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interactive science displays, listening alcoves featuring sounds, language and songs of ancient Native American life and diorama cases that illustrate important industries of the people, such as pottery making and aking of stone tools. A research library and archive are also important resources to help visitors discover more about ancient
Kumeyaay Birdsingers at the opening of the Barona Cultural Center & Museum in January 2002.
Native American life. “Through these wonderful
treasures we will be able to share the story of the Barona Tribe and the history of San Diego with future genera- tions,” said Cheryl Hinton, Barona Museum Director/ Curator.
The interactive science exhibits also illustrate Native Americans not just as hunters and gatherers but as astronomers, marine
Tribal member Bobby Curo is instructing children from Barona Indian School in the art of building an ‘ewaa (a temporary house) in the traditional Kumeyaay style for a Museum exhibit. The students are shown preparing the agave bers they will use to tie the willow poles into a framework.
biologists, chemists and physicists who read the stars, predicted the change of seasons and who used natural materials to create rock art.
The museum is open Tuesday through Friday and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Research and group tours can be arranged by appointment. To sched-
ule a tour of the Museum or to obtain additional information, call Museum Curator Cheryl Hinton at (619) 443-7003, ext. 219.
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