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  Acorn Harvest Build DaySeptember 3, 2025
  Join Us for the Acorn Harvest Build Days The Alameda Native History Project invites you to roll up your sleeves and be part of something historic. This September, we are coming together to build the specialized tools and equipment that will make the Second Annual Acorn Harvest possible. Whether you are new to our work… Read more: Acorn Harvest Build Day
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  Acorn Harvest Training : Reciprocity and the Honorable HarvestAugust 14, 2025
  On Sundays, August 17 and August 31, the Alameda Native History Project will host Acorn Harvest Training, a hands-on, field-based workshop rooted in Indigenous tradition and ecological stewardship. Participants will learn to identify local oaks, distinguish between red and white oak by leaf shape, bark, and acorn characteristics, and understand the significance of mast years… Read more: Acorn Harvest Training : Reciprocity and the Honorable Harvest
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  Willow Harvest at the Indigenous Land LabAugust 12, 2025
  There we were, in the middle of a field on a hot, sunny, day, in Castro Valley. Today is the Willow Harvest. We’re gathering willow and bay leaf for Granary Construction at Centerville Library. People always think gathering willow is the first step. The first step is really opening yourself up to this tree, to… Read more: Willow Harvest at the Indigenous Land Lab
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  August 2025: Reopening Indigenous Foodways, Expanding the WorkAugust 2, 2025
  Something powerful is happening this August. We’re reconnecting with land, deepening relationships, and bringing more people into that process. The Alameda Native History Project is expanding its reach, partnering with libraries and organizations across Alameda, Contra Costa, and Santa Clara counties to support land-based learning and reopen Indigenous foodways that have been silenced, but never… Read more: August 2025: Reopening Indigenous Foodways, Expanding the Work
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  Help Plan the 2025 Acorn HarvestJuly 14, 2025
  The Second Annual Acorn Harvest begins in August. This year, we will be gathering Acorns outside of the City of Alameda, into Alameda County, and beyond. The reason for this is two-fold. The first, almost all of the Oak trees in the City of Alameda are exclusively Coast Live Oak. These trees are in the… Read more: Help Plan the 2025 Acorn Harvest
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  2025 Acorn Granary ChallengeJune 25, 2025
  Join Us for the 2025 Acorn Granary Challenge in Alameda This summer, the Alameda Native History Project invites you to be part of something powerful, rooted, and real: the 2025 Acorn Granary Challenge. We are building a traditional Acorn Granary using natural materials and Indigenous knowledge, right here in Alameda at APC’s Farm2Market. This is… Read more: 2025 Acorn Granary Challenge

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