News From Native California - Fall 2015 Volume 29, Issue 1 | Page 2

editor’s notes news from native california PUBLISHER: Malcolm Margolin Malcolm Margolin, David W. Peri, Vera Mae Fredrickson FOUNDERS: EDITOR: Terria Smith CONTRIBUTING EDITORS: Tiffany Adams, Dugan Aguilar, Lindsie Bear, Brian Bibby, Marina Drummer, Margaret Dubin, L. Frank, Jeannine Gendar, Leanne Hinton, Julian Lang, Frank LaPena, Vincent Medina, Beverly R. Ortiz, Sage Romero, Terria Smith, Paula Tripp-Allen, Linda Yamane OUTREACH COORDINATOR: Vincent Medina GRAPHIC DESIGN: Tima Link PROOFREADING: Kim Hogeland PRINTING: Allen Press, Inc., Lawrence, KS NEWS FROM NATIVE CALIFORNIA Volume 29, Issue 1, Fall 2015 (ISSN 10405437) is published quarterly for $22.50 per year by Heyday, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational corporation, located at 1633 University Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94703. Phone: [phone], Fax: [phone] Mail Address: Box 9145, Berkeley, CA 94709. Periodical postage paid at Berkeley, CA and additional mailing offices. Internet address: www.newsfromnativecalifornia.com [email protected] Subscription rates $22.50 per year. Single copies $5.95. Foreign rates $42.50 per year. good news, dear friends, I’m bursting with good news. Her name is Terria Smith and she has just accepted the position of director of the Berkeley Roundhouse, Heyday’s California Indian publishing and events program. She’ll be editing News from Native California (this is her first issue), acquiring and developing books, partaking in and originating events, and witnessing, reporting on, and nourishing Indian life in California—in short doing great and significant work and, I expect, having a lot of fun doing it. Terria has been an important part of the California Indian community for many years, and I am sure that many of our readers already know her. For those who don’t, let me give this brief introduction. Terria is Cahuilla from the Torres Martinez Reservation. She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Humboldt State and a master’s in journalism from UC Berkeley and has contributed to NPR, Native Peoples, The Desert Sun, and News from Native California, where she has also served as a contributing editor. For the last three years, she has worked as editor/producer/tribal liaison for FNX, a national television network devoted to Native American culture. She’s an active member of the Native American Journalists Association and for many years has been engaged in tribal social welfare and cultural survival projects throughout the state. On a personal note, I’m having difficulty as I write these words maintaining a professional posture, practicing something I’ve never been very good at: restraint. I’m pecking away at the keys of a computer doing my best to stick close to the resume and not embarrass Terria by giving into the exuberance I feel and saying how much I enjoy her mind, her sassy wisdom, her deep emotional connection with a place and its people, her compassion, the flashes of anger that show when she’s confronted with meanness, her humor, her skill, her emotional depths, and her playfulness—in short, how proud I am that she has decided to join us and how much I look forward to her shaping News in the years to come. But, hey, I don’t have to say any of this because you will have the opportunity to see for yourself. —Malcolm Margolin, Publisher Copyright © 2015 by News from Native California except where otherwise noted. All rights reserved. Reproduction or use, without written permission, of editorial or pictorial content in any manner is prohibited. Opinions expressed in articles and columns are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the editors or publisher. Printed on 10% post consumer waste recycled paper. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to News from Native California, Box 9145, Berkeley, CA 94709. USPS 002704 NNC_F_cover_tl.indd 2 ON THE COVER: Walter Holmes Jr. (wearing the hat we commonly identify with him), recipient of the 2015 Dragonfly Award given by the Dorothy Ramon Learning Center. Photo courtesy of Aurelio Jose Barrera for Dorothy Ramon Learning Center. BACK COVER: Photo from the short documentary Here and Now. Courtesy of Plus M Productions. 11/9/15 1:44 PM