Union Bank Local Heroes: Harry Paul Cuero, Jr. - American Indian Heritage Month honorees

Harry Paul Cuero, Jr. is a tribal advocate, curator of tribal history, and master singer of Bird Songs. He has served as treasurer, cultural director, and chairman of the Campo Band of the Kumeyaay Nation and is currently a member of the Campo Executive Committee. As the cultural director for the Campos, Cuero worked with tribal youth, teaching them native song and dance and inviting them to participate in tribal ceremonies. A traditional Bird Singer for over 30 years, Cuero and a group of Kumeyaay (Koo me eye) youth performed cultural Bird Songs with the San Diego Symphony. He has also performed traditional Bird Songs during the pregame ceremony of the 1998 Super Bowl game in San Diego and performed at the opening of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. He and other Bird Singers also performed at the White House for President Bill Clinton.

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