Tag: ohlone
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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 place we call the San Francisco Bay Area. There were once over 425 shellmounds in the San Francisco Bay Area alone. In fact, there were…
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2024-2025 Cultural & Education Programming Announced!
The Alameda Native History Project is proud to announce their Cultural & Educational Program Offerings for 2024-2025!
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East Bay Indigenous History Resources
Where to find Selected Primary and Secondary Sources regarding the Native American (Indigenous) History of the East Bay. Sources for the studious, tenacious, and determined, scholars. Muwekma Ohlone Tribe Muwekma Ohlone Tribal Recognition Process US DOI Bureau of Indian Affairs, Petition #111 Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of San Francisco Bay, CA Muwekma Tribal Publications (Research Documents)Featuring…
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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 people. (But we don’t want to discourage your well-meaning intent and your need to help Indigenous people in anyway you can.) If you really want…
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Scarcity Mindset As A Hurdle to Museum Accountability
By now there should be no doubt that most museums, which display or hold Native American artifacts, directly benefit from grave robbing, or the often racist, prejudiced language and ignorant beliefs regarding Native Americans first uttered by now dead anthropologists [like Alfred Kroeber], and perpetuated by the ailing volunteers and aging septuagenarians responsible for interpreting…
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Beyond Land Acknowledgment
Alameda Native History Project has a standing policy to never contact or involve Tribal Members or Tribes unless there is a clear and tangential Tribal Benefit To Participation. Truthfully, the reason why this policy was set was mostly out of respect for the lived experiences of the Tribal Members of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of…
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99% of Alameda Museum’s Ohlone Artifacts Were Stolen from Native American Graves
We’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 in connection with Native American Graves, except for 2. So, we can’t say ALL of the artifacts are grave goods. But we can say: 99.93%…
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Landback Wildflower Mix
What’s Inside Planting Instructions How To Get the Landback Wildflower Mix A mix of hand-collected Native California Plants chosen for the semi-arid climate of Alameda, and places like it, below 1,000 feet. All of them are full sun; except for the Tomcat Clover, which is happiest with a little soil moisture. Tomcat CloverTrifolium willdenovii Credit:…