November is Native American Heritage Month, a time to celebrate the stories and traditions of Native Americans that are part of our dynamic USC campus. On November 15, 2023 the USC Native American Student Assembly organized USC’s first Native American Heritage Month Celebration a beautiful event with traditional bird singers, and a panel that spoke on education and support. USC Noris Comprehensive Cancer Center leadership and staff joined the festivities.
Honoring Native Lands
USC is on the traditional land of the Tongva People. For thousands of years, the Tongva people lived on this land we occupy today, and were considered the most powerful indigenous peoples to inhabit the Los Angeles basin. Along with the Tongva, we also recognize the Chumash, Tataviam, Serrano, Cahuilla, Juaneno, and Luiseno People, for the land that USC also occupies around Southern California. We pay respects to their elders past and present. Please take a moment to consider the many legacies of violence, displacement, migration, and settlement that bring us here today. And please join us in uncovering such truths at any and all events.