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Laborfest: Labor & Native Sacred Sites

Date:
Wednesday, July 07, 2010
Time:
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Event Type:
Panel Discussion
Organizer/Author:
Location Details:
Alameda Multicultural Community Center - 501 Lincoln Ave. Alameda
Alameda Multicultural Community Center Longfellow Education Center. Bldg. A, Room 6, 501 Lincoln Ave. at 5th Ave. Alameda

Workshop: Labor and Native Sacred Sites
The San Francisco Bay Area has many Native Sacred Sites ringing the bay, in our cities and in the rural areas. In the Bay Area, there are hundreds of sacred Shellmounds, most ancient burial grounds. They are held sacred by the original people of the area, the Muwekma Ohlone, who are still here, and other Native Americans. Development has destroyed, desecrated and compromised many of our Sacred Sites and more are being threatened on a regular basis. What are the challenges when development is proposed and/or approved to take place on a Sacred Site? How can Native cemeteries be respected and, at the same time, labor be supported? How can we work together?
This workshop will provide an historical overview of the Muwekma Ohlone, a description of Sacred Sites of the area, and information about state and federal law governing Sacred Sites.
Presenters:
Corrina Gould (Chochenyo Ohlone), Shellmound Walk co-Founder, Indian People Organizing for Change, Johnella Sanchez (Shoshone Bannock), Shellmound Walk co-Founder, Perry Matlock (Anishinabe, Bad River), Shellmound Walk organizer, Local 510 Sign Display Union.
For more info: 510-521-9405 alamulticultural [at] gmail.com
See also:
http://www.franciscodacosta.com/articles/firstpeople002.html
http://www.vallejointertribalcouncil.org/Archives/ShellmoundWalk2008.html
http://www.laborfest.net/2010/2010schedule.htm
Added to the calendar on Thu, Jun 17, 2010 8:03AM
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