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…
By Collin Breaux | Twitter: @collin_breaux Descendants of the first people in what is now San Juan Capistrano held ceremonial rituals, smiled, and expressed elation…
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 Collin Breaux | Email: cbreaux@picketfencemedia.com | Twitter: @collin_breaux The Putuidem Cultural Village moved one step closer to getting built on Tuesday after the San…
By Collin Breaux | Email: cbreaux@picketfencemedia.com | Twitter: @collin_breaux https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMkQ257iWI4 Plans for the Putuidem Cultural Village at the Northwest Open Space are moving forward after…
JOANNA CLARK, San Juan Capistrano The Acjachemen Nation settled this area 12,000 years before our European interloper ancestors invaded and decimated the indigenous Native populations…
By Shawn Raymundo A majority of the community would prefer to see San Juan Capistrano’s Northwest Open Space remain as is—natural open space and hiking…
By Shawn Raymundo At the city council’s regular meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 20, councilmembers heard from a small handful of individuals urging them to get…
DINA GILIO-WHITAKER, professor of American Indian Studies, Cal State San Marcos, and REBECCA ROBLEES, Acjachemen tribal member The San Juan Capistrano City Council’s backpedaling on…
By Shawn Raymundo To clean up inconsistencies and ambiguous language regarding the use of open space in San Juan’s municipal code, the city on Monday,…
By Shawn Raymundo What was expected to be a non-controversial vote to advance the construction of a Native American cultural site during the latest City…
