CLASSES TO HELP TRAIN POTENTIAL TOUR GUIDES.Byline: Daily News Volunteers who would love learning and sharing California Indian California Indian Any member of the various North American Indian peoples living in and around present-day California, U.S. Of the many California groups, most were composed of independent territorial and political units that were smaller than the average groupings of other history can take part in classes offered through Antelope Valley College Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. starting this week. Help is needed at the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Indian Museum The Indian Museum was founded by Dr Nathaniel Wallich a Danish botanist at Serampore (originally called Frederischnagore) near Kolkata (Calcutta), India, in 1814. It is a multi-disciplinary institution of national standing and is one of oldest museums in the world. for tours given weekends and some scheduled tours during the week. The classes are to prepare volunteers as guides at the museum. Classes will begin Wednesday, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., and run every Wednesday through March 13 at the museum, 15701 E. Ave. M. Specialists with knowledge in different areas will do the teaching. Docents will be trained to do class tours, particularly for third- and fourth-graders studying California Indians. The tours are usually Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday in the late morning. The class is $5 for college tuition The examples and perspective in this article may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. College tuition , plus the cost of a textbook at cost. Beryl Amspoker is in charge of this training and can be reached at 947-8123. There is also a one-day training class for volunteers to work one weekend day a month, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Volunteers would help with museum tours and a touch table, where visitors can grind corn, see fire being made, and learn about local herbs and how Indians cooked with baskets and hot rocks. All artifacts artifacts see specimen artifacts. for the demonstrations are original or made by volunteers. The free training is Wednesday at the museum from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Participants should bring a sack lunch. Those interested can call Linda Ruby at 256-3001 or Evelyn Hatch at 944-2511. |
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