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Exploring the untold stories, overlooked histories, and living traditions of Indigenous communities across the Bay Area.
These collections present our ongoing work in truth-telling, cultural restoration, and environmental justice.
Indigenous Sovereignty & Accountability
Examining claims of representation, misrepresentation, and the defense of real tribal sovereignty.
This series investigates how misinformation spreads, how identity is used for profit, and how true Native nations continue their fight for recognition and respect.
Featured Articles:
- Sogorea Te Land Trust is Not an Ohlone Organization
- Shuumi Does Not Benefit Ohlone Tribe
- Corrina Gould: The Myth of Lisjan, and the Erosion of Tribal Sovereignty
- Who Are the Lisjan Ohlone? What Does Chochenyo Mean?
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Mapping Indigenous Heritage
Through advanced GIS and archival research, we visualize Indigenous land, ecology, and history with accuracy and respect.
Our maps and datasets help protect sacred sites, teach historic ecology, and show how past landscapes continue to shape the present.
Featured Articles:
- San Francisco Bay Area Shellmound Map
- Historic San Francisco Bay Area Shoreline 1851–1887
- Alameda Historical Ecology
- Finding the Alameda Shellmounds: Part One
Explore more: View All Maps →
Restoring Indigenous Foodways
The ACORNS! Project Arc reconnects people to Indigenous food systems through hands-on restoration, harvest, and community nourishment.
From leaching acorns to rebuilding granaries, this work celebrates traditional knowledge and sustainable practice.
Featured Articles:
- Community Rebuilds Acorn Granary at San Lorenzo Library
- The Acorn Harvest Begins
- Reciprocity and the Honorable Harvest
Explore more: Join the Harvest →
Community & Environmental Stewardship
Local stories of action, advocacy, and ecological care.
These posts show how community members are reclaiming space, protecting land, and learning from the living world around them.
Featured Articles:
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Latest Articles
- The ACORNS! Project ArcA Living Model for Indigenous-Led Environmental and Cultural Restoration The ACORNS! Project Arc is an Indigenous-led initiative of the Alameda Native History Project that restores the living relationship between people, oaks, and the land that sustains them. It was created to provide tangible tribal benefit by rebuilding systems of reciprocity where cultural revitalization and environmental… Read more: The ACORNS! Project Arc
- Historic Shoreline of the San Francisco Bay AreaThis is big. For the first time ever, the entire San Francisco Bay Area shoreline has been reconstructed and shared as a public, interactive, open-access map. Historic Shoreline of the San Francisco Bay Area shows what the Bay once looked like, its original coastlines and wetlands before 1900, in a way no one has seen… Read more: Historic Shoreline of the San Francisco Bay Area
- Community Rebuilds Acorn Granary at San Lorenzo LibraryDemonstrating Indigenous Resilience San Lorenzo, Calif. — October 13, 2025 The Alameda Native History Project and the San Lorenzo Library co-hosted Acorn Granary Workshop 2.0 on Saturday, bringing together families, students, and community members to rebuild the Acorn Granary in the library’s outdoor viewing area. The event was part of an ongoing collaboration between the… Read more: Community Rebuilds Acorn Granary at San Lorenzo Library
- The Acorn Harvest BeginsFor the first time in 300 years, acorns will be harvested at scale in the Bay Area. This is not a reenactment. This is real work, feeding real people, and restoring a food system stolen by colonization. If you have been waiting for a way to do something that matters, this is it. A Historic… Read more: The Acorn Harvest Begins
- NEW WEBINAR: Nations vs. Nonprofits, How Well-Meaning Allies Can Tell The DifferenceDate(s): Where: OnlineRegister: https://events.humanitix.com/nations-vs-nonprofits What is Nations vs. Nonprofits? MaMany well-meaning allies want to stand with Indigenous people but struggle to know where their support should go. Some organizations present themselves as “tribes” when they are actually nonprofits or corporations, and the difference is often unclear to the public. This confusion can leave allies uncertain,… Read more: NEW WEBINAR: Nations vs. Nonprofits, How Well-Meaning Allies Can Tell The Difference
- The Future Deserves the Truth: on Native History in the Bay AreaIntroduction: This piece began as a reply to a high school student in Lafayette who reached out with questions about Native history in the Bay Area. They asked about Mount Diablo, about colonization and displacement, and about what comes after land acknowledgments. Their questions are not unique. They reflect the concerns of a generation that… Read more: The Future Deserves the Truth: on Native History in the Bay Area
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