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Some of the 300 fourth-grade students and teachers from Inland Empire schools learn a traditional Native American song in a pre-celebration of the anticipated passage of Assembly Bill 1821 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)

Some of the 300 fourth-grade students and teachers from Inland Empire schools learn a traditional Native American song in a pre-celebration of the anticipated passage of Assembly Bill 1821 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)

California Assembly member James C. Ramos, D-Highland, right, who authored the assembly bill which will require California public schools to teach the impact of the Mission Period and Gold Rush on California Native Americans, teaches 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)

California Assembly member James C. Ramos, D-Highland, right, who authored the assembly bill which will require California public schools to teach the impact of the Mission Period and Gold Rush on California Native Americans, teaches 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)

A group of fourth-grade students and teachers from Inland Empire schools take a basket-weaving class in a pre-celebration of the anticipated passage of Assembly Bill 1821 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)

A group of fourth-grade students and teachers from Inland Empire schools take a basket-weaving class in a pre-celebration of the anticipated passage of Assembly Bill 1821 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)

California Assembly member James C. Ramos, D-Highland, center, who authored the assembly bill which will require California public schools to teach the impact of the Mission Period and Gold Rush on California Native Americans, dances with 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)

California Assembly member James C. Ramos, D-Highland, center, who authored the assembly bill which will require California public schools to teach the impact of the Mission Period and Gold Rush on California Native Americans, dances with 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)

Carlos Geisdorff, middle, a voting tribal member of the Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians, with Carlos Merlin, left, perform a traditional song to some of the 300 fourth-grade students and teachers from Inland Empire schools attending a pre-celebration of the anticipated passage of Assembly Bill 1821 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)

Carlos Geisdorff, middle, a voting tribal member of the Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians, with Carlos Merlin, left, perform a traditional song to some of the 300 fourth-grade students and teachers from Inland Empire schools attending a pre-celebration of the anticipated passage of Assembly Bill 1821 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)

California Assembly member James C. Ramos, D-Highland, center, who authored the assembly bill which will require California public schools to teach the impact of the Mission Period and Gold Rush on California Native Americans, greets teachers and some of the 300 fourth-grade students 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)

California Assembly member James C. Ramos, D-Highland, center, who authored the assembly bill which will require California public schools to teach the impact of the Mission Period and Gold Rush on California Native Americans, greets teachers and some of the 300 fourth-grade students 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)

Some of the 300 fourth-grade students and teachers from Inland Empire schools wear animal masks in a pre-celebration of the anticipated passage of Assembly Bill 1821 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)

Some of the 300 fourth-grade students and teachers from Inland Empire schools wear animal masks in a pre-celebration of the anticipated passage of Assembly Bill 1821 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)