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FAVlM Friends
of the
Antelope Valley
Bulletin Indian Museum

P.O. Box 1171 October-November-December, 2018
Lancaster, CaUfornia 93584
Volume 34, Number 4

2018 American Indian Celebration Report INSIDE THIS ISSUE PAGE #s
BY MUSEUM CURATOR: PEGGY RONNING 2018 American Indian Celebration Report
Celebration 1 - 4

We knew that we were going to have a great A Journey to LIMUW 4 - 5
day at the annual American Indian Celebration Holidays at the Homestead 5 - 6
when we saw how many cars were lined up on More Museum Info, online & Facebook
Avenue M waiting for the gates to open on Friends of AVIM Directors 2017-2018
Saturday morning! By the end of the first day, AVIM Contact Info & FAVIM Membership
we had 705 visitors. The parking lot and
driveway were full. Visitors had to park on
Avenue M for the first time since the 1990s, http://www.avim.parks.ca.gov/info.shtml
and the Begay family ran out of frybread by
2:45. Our attendance on Sunday was also up
with 464 visitors. We also had 30 dancers this Media, which publishes the Lake LA,
year plus 46 people staffing vendor booths. Rosamond, and Agua Dulce newspapers
promoted the event in print and on social
media. Now that we have a professional Master
of Ceremonies and drum group, more and more
dancers join the event each year. Finally, we
had perfect weather this year. It was sunny
and about 80 degrees with only a little wind.

Attendance (Including Vendors and Dancers)

Saturday Sunday
Year Total Total Total
2010 324 314 638
2011 325 322 647
2012 325 262 587
2013 219 179 398
2014 189 179 368
Sisters Kaelene Ashmore and Katianna
Warren having a great time. 2015 399 210 609
2016 413 379 792

Many factors contributed to the growth of the 2017 397 441 838
event. Our partners, volunteers, vendors, 2018 781 540 1321
dancers, and park staff did a great job of
advertising the event on social media and at
Pow Wows around Southern California. Joyce