\n\t\t\t\t\t\t Nearly 1,000 people gathered near the State Capitol Saturday for the second annual California Native American Parade, marking National Native American Heritage Month with vibrant sights, sounds, and powerful messages from tribal elders.Families and tribes from across the state filled Capitol Mall with colorful floats, horses, classic cars, marching bands, and cultural performers. They were all celebrating Indigenous pride and resilience.\u201cI like to see the little girls out there dancing and the boys dancing and singing,\u201d said Roxy Baird, who attended the parade and grew up in a reservation in North Dakota. \u201cThat brings a lot of pleasure to me \u2014 especially in my heart.”Organizers say the event is more than a celebration, it\u2019s also a time for reflection and education about injustices faced by Native communities throughout history.\u201cWe were pulled from our places of land. We were pulled from our places of spirit,\u201d said Raquel Williams of the Wilton Rancheria. \u201cSo we know exactly what that\u2019s like.\u201dElders at the event shared stories of hardship, discrimination and survival. They said they want to remind everyone of the importance of preserving culture and language.\u201cWhen I was growing up, there were signs that said, \u2018No Indians, no different colors, no dogs,\u2019\u201d Roxy Baird recalled. \u201cI had to cut my hair short just to blend in.\u201dNow, many hope their grandchildren and great-grandchildren will learn from the past and take pride in their heritage.\u201cThey\u2019re just now getting to know who they are…that they\u2019re different than everybody else,\u201d Baird said. \u201cWe belong here.\u201dFor younger generations like Baird’s great-grandson, Fredy Jimenez, the day was a chance to connect to his roots.\u201cI like the culture,\u201d he said.Organizers say they plan to continue growing the event each year.The parade was sponsored by California tribes and the California Native American Legislative Caucus.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Nearly 1,000 people gathered near the State Capitol Saturday for the second annual California Native American Parade, marking National Native American Heritage Month with vibrant sights, sounds, and powerful messages from tribal elders.<\/p>\n
Families and tribes from across the state filled Capitol Mall with colorful floats, horses, classic cars, marching bands, and cultural performers. They were all celebrating Indigenous pride and resilience.<\/p>\n
\u201cI like to see the little girls out there dancing and the boys dancing and singing,\u201d said Roxy Baird, who attended the parade and grew up in a reservation in North Dakota. \u201cThat brings a lot of pleasure to me \u2014 especially in my heart.”<\/p>\n
Organizers say the event is more than a celebration, it\u2019s also a time for reflection and education about injustices faced by Native communities throughout history.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were pulled from our places of land. We were pulled from our places of spirit,\u201d said Raquel Williams of the Wilton Rancheria. \u201cSo we know exactly what that\u2019s like.\u201d<\/p>\n
Elders at the event shared stories of hardship, discrimination and survival. They said they want to remind everyone of the importance of preserving culture and language.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I was growing up, there were signs that said, \u2018No Indians, no different colors, no dogs,\u2019\u201d Roxy Baird recalled. \u201cI had to cut my hair short just to blend in.\u201d<\/p>\n
Now, many hope their grandchildren and great-grandchildren will learn from the past and take pride in their heritage.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re just now getting to know who they are…that they\u2019re different than everybody else,\u201d Baird said. \u201cWe belong here.\u201d<\/p>\n
For younger generations like Baird’s great-grandson, Fredy Jimenez, the day was a chance to connect to his roots.<\/p>\n
\u201cI like the culture,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Organizers say they plan to continue growing the event each year.<\/p>\n
The parade was sponsored by California tribes and the California Native American Legislative Caucus.<\/p>\n
See more coverage of top California stories here<\/a> | Download our app<\/a> | Subscribe to our morning newsletter<\/a> | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nearly 1,000 people gathered near the State Capitol Saturday for the second annual California Native American Parade, marking…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44817,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[7,29610,6522,15,1043,22988,29609,29608,29612,29604,29605,1562,13097,1410,29611,29606,121,123,122,29607,1500],"class_list":["post-45042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-california","tag-colorful-float","tag-culture","tag-education","tag-event","tag-hardship","tag-hundred-gather","tag-indigenous-pride","tag-injustice","tag-native-american-heritage-month","tag-north-dakota","tag-organizer","tag-parade","tag-place","tag-reflection","tag-roxy-baird","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news","tag-tribal-elder","tag-tribe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}