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Thu Oct 15 2015
Indigenous Land Access Committee Holds Ongoing Ceremony on Gill Tract to Reclaim Land
Occupy The Farm Supports Indigenous Ceremony at Gill Tract
On October 11, a group of indigenous people held a sacred ceremony and observance on the historic Gill Tract Farm to honor the land and the ancestors who lived on the land for over 10,000 years.
The gathering was convened by the Indigenous Land Access Committee (ILAC) — a group of Ohlone and other native people who envision reclaiming land stolen from them, honoring the land, honoring the ancestors who stewarded this land for millennia, and restoring spiritual and cultural lifeways in solidarity with indigenous people on every continent harmed by colonization.
For almost 20 years, the community around the historic Gill Tract Farm has struggled to preserve this land for a community center for sustainable agriculture. This section of the Gill Tract Farm where the ceremony is taking place is under imminent threat of being paved over for a shopping center with a Sprouts supermarket. The developer for the project filed for a building permit with the City of Albany on September 24th.
Read More and View Photos | Letter of UC support for Indigenous Land Access Committee
Previous Coverage: Farmers Protest Sprouts Grand Opening in San Rafael || Protesters Shut Down Sprouts Farmers Market to Stop Planned Development of Historic Gill Tract || UC's Capital Projects Races to Remove Trees to Make Way for Development
The gathering was convened by the Indigenous Land Access Committee (ILAC) — a group of Ohlone and other native people who envision reclaiming land stolen from them, honoring the land, honoring the ancestors who stewarded this land for millennia, and restoring spiritual and cultural lifeways in solidarity with indigenous people on every continent harmed by colonization.
For almost 20 years, the community around the historic Gill Tract Farm has struggled to preserve this land for a community center for sustainable agriculture. This section of the Gill Tract Farm where the ceremony is taking place is under imminent threat of being paved over for a shopping center with a Sprouts supermarket. The developer for the project filed for a building permit with the City of Albany on September 24th.
Read More and View Photos | Letter of UC support for Indigenous Land Access Committee
Previous Coverage: Farmers Protest Sprouts Grand Opening in San Rafael || Protesters Shut Down Sprouts Farmers Market to Stop Planned Development of Historic Gill Tract || UC's Capital Projects Races to Remove Trees to Make Way for Development
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