INDIAN VILLAGE PROJECT DEBUTS STUDENTS CREATE EARLY TRIBAL TOWN.Byline: Holly Edwards Staff Writer NORTH HOLLYWOOD - A representation of a traditional Fernandeno Tataviam Indian village - handcrafted hand·craft n. Variant of handicraft. tr.v. hand·craft·ed, hand·craft·ing, hand·crafts To fashion or make by hand. hand·craft from willow branches, cattails and canvas - officially opened Wednesday in a ceremony at North Hollywood High School North Hollywood High School, originally called Lankershim High School when it opened in 1927, is a secondary school in North Hollywood in Los Angeles, California. The school mascot is the husky, and the school colors are blue, white, grey. . About 40 students who spent more than a year creating the village will now serve as docents to touring groups of elementary school elementary school: see school. students, said Anahid Terrence, who secured a $5,000 city grant to fund the project. In return, the school had to provide an equivalent amount of volunteer labor. ``These students have gone way beyond that requirement,'' Terrence said. ``They have been hard-working, enthusiastic and just incredible.'' Members of the Fernandeno Tataviam Tribe - one of Southern California's original American-Indian tribes - designed the village based on their knowledge of how their ancestors Ancestors See also father; heredity; mother; origins; parents; race. archaism an inclination toward old-fashioned things, speech, or actions, especially those of one’s ancestors. Also archaicism. — archaist, n. lived. Built on a small plot in the campus's agricultural area, the village consists of a dome dwelling, a sweat lodge sweat lodge Hut or lodge used for ritual purification. Its use originated with Native Americans—for whom it remains a significant ceremony—but it is now common among other non-Indian groups who recognize its health as well as spiritual benefits. , a smokehouse and a self-cleaning pond powered by solar panels. Luis Argueta, 17, who helped build the village, said the project taught him a lot about American Indian American Indian or Native American or Amerindian or indigenous American Any member of the various aboriginal peoples of the Western Hemisphere, with the exception of the Eskimos (Inuit) and the Aleuts. culture, as well as leadership and teamwork. ``We all became like a family,'' Argueta said of his fellow volunteers. ``It took a lot of hard work and a lot of dedication, but it was good to challenge myself. And it made me realize how hard it would have been to live in those days.'' |
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