Ernest Siva

founder of the Dorothy Ramon Learning Center, and tribal historian and cultural advisor for the Morongo Band of Mission Indians

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The language of the Serrano tribe native to the San Bernardino Mountains almost went extinct.

How Indigenous Californians are preventing native languages from dying

The language of the Serrano tribe native to the San Bernardino Mountains almost went extinct.

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