President

Bruce first became part of the AVIM community when he and his wife joined the original docent training class in 1981. Bruce and Stevie Love volunteered extensively throughout the 1990s, but then they left the Antelope Valley, returning in 2003. Long-timer Anne Kittlitz invited Bruce to join the board in 2021, and as he says, “Here I am, President of FAVIM, eager to bring vim and vigor (would that be AVIM and a-vigor?) to our mission, to support this unique and precious museum.” He and Stevie live in Juniper Hills.

Bruce can be reached at president.favim@gmail.com

Treasurer

Nancy Park is a licensed EA & a partner at Computer on Wheels, Inc. She has practiced accounting and tax preparation in the Antelope Valley since 1986. In her youth she was a Peace Corps volunteer, living in Micronesia for five years and traveling extensively. In her semi-retirement she has found a love of carpentry and quilting. Though she grew up in the Midwest, she has come to love the high desert and is looking forward to supporting the Indian Museum.

She can be reached at treasurer.favim@gmail.com

(Hupa descendant)

Native American Liaison / social media co-chair

Kat High is a non-enrolled Native Californian of Hupa descent. She is the past Chair of the American Indian Scholarship Fund of Southern California. She served as the Director and Program Coordinator for the Haramokngna American Indian Cultural Center for over 15 years. Kat is an advisor to the Satwiwa American Indian Cultural Center, The Autry National Center, and a board member of the Friends of the Antelope Valley Indian Museum, and the Sacred Places Institute. Kat is a member of Neshkinukat, the California Indian artists network. Neshkinukat includes visual, performance, traditional and media artists.

Kat has a degree in ethnomusicology, and produced several benefit concerts for Indian causes, at the Theatricum Botanicum, Haramonkgkna , and clubs in the Los Angeles area. She produced 4 albums of Native flute music for Daniel Cecil Hill, a Cayuga flutist and flute maker. She is also the founder of Giveaway Song Productions, and produced several award-winning documentaries on the connections between California Indians and Native Hawaiians, and over 200 public access TV programs on Indigenous culture.

(Diné)

Native American Liaison / Gift Shop (Jewelry) / social media co-chair

Gift Shop (Books)

Charles grew up by the Los Angeles River and has been a resident of the Antelope Valley since 1989. He has been a factory worker, a ski instructor, a Fulbright scholar in Ethnopoetics in Papua New Guinea, and an Artist-in-Residence with the National Science Foundation in Antarctica. The author of 19 books, Charles is Professor Emeritus at Antelope Valley College and manages the books half of the museum gift shop.

He can be reached at: charleshoodbooks@gmail.com

Director Emerita

Ann Kittlitz visited the museum as a little girl in 1944 when Grace Oliver showed her and her parents around. When the museum became a state park, Anne was in the first docent training class of 1982 and she stayed active in docent and volunteer training and other committees and was FAVIM Board President. In 2023, after 42 years, she stepped down and was voted emerita status in recognition of her extraordinary service.

(Potawatomi / Cherokee / Nez Perce)

Nadiya Littlewarrior is an artist based in Southern California. She grew up in the Texas and credits her mother and grandparents for her artistic education. Ms. Littlewarrior founded Spirit Vessels Studio in 1993 and has served on the boards of multiple nonprofits. She has won many awards, and her gourd art is collected around the world. About her art, she says “the Gourd People offer me many lessons and blessings. The fine art of gourd as my canvas has brought me to a place where true spirituality is a major part of my life. The offerings that you see in my art are part of my life, part of my heart, and part of my soul.”

(Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians)

(Bishop Paiute and Laguna Pueblo)

Sage Andrew Romero is a member of the Tovowahamatu Numu (Big Pine Paiute) and Tuah-Tahi (Taos Pueblo) Tribes. He is a respected and sought-after motivational speaker who advocates to youth and community-focused groups to preserve and revitalize Indigenous culture. Sage is the Director of the AkaMya Culture Group, a Native American-owned and operated nonprofit organization based in his hometown of Tovowahamatu, Payahu Nadü (Big Pine, Owens Valley). Most recently, Sage completed the construction of the Margaret L. Romero Cultural Studio, named in honor of his late mother, a respected culture bearer. The studio, which also honors his late father, Andrew Romero, serves as a hub for cultural enrichment, offering dance, language, and wellness classes to Native and local communities.