Morongo Indian Reservation

Our Culture, Our Home

Join us in celebrating Morongo’s rich heritage and culture all year long as we continue to say
MU CHEMQAL (CAHUILLA) ~ WE ARE STILL HERE

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Dentalium Dangle Earrings today from 10am-2pm at the Rec Center. We still have space available for today’s class!

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Join us for our Dangle Dentalium Earrings workshop, next Tuesday, May 13th at the Community Center. All skill levels are encouraged to attend.

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The Daughter and Warrior of Morongo contest has begun! Support your favorite candidate in each division for Warrior and Daughter of Morongo. The candidate with the highest number of tickets sold in their division by June 6th at 11:59pm will be crowned the 2025-2026 Warrior and Daughter of Morongo. Please use this QR code or follow this link: https://morongoculture.com/daughters-warriors-of-morongo-raffle/ to purchase your tickets.

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Basket Weaving today from 10am -12pm at the Community Center!

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Join us in finishing up the grad stoles for our 2025 Graduating Class!

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While May 5th is often a time of celebration for many people. For many in the Native American community, it serves as a reminder of those that have been murdered or have gone missing. As many of you already know May 5th is Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples Day, a day that raises awareness for the Native Americans and First Nations people who have targeted by violence. Here in California, we are more fortunate in having a much more diverse culture with a wide variety of ethnic backgrounds than other places in the United States. According to Native Women’s Wilderness there were 5,712 missing persons cases in Native Communities which makes up about 1% of all missing persons cases in the United States. This number may not seem very significant but when you consider Native Americans make up around 1& of the population that number becomes a lot more serious.1 According to the BIA website 84% of First Nations and Native American Women have experienced some form of violence in their lifetime and in 2020 they experienced the 2nd highest rate of homicide compared to other demographics.

Many of these missing persons and murders go uninvestigated for a variety of reasons from issues with jurisdiction and administration to blatant prejudice from law enforcement especial the Royal Canadian Mounted Police who often refuse to investigate indigenous disappearances.2 In spite of all of this there is much hope for the future, because of increased awareness and organizations that are doing their best to bring more attention to the cases, the disappearance of Native American and First Nations people have never been more visible and their voices more heard.

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1 “MMIW,” Native Womens Wilderness, accessed April 30, 2024, https://www.nativewomenswilderness.org/mmiw.

2 “Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Crisis | Indian Affairs,” accessed April 30, 2024, https://www.bia.gov/service/mmu/missing-and-murdered-indigenous-people-crisis.