Ciara Walker, Assistant Features Editor
• December 10, 2015
Coming from a lower class, single parent home, sophomore Luis Romero strives to be a voice for minorities and works towards spreading mental health awareness due to his upbringing.
When Romero’s mother was 18, he was born and despite everything both he and his mother have been through,...
Amy Chastain, Assistant Sports Editor
• December 10, 2015
With a big smile on his face and a welcoming demeanor, CSUSM student Jamal Brewer pulls out his wallet to read the Bible verse etched on the outside.
Twenty-two year old Brewer is just as enthusiastic about reading Jeremiah 29:11 as he is about opportunities to share how God transformed...
Tishmall Turner was the first full-time member of the CSU system to be appointed to the California Indian Tribal Liaison in 2007, a role in line with the efforts of her tribal community to maintain its culture.
Turner, who holds a master’s degree in Business Administration from the...
It’s been two years since senior Amiyonette Goodblanket got the chance to see her brother, Mah-Hi-Vist, whose name means Red Bird, after his death at the hands of police officers in Oklahoma.
Goodblacket and her family hail from the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribe based out of Oklahoma....
Nicole Holman, Community News Editor
• November 27, 2015
Student leader Laila Basquez shared the importance of her American Indian culture’s influence on her life and how her culture is shaping her future.
Identifying as American Indian, Basquez hails from the Pechanga tribe known to many in San Diego County. Basquez described her community...
Cory Kay, Assistant Features Editor
• November 27, 2015
Within the classroom, assistant human development professor at CSUSM, Dr. Rodney Beaulieu, expresses his ties with the American Indian community.
Before he began teaching, Beaulieu was a first-generation college student and attended the University of Massachusetts, Amherst as an undergraduate,...
In the fall of 2014, veteran Anderson Gould Jr. graduated with his bachelor's degree in Visual Performing Arts.
While in attendance at CSUSM, Gould was a member of the PR Group, held an internship at the Office of Communications on campus in 2012, was a staff photographer on campus from...
Lex Garcia, Student Life Reporter
• November 27, 2015
Here on campus, there are many groups that try to bring awareness to different cultures. One organization which has stood out is the American Indian Student Alliance group (AISA).
This organization’s membership and recognition are continually growing at CSUSM.
AISA’s mission is...
Coming from a broken home in the small town of Grants, New Mexico, Navajo Marjon Pino overcame violence, poverty and alcoholism from his childhood and found a new meaning to life through his military career.
In December 2003, Pino left home and joined the United States Marine Corps at...
According to society, Native Americans have often been characterized as being dark skinned, with dark hair, but Dancy Turner is from the Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians tribe and is fair-toned with brown hair and colored eyes.
As a child, Turner grew up on the reservation in Valley Center,...
Three years ago, service member Emmy Williamson, now a transgender woman, was not who she was meant to be. Due to social constraints and her own personal struggles, she decided to part ways from the military.
Williamson served in the Navy from 2006 to 2012. She was young when she enrolled,...
Ciara Walker, Assistant Features Editor
• November 13, 2015
As a Navy veteran, father and husband, Travis Knowlton says that his most difficult challenge in life was transitioning from military service back to civilian life.
Knowlton, a Connecticut native, joined the US Navy in 2007. He served as a corpsman and was stationed here in San Diego...
