SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INDIAN CENTER INC

Boating and Marine > Training and Licensing

The future is our most precious resource, our children, our grandchildren, our great-grandchildren, and our unborn. We must pass on our traditions, songs, dances, creation stories, and most importantly, our languages and religions. The future is our responsibility to preserve and protect for generations to come.The United States Department of Interior’s Bureau of Indian Affair’s Relocation Act moved thousands of Indian families from reservations to twelve major metropolitan cities. In Southern California, approximately 50 Indian families formed an Indian Dance Group known as the “Road Runner Club.” The Road Runner Club exhibited many shows throughout the Southland. In the city if Stanton, several concerned Indian community members gathered and passed out food and clothing and John and Lois Knifechief’s garage. On February 25, 1969, nine community members officially formed the Orange County Indian Center.

The charter members who signed the Articles of Incorporation which were Delmar Nejo, Ceecila Blanchard, Joan John, Lois Knifechief, Irene Crew, Howell Pete, Eloise Quisquis, Dorothy Skyeagle and Joesph Teller. The need to provide the distribution of food, job referrals, the exchange of information gathered Indian people from all over Southern California. The Road Runner Club and Drum and Feather Club were the first powwow clubs that assisted the Indian Center with the dissemination of job leads, food, housing, and social activities. In the City of Stanton, many powwows took place at Hobby City and then later at Stanton’s Recreation Center. In the 1970’s Orange County Indian Center provided Social Services, Employment and Training, and Senior Services, as well as an annual powwow in Orange County.

​In 1986, Orange County Indian Center, Inc. opened offices in Los Angeles County. One year later, 1987, Orange County Indian Center changed it’s name to Southern California Indian Center’s Inc. (SCIC) to reflect it’s broaden service area. SCIC is a community-based organization serving the American Indian community for the past 44 years. In that time, SCIC had grown from one service center to multiple service centers in three counties, covering a an area over 7,000 square miles. this area hosts the largest concentration of American Indian/Alaska natives in the United States. SCIC serves a diverse American Indian population that differs in age, tribal affiliation and educational background.. American Indians and Alaska Natives are from over 350 different tribal groups residing in our service area. SCIC’s human service delivery system had always fostered increased availability of all our services and strives to meet the needs of the Indian Community.

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