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- July 2024 Acorn Granary ChallengeAnnouncing our month-long series of classes and workshops. Join us as we come together to build the acorn granaries that will hold all of the acorns we gather together during the City-Wide Acorn Harvest in September & October. Don’t be intimidated by the “challenge” aspect. Survival is actually a collaborative… Read more: July 2024 Acorn Granary Challenge
- Our First Maps ClassAnnouncing our brand-new Maps Class. Tickets are on sale now, scholarships are avalable, and more info can be found on our EventBrite page: https://nativehistory.eventbrite.com In this class: By the end of this class: We have a very small number of free tickets and laptops to be loaned out during class.… Read more: Our First Maps Class
- Save Shellmounds (Not Parking Lots)Shellmounds are ancient structures created by thousands of years of indigenous occupation. Shellmounds are cemeteries, or mortuary complexes. The final resting places of the first people to live in this place we call the San Francisco Bay Area. There were once over 425 shellmounds in the San Francisco Bay Area… Read more: Save Shellmounds (Not Parking Lots)
- BART Decolonized: Travel the Indigenous BayIt’s The Bay The Indigenous Bay, that is. Alameda Native History Project has remixed the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) System Map to show: Travel the Indigenous Bay with Native Pride! A small run of prints are available now on our merch page. Get yours before they run… Read more: BART Decolonized: Travel the Indigenous Bay
- Sogorea Te Land Trust is Not an Ohlone OrganizationWhen you read articles like: “Controversial Berkeley shellmound burial site to be returned to Ohlone“ “Berkeley buys Ohlone shellmound, returns it to Indigenous people“ “City aims to ‘right a historic wrong,’ to return shellmound site to Ohlone people“ You are being misled. Here’s a breakdown of how these articles are… Read more: Sogorea Te Land Trust is Not an Ohlone Organization
- Who, What, and Where is Lisjan?“Lisjan” has been referred to as a Traditional Ohlone Village Site, in East Oakland. Both the San Leandro Creek, and San Lorenzo Creek bear the name of “Lisjan” creek. But “Lisjan” isn’t even an Ohlone word. “Lisjan” is what Nisenan People call the city of Pleasanton, California. And, just to… Read more: Who, What, and Where is Lisjan?
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- Who are the Lisjan Ohlone? What does Chochenyo mean?Who are “The Lisjan Ohlone”? This article will introduce you to where Lisjan is; who “Lisjan Ohlone” are, what what “Viva Lisjanes” means. Where is Lisjan? Why does it seem… Read more: Who are the Lisjan Ohlone? What does Chochenyo mean?
- What about the East Bay Ohlone of Oakland, Emeryville, Alameda?Someone recently responded to the article “Who are the Lisjan Ohlone? What does Chochenyo mean?” with some questions of their own. What about the East Bay Ohlone of Oakland, Emeryville,… Read more: What about the East Bay Ohlone of Oakland, Emeryville, Alameda?
- Tribal Groups of the San Francisco Bay Region (and How To Pick a Tribal Consultant)Tribal land claims are complex, and overlapping. This is especially true Today; when seeking out tribes for legally required consultation around Native American Graves and Cultural Resources.
- Stealing the San Pedro ShellmoundsBuilding an Empire with Stolen Bones Sign the petition,“End the Practice of Using Native American Graves for Landfill & Construction”https://www.change.org/SaveSanPedroPoint
- Sogorea Te Land Trust is Not an Ohlone OrganizationWhen you read articles like: “Controversial Berkeley shellmound burial site to be returned to Ohlone“ “Berkeley buys Ohlone shellmound, returns it to Indigenous people“ “City aims to ‘right a historic… Read more: Sogorea Te Land Trust is Not an Ohlone Organization
- Shuumi Does Not Benefit Ohlone TribeMost people are familiar with the Confederated Villages of the Lisjan Nation, INC.; and their fundraising (“trust”) corporation known as Sogorea Te Land Trust, INC. Both are fronted by Corrina… Read more: Shuumi Does Not Benefit Ohlone Tribe
- Scarcity Mindset As A Hurdle to Museum AccountabilityBy now there should be no doubt that most museums, which display or hold Native American artifacts, directly benefit from grave robbing, or the often racist, prejudiced language and ignorant… Read more: Scarcity Mindset As A Hurdle to Museum Accountability
- New Map: Historic Alameda EcologyA Never-Before-Seen Map of Alameda’s Indigenous History Can you imagine elk running down Park Street? Cotton Tail Rabbits hopping among giant Live Oak trees on Grand? Gathering blackberries at Chochenyo… Read more: New Map: Historic Alameda Ecology
- N.C. Nelson Shellmounds Coastlines: Then vs. NowThis map was really hard to conform using present-day landmarks. Not only has sea-level risen considerably in the past 112 Years; but much of the coast line noted in the… Read more: N.C. Nelson Shellmounds Coastlines: Then vs. Now
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