Julia Louise Gaitan Bogany was an American community leader.
11 Facts About Julia Bogany
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Julia Bogany was an educator, and cultural consultant, who identified as being Tongva.
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Julia Bogany's mother was Josphine Gaitan, who Bogany identified as being Gabrielino and Acjachemen.
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Julia Bogany stated that her maternal grandmother Julia Lassos was a full-blood Tongva.
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From 2000 to 2021, Bogany was cultural affairs officer of the Gabrieleno-Tongva San Gabriel Band of Mission Indians, an unrecognized tribe in California.
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Julia Bogany taught Tongva language, beading, and basket-weaving classes, and conducted cultural workshops throughout southern California.
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Julia Bogany worked on fetal alcohol spectrum disorder awareness in Native American communities.
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Julia Bogany was the founding president of Kuruvungna Sacred Springs, president of Residential Motivators, and vice president of Keepers of Indigenous Ways, all nonprofit organizations.
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Julia Bogany was Elder in Residence at Pitzer College and Pomona College.
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Julia Bogany received the Heritage Award from the Aquarium of the Pacific in 2010.
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Julia Bogany wrote a children's book, Tongva Women Inspiring the Future, and contributed to the compilation of a Tongva dictionary.