Robert Levi, Elder Culture Bearer In-Residence, California State University, San Bernardino, whose family has has preserved and taught Cahuilla fird songs, joins some of the 300 fourth-grade students and teachers from Inland Empire schools in a pre-celebration of the anticipated passage of the bill at the California Indian Cultural Awareness Conference (CICAC) at the California State University campus in San Bernardino, Calif., on Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)