The History and Current Events of the Tejon Tribe

3801 Chester Avenue,Bakersfield CA 93301

18 September, 2021

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Sandra Hernandez is the Executive Council Secretary of the Tejon Tribe, responsible for the Tribes’s cultural programs and activities. We will meet at the Kern County Museum in the Standard School Building. From North Chester Avenue turn onto 38th Street, drive past the front parking lot and the Lori Brock Museum to the maintenance building; turn left onto the Museum grounds and park in the lot next to Standard School. Reservations are required for this event. Check-in time starts at 11:30, Luncheon at 12:00 will be catered from Flame & Skewers at $25.00 per person. The menu includes chicken & beef kabobs, rice, grilled vegetables, garden salad, beverage, and root beer floats for dessert. Due to the need to pre-order food, no refunds can be given for those who are unable to attend. Questions, please contact Jayne Hotchkiss- Price at 661-867-2414. The program will begin at 1:00. Guest speaker Sandra Hernandez is the Executive Council Secretary of the Tejon Tribe. As such, she is responsible for the Tribes’s cultural programs and activities. Sandra lead “efforts to revitalize the Kitanemuk language, reclaim cultural heritage from museums nationwide, and strengthen her tribal community,” according to the introduction for the independent film Nihunavea: My Heart, My Center, which she co-directed. The Tejon tribe received federal re-acknowledgment of its existence in 2012. Because of a “Congressional clerical error, their legal rights and sovereignty were denied for decades.” As of 2021 1,111 members have been enrolled in the Tejon Tribe, the majority residing in Kern County. President of the Kern County Historical Society