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From Britannica Online Saubel, Katherine Siva Native American scholar and educator committed to preserving her Cahuilla culture and language and to promoting their fuller understanding by the larger public

Katherine Siva Saubel is a Native American scholar, educator, tribal leader, author, and activist committed to preserving her Cahuilla history, culture and language. Dr. Saubel is acknowledged nationally and internationally as one of California’s most respected Native American leaders. She received a PhD in philosophy from Los Sierra University, Riverside, California, and was awarded the Chancellor’s Medal, the highest honor bestowed by the University of California at the University of California, Riverside.

Some of her greatest achievements as both a scholar and tribal leader are evidenced in her efforts to preserve the language of the Cahuilla people. Katherine Saubel grew up speaking the Cahuilla language. Her mother, Melana Sawaxell, could only speak Cahuilla. Her father, Juan C. Siva, eventually mastered four languages: Cahuilla, Spanish, Latin, and English. While in high school, Katherine grew alarmed when she found that as she spoke Cahuilla to her friends, they would respond back to her in English. She worried that her people were losing their language. She began writing down the names and uses of the plants and herbs she learned from her mother as she gathered with her.

This notebook later became Temalpakh: (From the Earth) Cahuilla Indian knowledge and usage of plants that she collaborated on with anthropologist Dr. Lowell John Bean for ten years and was published by the Malki press in 1972. Temalpakh demonstrates the depth of Mrs. Saubel’s expertise in Cahuilla culture, and the second major focus of her scholarship: Native ethno botany, the study of the plant lore and agricultural customs of a people or specific ethnic group. Dr. Saubel is an expert on the unique Cahuilla uses of such plants as mesquite, screw bean, oak, acorn, datura, and many others.

In 1962, Saubel worked with Dr. William Bright, Professor Emeritus of Linguistics and Anthropology UCLA, and Professor Adjoint in Linguistics, University of Colorado, Boulder, on his studies of the Cahuilla language and as he prepared several publications. She also taught classes with Professor Bright and Professor Pamela Munro also of UCLA, and served as co-author with Munro on Chem’i’vullu: Let’s Speak Cahuilla, published by UCLA in 1981. Starting in 1964, Saubel worked on Cahuilla language research with linguist Professor Hansjakob Seiler of the University of Cologne, Germany to do further work on providing an authentic written translation of the Cahuilla language that had previously existed only in spoken form. Their work together resulted in the publication of both a Cahuilla grammar book and dictionary. Dr. Saubel also published her own dictionary, I’sniyatam Designs, a Cahuilla Word Book. Katherine Saubel’s work also includes several authentic transcriptions and English translations of Cahuilla folklore.

Mrs. Saubel’s research has appeared nationally and internationally in government, academic and museum publications. Her knowledge of Cahuilla ethno botany and tribal affairs has prompted State and Federal legislative committees to seek out her testimony. Past and current governors of California have honored her, and she has been appointed to numerous commissions and agencies. For many years, Katherine Saubel served on the Riverside County Historical Commission, which selected her County Historian of the Year in 1986. In 1987 she was recognized as Elder of the Year by the California State Indian Museum. Governor Jerry Brown appointed her to the California Native American Heritage Commission in 1982. She serves with distinction, preserving sacred sites and protecting Indian remains. Katherine Saubel has testified as an expert on Indian culture and history to the California legislature, the United States Congress, and many boards, commissions, and agencies.

Her writings have been published by numerous government agencies, academic institutions, and museums, and she has taught Cahuilla history, literature, and culture at UC Riverside, UCLA, California State University, Hayward, the University of Cologne, and Hachinohe University in Japan.

She has received numerous awards and honors for her achievements as an author, historian, teacher, and activist. Her recent awards include the First Recipient of the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of the American Indian, Art and Culture Award (1994); the Desert Protective Council Award; YWCA Woman of Achievement Award (Riverside County); Bridge To Peace Award; Latino and Native American Hall of Fame (Riverside); in 2000 the First Recipient of the California Indian Heritage Preservation Award by the Society for California Archaeology (2000); and the Indian of the Year by the California Indian Conference (2000). The award of which she is most proud is her 1998 induction into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, New York, the first for a Native American Woman. She was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in the 1993.

