Indigenous People’s Day

Honoring native land and the work to come

Published by KCRW
October 9, 2023

In the LA basin, we’re all living on land that was once the province of Indigenous tribes who were largely squeezed out. Many of the areas have been paved over and industrialized. The LA River has been controlled and turned into a concrete channel. Still, efforts are underway to redress some of these actions. 

“I saw that there was a need for an organization to work collaboratively and collectively, think and plan strategically, and provide spaces for Indigenous communities to come together and … protect our sacred lands, waters and cultures,” says Angela Mooney D’Arcy, founder of Sacred Places Institute (SPI).