An Indigenous group and its supporters will protest the Petroglyph Festival and Inter-tribal Pow Wow in Ridgecrest this weekend, claiming the event is exploiting Native culture for monetary gain and ...
“We know the abundance that the southern end of the valley had,” said Octavio Escobedo III, chairman of the Tejon Indian Tribe, which now includes over 1,200 members in the Bakersfield and Kern County ...