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  • Shuumi Does Not Benefit Ohlone Tribe

    Most 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 […]

  • Alameda Shellmounds Web Map

    Fully updated, featuring new historic wetlands, shorelines, and more. Available exclusively at the Alameda Native History Project. Find it on our website: NativeHistoryProject.org > Shellmounds > Alameda Shellmounds Web Map

  • Alameda Shellmound Map Re-Released

    More detailed Alameda historical ecology. All four Alameda Shellmounds. Featuring Alameda’s Ancient Live Oak Forest, Historic Shoreline, and Bay Area Historic Wetlands layers. All juxtaposed against the modern day landscape […]

  • July 2024 Acorn Granary Challenge

    Free First Session Kicks Off Sunday July 7th; and Lasts All Month! Come join the Alameda Native History Project, as we build granaries for the First Annual Acorn Harvest! The […]

  • Indigenous Land Lab Update

    This is an excerpt of an email to the Indigenous Land Lab mailing list. Updates: Priorities: Collecting as much materials for Acorn Granary construction as possible. What do we need? […]

  • Gay American Indians To March In SF Pride Parade To Celebrate 49 Years of Indigenous Resistance

    It’s official, the first and oldest Two-Spirit Society in the Nation, the Gay American Indians, will be appearing as their own contingent in the San Francisco Pride Parade to celebrate […]

  • Indigenous Land Lab Begins

    This is less a news event, than this is a prayer for healing, learning, and success. I’m humbled and ecstatic to say the Indigenous Land Lab is happening. The plan, […]

  • Our First Maps Class

    Announcing 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • BART Decolonized: Travel the Indigenous Bay

    It’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 […]

  • Sogorea Te Land Trust is Not an Ohlone Organization

    When 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 […]