Scripps show focuses on Indigenous history

The free and open to the public 7 p.m. performance of “Turtle Island/Abya Yala: Indigenous Lands” will take place at Scripps College’s Garrison Theater, 231 E. 10th St., Claremont, Saturday, February 22. Photo/courtesy of Scripps College

A free and open to the public performance of “Turtle Island/Abya Yala: Indigenous Lands” takes place at 7 p.m. Saturday, February 22 at Scripps College’s Garrison Theater, 231 E. 10th St., Claremont.

The show features Scripps College Music Department Chair Hao Huang; spiritual leader of the Gabrielino Shoshone Tribal Council Javier Ramirez; dancer Destiny Rivera-Gomez; musicians Micah Yan-jie Huang, Jonah Yan-han Huang, and Emma Gies, and others.

Indigenous peoples once referred to the North and South American continents as “Turtle Island” and “Abya Yala.” Both names are rooted in creation myths. Learn more at scrippscollege.edu/events/calendar.

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