O, My Ancestor: Recognition and Renewal for the Gabrielino-Tongva People of the Los Angeles Area
''Whenever we honor the ancestors with our song 'O my ancestor, listen to my heart,' we thank them for showing us the past so that we can continue into the present and journey into the future. We are the voices of the ancestors and continue their story with this book and the lives we lead today.''--Anthony Morales, tribal chair, Gabrieleno/Tongva Tribal Council of San Gabriel''The coming together of people in this book is unique, hopefully establishing some sort of model for initiating future conversations about how to move forward. This book, for the first time, allows us to share who we are in our heart and our reality.''--Cindi Alvitre (Tongva), board member, California Council for the Humanities''O, My Ancestoris a most admirable and necessary undertaking, with rich and moving testimony and a fullness of detail that make it compelling.'' --James D. Houston, author ofBird of Another Heaven