp contributor Jackson Musker visits a sacred Native American site in Long Beach with Tongva tribe member Cindi Alvitre. She offers this advice: Don't wake up the turtles!

Off-Ramp contributor Jackson Musker visits a sacred Native American site in Long Beach with Tongva tribe member Cindi Alvitre. She offers this advice: Don't wake up the turtles!