Charlene Ryan, a member of the Soboba Band of Luise�o Indians, is leading an effort to preserve her tribe's history and culture.
Ryan is the tribe's cultural program director. She started the Cham-Mix Poki, which means "House of our Culture" in the Luise�o language, to serve as a repository for books, artifacts, manuscripts, maps, photographs and other information about the Soboba Band and other tribes.
She is also focusing on the Luise�o language. She installed a language kiosk at the Soboba Sports Complex to help tribal members get reacquainted with their language.
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(The Riverside Press-Enterprise 4/12)
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Soboba woman leads effort to preserve tribe's culture
Tuesday, April 12, 2005
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