Exhibition Walk-through: Fire Kinship

Join exhibition co-curators Daisy Ocampo Diaz (Caxcan) and Lina Tejeda (Pomo) for a walk-through of Fire Kinship: Southern California Native Ecology and Art. The exhibition focuses on the important kinship ties that connect Indigenous communities to the land, and on the inextricable connection between ecological knowledge, spirituality, and creative expression.

Daisy Ocampo Diaz earned her Ph.D. in history from the University of California, Riverside in 2019. Her research in Native and public history informs her work on museum exhibitions, historical preservation projects, and community-based archives. She integrates critical race theory, decolonial praxis of tribal sovereignty, and community traditions to create a new direction of inclusivity in Public History that visibilizes Indigenous people, voices, and community narratives.

Lina Tejeda recently earned her M.A. in history from California State University, San Bernardino. Her areas of focus are California Indian studies and museum studies/public history. She is passionate about working in institutions and advocating for the return of sacred cultural items to tribal nations to which they belong, and telling the true histories of the California Indian people. Lina is a traditional Pomo dancer and a student of her cultural traditions, including basket weaving, gathering materials, regalia making, and singing.