Amy Elkins

  • Looking at Masculinity
    • Looking at Masculinity
    • Wallflower II
    • Danseur
    • Elegant Violence
    • Lucas
    • Wallflower
  • Looking at Incarceration
    • Looking at Incarceration
    • Black is the Day, Black is the Night
    • Black is the Day, Black is the Night Book
    • Parting Words
    • The Golden State
    • Per(Sister): Incarcerated Women of Louisiana
    • The Sunshine State
  • Looking at Family Archives
    • Looking at Family Archives
    • A Place Where We Are In The Sun
  • Anxious Pleasures
    • Anxious Pleasures
    • Anxious Pleasures
    • Anxious Pleasures Book
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A Place Where We Are In The Sun (2020-Present)  looks to family archives, historical documents and early Alta California maps to trace the land loss, assimilation, and resilience of Indigenous and Chicanx ancestors in Southern California.  This work is an in-progress homage to my Tongva, Chumash and Mexican ancestral ties as an 8th generation born in the Greater Los Angeles Area.  Much of the work thus far has focused on the greater Puntitavjatngna / Pasadena area and surrounding landscapes.  Titles include original indigenous names for Chumash and Tongva land / villages as well as current locations.  

*Please reach out if you see any in error.

Tongva, Chumash, Chicanx, Alta California, Native Land, California History, Archives, Carpentaria, Pacific Coast, Land grants, colonialism
Tongva, Chumash, Chicanx, Alta California, Native Land, California History, Archives, huntington library, pasadena, colonialism, land grants, private land.
Tongva, Chumash, Chicanx, Alta California, Native Land, California History, Archives, pasadena, colonialism, land grants, private land, hahamonga water shed
Tongva, Chumash, Chicanx, Alta California, Native Land, California History, Archives, pasadena, colonialism, land grants, private land, mission system, san gabriel mission, gabrielenos
Tongva, Chumash, Chicanx, Alta California, Native Land, California History, Archives, pasadena, colonialism, land grants, private land, hahamonga water shed
Tongva, Chumash, Chicanx, Alta California, Native Land, California History, Archives, Ojai, colonialism, land grants, private land, ojai valley
Tongva, Chumash, Chicanx, Alta California, Native Land, California History, Archives, huntington library, pasadena, colonialism, land grants, private land.
Tongva, Chumash, Chicanx, Alta California, Native Land, California History, Archives, sierra madre, pasadena, colonialism, land grants, private land.
Tongva, Chumash, Chicanx, Alta California, Native Land, California History, Archives, ojai, ojai valley, colonialism, land grants, private land.
Tongva, Chumash, Chicanx, Alta California, Native Land, California History, Archives, huntington library, pasadena, colonialism, land grants, private land.
Tongva, Chumash, Chicanx, Alta California, Native Land, California History, Archives, Carpentaria, Pacific Coast, Land grants, colonialism
Tongva, Chumash, Chicanx, Alta California, Native Land, California History, Archives, huntington library, pasadena, colonialism, land grants, private land.
Tongva, Chumash, Chicanx, Alta California, Native Land, California History, Archives, huntington library, pasadena, colonialism, land grants, private land.
Tongva, Chumash, Chicanx, Alta California, Native Land, California History, Archives, ojai, ojai valley, colonialism, land grants, private land.
Tongva, Chumash, Chicanx, Alta California, Native Land, California History, Archives, huntington library, pasadena, colonialism, land grants, private land, el molino viejo
Tongva, Chumash, Chicanx, Alta California, Native Land, California History, Archives, huntington library, pasadena, colonialism, land grants, private land.
Tongva, Chumash, Chicanx, Alta California, Native Land, California History, Archives, huntington library, pasadena, colonialism, land grants, private land, el molino viejo
Tongva, Chumash, Chicanx, Alta California, Native Land, California History, Archives
Tongva, Chumash, Chicanx, Alta California, Native Land, California History, Archives, huntington library, pasadena, colonialism, land grants, private land, el molino viejo
TTongva, Chumash, Chicanx, Alta California, Native Land, California History, Archives, huntington library, pasadena, colonialism, land grants, private land, el molino viejo
Tongva, Chumash, Chicanx, Alta California, Native Land, California History, Archives, huntington library, pasadena, colonialism, land grants, private land, el molino viejo
Tongva, Chumash, Chicanx, Alta California, Native Land, California History, Archives, huntington library, pasadena, colonialism, land grants, private land, el molino viejo, sierra madre, hahamonga water shed
Tongva, Chumash, Chicanx, Alta California, Native Land, California History, Archives, huntington library, pasadena, colonialism, land grants, private land, el molino viejo, sierra madre, hahamonga
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