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2024 Dragonfly Gala

  • Morongo Community Center 13000 Malki Road Banning, CA, 92220 United States (map)

Since 2003 our 501(c)3 nonprofit

Dorothy Ramon Learning Center, led by Ernest Siva, has been saving and sharing Southern California's Native American cultures, languages, history, and traditional arts.

Our Dragonfly Gala is a special annual community gathering to celebrate Native cultures and this year, we're honoring the first Native American-run museum on a reservation in the United States — the Malki Museum!

Tickets, $60; Tables, $1,000, $2,000, $3,000.

All proceeds support the 501(c)(3) nonprofit work to save and share Native American cultures.

Honor the MALKI MUSEUM and 60 years of leadership in Native American cultural preservation and education!

  • Eat a delicious BBQ dinner with Native foods, beans and handmade tortillas, prepared by Willie Pink, & amazing desserts

  • See Displays, Exhibits, including Malki Museum history, Morongo Cultural Department, Morongo School, San Manuel Education Dept., and more.

  • Share Memories & Stories! Dragonfly Photo Booth!

  • Enjoy Bird Singing and Dancing and other traditional music.

  • Bid in our famed silent auction.

  • Dragonfly Exchange! BRING A DRAGONFLY (art, handmade, be creative!) and TAKE HOME someone else's, uplift everyone's spirits and share the peaceful heart that calls in the dragonfly.