Together with her husband, historian Mariano Saubel, and friend Jane Penn, she co-founded the Malki Museum on the Morongo Indian Reservation in Banning, California, the first nonprofit museum on a Native American Reservation. The museum not only displays artifacts dating from prehistoric to recent times but also sponsors the publication of scholarly works on Native Americans from the region.

The first Indian girl to graduate from Palm Spring High Scool, Katherine Siva Saubel was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in 1993.

http://www.greatwomen.org/ http://www.britannica.com/ With John Lowell Bean. Temalpakh (From the Earth): Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants. Banning, California: Malki Museum Press, 1972. Sauvel, Katherine Siva and Eric Elliot. Isill Heqwas Waxizh: A Dried Coyote's Tail. Banning, California: Malki Museum Press, 2004. http://www.americanindian.ucr.edu/events/biography.html http://www.east-buc.k12.ia.us/00_01/WH/klw/klw.htm Dozier, Deborah. The Heart is Fire. Berkeley, CA: Heyday Books, 1996. www.malkimuseum.org www.underthehillproductions.com http://www.nahc.ca.gov/

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Hi Leigh

Regarding Ms Saubel. It is possible that she is in fact a suitable subject for Wikipedia. However it was difficult from the article to determine that. You also did not help by writing the article in the form of an essay, rather than an encyclopedia article. By adding your own name as author you also give the impression that the article might be copied from somewhere.

If you wish to recreate the article you may, however please start the article with a one-paragraph summary indicating why she is famous; please do not include authors names. Have a look at Wikipedia:Manual of Style before you start. Good luck. DJ Clayworth (talk) 23:58, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Dr. Katherine Siva Saubel

A tag has been placed on Dr. Katherine Siva Saubel, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article appears to be a repost of material that was previously deleted following a deletion debate, such as articles for deletion. If you can indicate how Dr. Katherine Siva Saubel is different from the previously posted material, or if you can indicate why this article should not be deleted, I advise you to place the template {{hangon}} underneath the other template on the article, and also put a note on Talk:Dr. Katherine Siva Saubel saying why this article should stay. An admin should check for such edits before deleting the article. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Please read our criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item 4 under General criteria. If you believe the original discussion was unjustified, please feel free to use deletion review, but do not continue to repost the article if it is deleted. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. We welcome your help in trying to improve Wikipedia, and we request you to follow these instructions. Arx Fortis (talk) 00:05, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Further note: You cannot simply copy text from another copyrighted work to create an article. Articles must be created using sources, but in the editor's own words. My suggestion would be to start small (2-3 paragraphs, sourced and cited, establishing notability) then build from there. ++Arx Fortis (talk) 00:07, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

I noted your concerns, but must state that there are a few issues. 1. The fact that you are (or claim to be) her official biographer presents a conflict of interest. 2. It seems you are having trouble meeting the manual of style (too many issues to enumerate). Most editors start small by editing or improving existing content. Trying to tackle a large article on as your first venture into Wikipedia will undoubtedly be a significant challenge. If you still want to create this article, I would recommend (again) that you start small. Start with 2-3 paragraphs and add your citations at the bottom. If you want help creating the article, I certainly wouldn't mind helping you, but I simply do not have the time (nor do most other editors) to weed through the volume of content you have posted. I would suggest starting with an introductory section giving a brief overview of why she is notable. ++Arx Fortis (talk) 00:35, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

See the article's talk page for further discussion. ++Arx Fortis (talk) 01:04, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

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You may want to put your comments on the article's talk page. When you are looking at the article, there is a discussion tab at the top. Every article has its own discussion page. (The terms "discussion page" and "talk page" are used interchangeably.) ++Arx Fortis (talk) 06:18, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

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