Elders Storytelling with Virginia Carmelo (Tongva/Kumeyaay)

"We are honored to have shared space with Virginia Carmelo (Tongva/Kumeyaay) for this next installment of our American Indian/Alaskan Native Community Engagement Campaign!" - So’oh Shinálí Sister Project
✨Elders Storytelling✨
In this video, Virginia, Tongva/Kumeyaay elder, shares the importance of carrying on her oral traditions and using storytelling to maintain and pass on a connection to the land to future generations. She also speaks to the importance of language and how our connection to language defines our worldview.
Virginia’s Children’s Literature recommendations:
Waa’aka’: The Bird Who Fell in Love with the Sun
Written by Cindi M. Alvitre and illustrated by Carly Lake
For more information on resources, projects and ways to get involved with the AI/AN UsCC, please visit linktr.ee/soohshinalisisterproject

[@MsBlackfeet]

Greetings that's my great aunt's name Virginia Mary carmelo I wonder if she is related I always loved hearing elder tell story

[@yvonnez.sandoval2470]

A'HO 🙏

[@brendanmacbrady717]

How can I contact Virgina Carmelo?