Alameda Native History Project

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  • Alameda Shellmounds Presented in Augmented Reality

    Alameda Native History Project releases a new Alameda Shellmound Map Model to show the capability of Augmented Reality, when it comes to virtual classrooms, and independent & remote learning. And to showcase the direction of education, and uses for technology, as we progress further into the 21st Century.

    This map is appropriate for use in a K-12 setting; and represents the Alameda Shellmounds, as seen by N.C. Nelson. [“Shellmounds of the San Francisco Bay Region”, Nelson, 1909] This map model was created by Gabriel Duncan, and it was stylized using Adobe Aero.

    Adobe Aero is a free program by Adobe, Inc., available for iOS and Android.

    Alameda Native History Project is not sponsored by, or receiving money from Adobe. This is not a paid product placement. This is an example of how to use the tools already available to you, for free, to make really cool stuff for your class or presentations.

    For more information about this model, or how to get a copy, email the Alameda Native History Project.

    info@AlamedaNativeHistoryProject.com

  • Indigenous-Led Research Project Creates Restoration of Historical Landmarks (Shellmounds) in the San Francisco Bay Area

    The Alameda Native History Project project presents a map of the three Alameda Shellmounds, as seen by N.C. Nelson in 1907, restored and presented in the present-day landscape.

    For the first time ever, the Shellmounds of Alameda are being visualized, and presented as a physical, tangible land feature.

    The purpose of this map is to:

    1. Acknowledge that Alameda was a place were local Ohlone communities came to bury their loved ones;
    2. Illustrate the large size and scale of shellmounds, in general;
    3. Visualize a theoretical landscape where the Alameda Shellmounds were preserved;
    4. Fill the gaps made by Alameda Museum’s lack of accurate or meaningful information about the First Alamedans: Ohlone People.
    Alameda Shellmounds Webmodel

    https://nativehistoryproject.org/geo/alameda-shellmounds-webmodel/

    These restored historical land features, and this 3D map represent a milestone in the Alameda Native History Project’s research.

    But this is just a small piece of a larger story developing at the Alameda Native History Project. There’s more.

    Stay tuned.