by calindian-admin | Oct 5, 2020 | Be the Change, FAQs, For Native Individuals, Self-Help
https://www.calindian.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/California-Native-Voter-Guide-2020-Final.pdf
by calindian-admin | Jun 20, 2017 | Be the Change
Rebekah Israel, a member of the Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone tribe, was not allowed to wear a ceremonial eagle feather on her mortarboard when she graduated from the Charter School of San Diego. A new State Assembly bill would change that. (Megan Doughty) Gary...
by calindian-admin | Mar 17, 2017 | Be the Change, Uncategorized
On March 15, 2017, the Assembly Education Committee held a hearing and passed AB-233, that was introduced by Assemblymember Todd Gloria, (D-San Diego). Under AB-233 the California Education Code would be amended to prohibit schools from denying students the right to...
by calindian-admin | Feb 2, 2017 | Be the Change, For Native Individuals
News article about CILS and our work with native high school seniors who are denied the right to wear regalia at graduation ceremonies.
by calindian-admin | Sep 8, 2016 | Announcements, Be the Change
California currently does not allow notaries public to accept tribal identification cards as a form of valid, personal identification for documents needing notarization. California Indian Legal Services in sponsorship with Senator Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens)...
by calindian-admin | Oct 7, 2015 | Announcements, Be the Change, Protect Tribal Sovereignty
CILS’s Mark Vezzola, Escondido office Directing Attorney, wrote a guest column for San Francisco Daily Journal titled “Balancing tribal sovereignty with rights of workers.” Mark’s article outlines how a proposed amendment to the National Labor...
