BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:www.indybay.org PRODID:-//indybay/ical// v1.0//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18460915 SEQUENCE:18481675 CREATED:20071114T013100Z DESCRIPTION:BLACKFIRE CONCERT &; CANDLE LIGHT MARCH TO PROTECT SACRED SITES &;\nDEFEND HUMAN RIGHTS!! SUPPORT LOCAL EFFORTS TO PROTECT THE MEMORIAL\nOAK GROVE AND NATIVE AMERICAN ANCESTRAL REMAINS!!\n\nBRING CANDLES! BRING BIKES! BRING FRIENDS! DRESS IN LAYERS!\n\nTHE MEMORIAL OAK GROVE IS AN AREA CONSIDERED SACRED BY THE OHLONE.\nJUDGE MAKES CRITICAL DECISION ON TREE-SITTERS PROTECTING THE GROVE\nTHIS WEEK!! UNIVERSITY OF BERKELEY HAS PLANS TO PUT A GYM THERE.\n\nThe struggle at UC Berkeley is a microcosm of a growing global\nmovement to protect Sacred Sites and Ancestral Remains. Our peaceful\nprotest makes clear connections between the Native American, social\njustice, and environmental movements. We resist as UC Berkeley\ndesecrates ancestral remains both inside The Hearst Museum and outside\nin the Oak grove. By marching we show our solidarity with those\ntaking direct action and putting their bodies on the line to protect\nsacred sites and prove that no repressive fences or museum walls will\nprevent us from defending human rights.\n\nTHE MEMORIAL OAK GROVE TREE SIT is by far the longest ongoing urban\ntree-sit protest in history, now approaching it's one year anniversary\non December 2nd. The Oak Grove is in an area considered sacred by the\nOhlone. The oak grove has not been excavated, but it's likely that an\nOhlone village was in the general area, said Malcolm Margolin, author\nof "The Ohlone Way" and publisher of Heyday Books in Berkeley. The\nUniversity's environmental impact report says "there's a high\nlikelihood of archaeological sites within the site boundaries." A\npartial skeleton and 18 Native American burials was unearthed and\nremoved during stadium construction in 1923. Corrina Gould, an\nOhlone Indian from Berkeley, said, "These are sacred sites for the\nOhlone. We are still living. We are not in the past."\n\nTHIS IS A CRITICAL MOMENT IN THE STRUGGLE, Judge Barbara Miller's\ndecision concerning the legality of UC Berkeley's plans should come\ndown Wednesday of this week. The Cal Berkeley football home games are\nover so the only reason UC Berkeley has for the repressive perimeter\nfence is the violent removal of the tree-sitters. UC Police are\npreparing the violent extraction of all the tree sitters. UCB have\nbegun building another larger repressive fence around the grove and as\nthe Oct 30th an SF Chronicle article reported, "Cal can boot all\ntree-sitters, judge says".\nJudge Barbara Miller is expected to return her decision any day in the\nlawsuits against the stadium expansion project. UC Berkeley officials\nhave stated that no matter what Judge Miller decides the University\nwill try to end the tree-sit protest.\n\nWounded Knee Deocampo from the Vallejo Intertribal Council, said, "It\nis time to put a halt to digging up sacred sites. We would never dig\nup your cemeteries. These are sacred places as much as the pyramids of\nEgypt."\n\nA NIGHT MARCH IS A GOOD IDEA because its fun, it shows that people\nwill support the treesitters whenever (day or night) especially as the\nuniversity\nincreases their threats against the treesitters. This march will also\nstop to demonstrate in front of the Phoebe Hearst Museum, where the\nremains of over 13,000 Native Americans are stored in basement drawers\nand boxes. American Indian remains are protected by federal law, which\nsays that descendants and the local Native American Heritage\nCommission must oversee any remains removal. Public officials must\nredress the longstanding injustice that allows Museums and scientists\nto keep huge collections of Native American remains and conduct\nresearch that violates tribal religious beliefs.\n\nMore Information\nwww.saveoaks.com\n\nFor additional information on the Ancestral Remains/UCB NAGPRA issue,\nvisit http://nagpra-ucb-faq.blogspot.com and\nhttp://nagpra-ucb.blogspot.com .\n\n\nQuotes Are From the SF Chronicle 2/21/07\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/11/13/18460915.php SUMMARY:BLACKFIRE CONCERT & MARCH TO PROTECT SACRED SITES AND UC BERKELEY OAK GROVE!! LOCATION:8PM: BLACKFIRE show\n@ La Pena Cultural Center\n(3105 Shattuck Ave, Berkley, CA)($5-7)\n10 PM: JOIN A PEACEFUL CANDLE LIGHT MARCH directly after the BLACKFIRE show to The Memorial Oak Grove Tree Sit (near the corner of Piedmont & Bancroft, UC Berkeley campus) (The march is about 1.8\nmiles. For those who choose not to walk we will be biking and\ncarpooling to the tree-sit).\n\n URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/11/13/18460915.php DTSTART:20071115T040000Z DTEND:20071115T080000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR