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Above: Celebrating Native American Art in Westlake Village Thousand Oaks, CA
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (KABC) -- From tiny gourds to much larger ones, the Satwiwa NativeAmerican Indian Culture Center teaches art classes to visitors from all over Southern California.
"Part of our history... all indigenous people all over the planet... is to leave things better than we found them," said Nadiya Littlewarrior.
Littlewarrior teaches the workshop and explains how gourds are an integral part of Native American history. They are often used for musical instruments, storage, jewelry and ceremony pieces. Some tribes used them in the past as small refrigerators in freezing cold rivers.
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