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Save the West Berkeley Shellmound

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Cindy Crabb
9 years ago

I am a past and will be future resident of Berkeley.

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Joan Gabreilla Heinsheimer
9 years ago

In this special time we need to take a stand wherever we can that connecting to what feels sacred, unifying and uplifting takes precidence over making money, profit and business as usual. We are all called upon to take the moral high ground, be courageous and risk really changing our evolutionary course which i think we all agree is not working for the majority lay alone the minority community of Native Americans. Please be courageous. Thank you.

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Anonymous
9 years ago

City of Berkeley needs to show us they really meant what they said when they adopted the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Building on this shellmound, or others, is not ethical.

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v sorgi
9 years ago

It is all Sacred Indigenous People Land.

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Joan Starr
9 years ago

I am a longtime Berkeley resident and I strongly support this resolution. We need to preserve this shellmound, as so many others have been lost.

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Rachel Stone
9 years ago

The city may indeed benefit from more space for retail and housing, but that doesn't make it right or okay to destroy the sacred place of the survivors of the Ohlone people.

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Deborah Clark
9 years ago

Protect ... .Spiritual Reverance and Recognition of Ohlone Indigenous People Are The Owners Of This Land....Stop Genocide...more box stores are not needed, greed from high end real estate is not needed..

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Joan Hamilton
9 years ago

The mitigation described in the EIR is not mitigation, just excuses for destroying a sacred place.

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Pedro Alvarez
9 years ago

I disapprove of building a shopping center over what is sacred and a part of the identity of this nation.

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Anonymous
9 years ago

Time for Berkeley to vote in some new council members!! Such blatant disregard for the historical and spiritual beliefs of the Native Americans is abhorrent.

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Nora F
9 years ago

Yes please sign this petition to protect this not-at-all-moundy shellmound that is actually a parking lot. I don't want this parking lot to become less parking. #SaveTheParking

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Karen Cleek
9 years ago

An important site to the Ohlone and for all of us who care about the cultures with whom we live side-by-side.

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Andrew Coover
9 years ago

The developer ought to build a memorial to the site on the new development, however the development should not be delayed or stopped. If there are laws on the books protecting such sites, let's respect those laws. Otherwise, call your representative so that this doesn't happen in the future. #buildmorehousing

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Deborah F Lustig
9 years ago

Let's not disturb this sacred site any further.

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Amanda Bloom
9 years ago

It is critical that this sacred site to the original peoples of this area be saved from further destruction.

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Andrea Spagat
9 years ago

Respect Native burial sites!

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Peter Hasegawa
9 years ago

Stop development at the Berkeley Shellmound. We must preserve the sites of the indigenous people who this land was so cruelly taken from. They were raped, killed, en-slaved and are still being treated with very little respect. We the people see this and are standing up for these disenfranchised people. Its unfair to take what little they have left for corporate gains. Have some respect and decency. Do the right thing.

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Susan Quinlan
9 years ago

Let us put this land back into the stewardship of the Ohlone people. The Sanorea Te' Land Trust knows best how to honor the heritage of the site. http://sogoreate-landtrust.com/

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Dave Room
9 years ago

Protect the sacred sites of the First Nations here and all across the globe

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Dr Hilary Lorraine
9 years ago

We need to protect and preserve our native people's heritage. Indigenous peoples all over the world are having their cultures, knowledge, languages and histories erased by development and market forces. We can afford to preserve what is left of our California First People's history. Please do it.