Haramokngna

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    Spirit of the Cultural Center

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    Echoes of the Earth in Times of Climate Change

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    Spring Opening 2013

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Haramokngna American
Indian Cultural Center

A project of Pukúu Cultural Community Services, a native non-profit organization, which strives to share Native American history, heritage, and culture of the five regional tribes of the Angeles National Forest. Located on Angeles Crest Hwy (2), the Cultural Center features a Visitors Center & Museum, Gathering Circle, Art Gallery, and Angeles National Forest hiking trails. The Cultural Center presents various programs, festivals, and exhibitions annually from spring to fall.

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  • Forest Adventure Pass

    The US Forest Service requires all parked cars in the Angeles National Forest (including at Haramokngna) to display a parking pass. Passes can be purchased at our Visitor's Center for $5.

    USFS Passes & Permits Information
  • Support

    Please help support Haramokngna American Indian Cultural Center. We are a non-profit organization that is kept running with grants and donations. Thank you.

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Book Recommendations

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  • The First Angelinos: The Gabrielino Indians of Los Angeles

    This is a definitive study of the pre-mission Gabrielino’s religious beliefs and practices, the structure of their society, their political system, the ways they made a living, and their elegant arts and crafts. This invaluable book, accessible to the scholar and general reader alike, is drawn from published and unpublished work of explorers, historians, archaeologists, [...]

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  • Tending the Wild: Native American Knowledge and the Management of California’s Natural Resources

    M. Kat Anderson presents a wealth of information on native land management practices gleaned in part from interviews and correspondence with Native Americans who recall what their grandparents told them about how and when areas were burned, which plants were eaten and which were used for basketry, and how plants were tended. The complex picture [...]

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  • Survival Skills of Native California

    Paul Campbell reveals the knowledge he has spent twenty years learning and reproducing from California’s Natives. Included are sections on basic skills, the tools for gathering and preparing food, implements for household and personal necessity, as well as the arts of hunting and fishing. Read more at Amazon.com… If you use the link below to [...]

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  • SIgn Up for our Yucca Workshop

    Join us for our Yucca Workshop where you will learn how Yucca was prepared and used by the Natives of Southern California.  Taught by Barbara Drake (Tongva). Sunday, June 2nd, 2013. Cost is $15 per person.  Please RSVP early. You can RSVP online, by phone, or by e-mail http://www.haramokngna.org/rsvpmaker/yucca-workshop 626-449-8975 katcalls@aol.com

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  • 2/14/2013, A Few Schedule Changes…

    We’ve made a few changes to our schedule. Please see the calendar page.  http://www.haramokngna.org/visit/calendar

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  • 2013 Schedule of Events!

    We are very excited to announce our schedule of events for 2013. For more information, download our schedule below or contact Kat High at katcalls@aol.com. Dates subject to change. 1. Sunday, March 10 -  Annual Ethnobotany Workshop 2. Saturday, April 13 Haramokngna Spring Opening 3. Sunday, April 21  - Everything Elderberry 4. Sunday, May 26 [...]

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Come and Visit!

Take a drive up the mountain to visit the Cultural Center.

Red Box
Forest Route 2N24
Palmdale, CA 93550

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