By Collin Breaux Lifelong San Juan Capistrano resident Stephen Rios is fine with the San Juan Capistrano city seal no longer depicting Junipero Serra hugging…
By Collin Breaux Putuidem Cultural Village opened in San Juan Capistrano’s Northwest Open Space in December 2021 to honor the area’s Indigenous Juaneño and Acjachemen…
By Collin Breaux San Juan Capistrano officially has a new city seal design that still references Father Junipero Serra but does not feature the controversial…
Moments in Time by Jan Siegel By Jan Siegel On April 28, 2022, the University of California Native American Opportunity Plan began covering tuition and…
By Collin Breaux | Twitter: @collin_breaux Feature photo: The Old Mission Historic Cemetery is one site educators visit with indigenous descendants during informational tours in…
Featured image: The current city seal for San Juan Capistrano features Saint Junipero Serra with a young Native American boy. Photo: Collin Breaux By Collin…
JERRY NIEBLAS, San Juan Capistrano 1776. The lives, traditions, culture, religion, lands, villages and the family units of our Juaneno/Acjachemen ancestors comes to an abrupt…
By Jan Siegel This time of year is the period of celebrations: Halloween, Day of the Dead, Diwali, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and…
By Collin Breaux | Twitter: @collin_breaux San Juan Capistrano is a town steeped in tradition, and whose longtime residents believe in paying tribute to their…
By Shawn Raymundo “Zero.” That was the response a handful of audience members gave to Juaneño Band of Mission Indians Chairperson Teresa Romero when she asked…
As indigenous rights get national spotlight, Acjachemen confront long-standing battles in South Orange County By Allison Jarrell, Eric Heinz and Matt Cortina The protests at…
