Why Chin Tattoos? Whose cultures adorn them and why would anyone claiming to be Native to Southern CA brand themselves with them? Handbook of the Indians of California by Kroeber, A. L. (Alfred Louis), 1876-1960 The reader is hereby challenged to find anything in the historical record indicating that any LA Basin Native peoples ever […]
Tag: pretendianism
Here we address the epidemic of local Native identity theft of the Chicano variety in Southern CA. “Tongva” and “Kizh” are fake tribal names that do not exist in any credible historical records, but were created by opportunists in the 1990’s, persons with genealogical lineage south of the current U.S.-Mexico border and public documents exist […]