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KPBS' 'Historic Places' Explores First People Of The Kumeyaay Nation

By Jade Hindmon / KPBS Midday Edition Co-Host
Published June 27, 2019 at 11:15 AM PDT
This story was published more than 4 years ago.
Elsa Sevilla, host of Historic Places With Elsa Sevilla: California's History, is pictured in this undated photo.
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Elsa Sevilla, host of Historic Places With Elsa Sevilla: California's History, is pictured in this undated photo.
KPBS’ ‘Historic Places’ Explores First People Of The Kumeyaay Nation
The KPBS series "Historic Places with Elsa Sevilla" talks about the history of the First People of the Kumeyaay Nation and San Diego.
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The 10th season of the KPBS’ series, "Historic Places with Elsa Sevilla," just wrapped up.

This season the series corrected the historical record on the First People of the Kumeyaay Nation and their experience with Junipero Serra who established California's missions. A culture very much alive was revealed as members of the Kumeyaay Nation talked about the importance of learning history from their perspective.

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"They want to tell their history from their perspective. We find that when we are telling history everyone has a different point of view. It depends on what that person experienced and that's how they will view history," Sevilla said.

RELATED: Historic Places With Elsa Sevilla: California's History

Sevilla joined Midday Edition to share more about her experience making the show. To see complete episodes of "Historic Places" click here.

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Jade Hindmon
Jade Hindmon is KPBS Midday Edition co-host. Prior to making San Diego home, Jade worked in markets across the Southeast and Midwest, building a network of sources to tell the stories of people in each community. She worked as a multimedia journalist and anchor at WRTV in Indianapolis. While there, she launched “The Weekend Edition of Good Morning Indiana” and generated breaking news content for both broadcast and digital platforms. Prior to Indianapolis, she was an anchor and multimedia journalist at FOX Carolina in Greenville, SC. As part of that Emmy Award winning team, she covered elections, landed exclusive interviews, and interviewed presidential candidates. Jade also had the opportunity to cover international news and was able to travel to South Africa during the 2010 World Cup. Jade is a three-time Emmy nominee, a National Association of Black Journalists Salute to Excellence Finalist, and the recipient of a South Carolina Associated Press Award. She is a proud graduate of Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University.
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