Pauline Murillo, a member of the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, and her husband made a significant donation to Cal State San Bernardino in California.

The donation from Murillo, 75, will help the university build a $2 million observatory that will be named for her family. She said she was inspired by learning about astronomy from her elders.

"We would listen to Indian tales about the stars and the universe and stuff like that," Murillo told The Riverside Press-Enterprise. "The things we have been telling our children are now going to be reality."

The university will break ground on the 1,700-square-foot observatory next month.

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