Tag: ohlone land
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
New Map Shows Pre-1900 Alameda In Exquisite Detail
What did Alameda look like before the Oakland Estuary was dredged out; and Bay Farm, South Shore, and the West End were filled in? Where was the Live Oak Forest? […]
Alameda Shellmounds Web Map v2 Released
Fully updated, featuring new historic wetlands, shorelines, and more. Available exclusively at the Alameda Native History Project. Find it on our website: NativeHistoryProject.org > Maps > 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 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, […]
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 […]
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 […]