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Save the Date - FAVIM Annual Meeting
BY FAVIM PRESIDENT, DON BORCHERS Kat High has been trained by traditional elders
in Native American land management practices
and teaches how to adapt those principles to
President Sez:
the modern world.
It is that time again for the
FAVIM Annual Meeting
And Volunteer appreciation.
PLEASE JOIN US!
We will have Lunch (provided) and a
Program with Speaker Kat High.
The meeting will be on
Saturday June 29, 2019,
at 11 :00 AM in Joshua Cottage.
Please bring a hat and sunscreen.
Water will be provided.
Please RSVP to Don Borchers'
answering machine.
661-942-5631

FAVIM Annual Meeting Featured
Speaker - Kat High
BY MUSEUM CURATOR I, PEGGY RONNING
FRIENDS OF THE ANTELOPE VALLEY INDIAN MUSEUM
DIRECTORS 2017-2018
Back by popular demand, Kat High will be the
speaker at the annual FAVIM meeting and President: Don Borchers - d.and.b@mac.com
volunteer appreciation luncheon on June 29.
Kat High is a Native Californian of Hupa Vice President:
descent. Her program will be on native foods, John Martin - smartin@antelecom.net
and she will have samples to share! FAVIM
members who attended the 2014 annual Secretary:
meeting will remember how much they Darrell Walters - dewalters@earthlink.net
enjoyed Kat's program.
Treasurer:

Kat offers workshops on Native plant Betsy Matheny - d.and.b@mac.com
management, Native foods, and basket making
at Satwiwa Native American Indian Cultural Corresponding Secretary/ Historian:
Center in Santa Monica Mountains, Theodore Anne Kittlitz - annekittlitz@gmail.com
Payne Foundation in Sun Valley, and Kidiwische Membership:
Connections in Topanga Canyon. She has been
Lynn Du Pratt - lynndu@antelecom.net
featured on Tending the Wild on KCET.
Gift Shop Co-Chairs:
For over 10,000 years, the Native peoples of Susy Martin - susymartin 101 O@hotmail.com
California pruned, burned, and spread seeds to Cydnee Ashmore - sidashmore07@yahoo.com
create a landscape of diverse plant
communities that provided food, medicine, FAVIM Bulletin Editor: Vacant Position
basket materials and other resources. Many
immigrants to California over the last 250
years are unaware of the role that humans
must play to maintain California's rich
biodiversity.