Pablo Tac

Pablo Tac (c. 1822–1841) was a Luiseño (Quechnajuichom also spelled "Qéchngawichum") Indian and indigenous scholar who provided a rare contemporary Native American perspective on the institutions and early history of Alta California.

[5]Tac went on to describe the preferential treatment the padres received: In the mission of San Luis Rey de Francia the Fernandino [sic] father is like a king.

He has his pages, alcaldes, majordomos, musicians, soldiers, gardens, ranchos, livestock...." [6]Tac also noted that his people initially attempted to bar the Spaniards from their southern California homelands.

The piece, titled Emendatio, included three installations, Spinning Woman, Apparitions: Past and Present, and The Chapel for Pablo Tac, as well as a personal performance in Venice, Renewal.

[9] In July 2019, author Christian Clifford presented the workshop "Pablo Tac: Indian from the far shores of California" in Ohio at the 80th annual Tekakwitha Conference, a Catholic Native American organization.

Tac made this drawing depicting two young men wearing skirts of twine and feathers with feather decorations on their heads, rattles in their hands, and (perhaps) painted decorations on their bodies.