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- First Annual Acorn Harvest Begins
Alameda Native History Project is proud to partner with our awesome and enthusiastic and diverse community for Alameda’s First Annual Acorn Harvest! Acorn season is upon us! The streets are filled with the sounds of foraging. The crunching and munching of squirrels chewing on acorns forms a surprisingly backtrack on… Read more: First Annual Acorn Harvest Begins - I Found Bones In My Backyard, What Do I do?
You are on Native Land. Alameda is hallowed ground. The site of no less than four “Ancient Indian Burial Mounds.” (We call them Shellmounds now.) The resting place of Ohlone ancestors. It sounds so distant when people use the word “ancestors”. Because it’s so safe; and sterilized by a false… Read more: I Found Bones In My Backyard, What Do I do? - Speak Up for Federal Recognition for Unrecognized Tribes
It’s time the Bureau of Indian Affairs recognizes the existence of California Tribes. There are a lot of problems with the Tribal Recognition Process administered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Office of Tribal Acknowledgment. But it’s their absolute resolve to stonewall almost every petitioner that dissuades many legitimate California… Read more: Speak Up for Federal Recognition for Unrecognized Tribes - Muwekma Ohlone Tribe Marches on California Capitol
August 8, 2024 – Sacramento, California It’s morning at the Muwekma horse camp in West Sacramento, on the other side of the river from the California Capitol Building. Riders are beginning to saddle up. Charlene Nijmeh, Chairwoman of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of the San Francisco Bay Area, looks pensively… Read more: Muwekma Ohlone Tribe Marches on California Capitol - Muwekma Ohlone Tribe Sets Off on Trail of Truth with Chrissy Field Rally, and Golden Gate Bridge March
August 4, 2024 – San Francisco, Calif. Hundreds of supports gather at Chrissy to give the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of the San Francisco Bay Area a rousing send-off as they embarked on their Trail of Truth. Among the speakers were: Special performances by: The rally was immediately followed by a… Read more: Muwekma Ohlone Tribe Sets Off on Trail of Truth with Chrissy Field Rally, and Golden Gate Bridge March - Acorn Granary Challenge Produces Storage For 2024 Harvest
What is an Acorn Granary? Acorn Granaries are traditional Native American storage containers used to hold foods like dried berries, rice, squash, and tree nuts…. (In this case: acorns from the city-wide acorn harvest happening this fall.) …And keep them safe from animals and the environment over winter. What is… Read more: Acorn Granary Challenge Produces Storage For 2024 Harvest
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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?
- 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
- 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… Read more: Save Shellmounds (Not Parking Lots)
- I Found Bones In My Backyard, What Do I do?You are on Native Land. Alameda is hallowed ground. The site of no less than four “Ancient Indian Burial Mounds.” (We call them Shellmounds now.) The resting place of Ohlone… Read more: I Found Bones In My Backyard, What Do I do?
- Alternatives to Shuumi (2023)Wondering which Native American organizations you should give to on Giving Tuesday? Hopefully, when you read this, you already know that Shuumi Land Tax doesn’t really go to all Ohlone… Read more: Alternatives to Shuumi (2023)
- 99% of Alameda Museum’s Ohlone Artifacts Were Stolen from Native American GravesWe’ve found a pattern of reckless and careless treatment of 100% of those stolen artifacts. The Alameda Museum has roughly 186 Native American Artifacts. All of those artifacts were found… Read more: 99% of Alameda Museum’s Ohlone Artifacts Were Stolen from Native American Graves
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