Unidentified artist, De India y Zambaigo, Albarazado, late 1700s. Oil on copper. Gift of Charles F. Lummis. Autry Museum; 457.G.58
Opening December 2023
Norman F. Sprague, Jr. Gallery
Reclaiming the Camino Indigenous aims to educate Los Angeles and its visitors about the potency of Native life and the rich history of activism in the California borderlands region. This exhibition repositions (and reclaims) the El Camino Real as the ancient and well-worn trade route for Native people long before the establishment of the Franciscan Missions in Baja and Alta California
Brochure, California Mission Trails: The Most Beautiful 400 Miles in America with maps and illustrations, California Mission Trails Association, Ltd, Los Angeles, CA. Autry Museum; EPH.917.94.5
Richard F. Maccardie, El Camino Real, 1935. Ink on paper. Autry Museum; 622.G.12
Harry Fonseca (Nisenan Maidu, Hawaiian, Portuguese, 1946-2006), St. Francis of Assisi, 1996. Acrylic on canvas. © Autry Museum; 2016.10.6
Unidentified artist, De India y Zambaigo, Albarazado, late 1700s. Oil on copper. Gift of Charles F. Lummis. Autry Museum; 457.G.58
Reclaiming El Camino is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities*, the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries and Museums, Caryll and William Mingst, and the Mildred E. and Harvey S. Mudd Foundation.
* Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this exhibition do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The Autry Museum of American West acknowledges the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (the Los Angeles basin and So. Channel Islands). We recognize that the Autry Museum and its campuses are located on the traditional lands of Gabrielino/Tongva peoples and we pay our respects to the Honuukvetam (Ancestors), ‘Ahiihirom (Elders) and ‘Eyoohiinkem (our relatives/relations) past, present and emerging.
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