Please respect the Ohlone people and protect what little sacred land they have left.
The Bay area needs to be a leader for the nation, and actually live up to our supposed progressivism and cultural humility.
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Jenya Schneider
9 years ago
Native peoples should have a full seat at the table. Their priorities and rights should be given not only an equal hearing but one that embraces the need for restitution.
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Jane Norling
9 years ago
Please take a stand against this construction that will benefit wealthy developers at the expense of 5,000 years of history. Reject the EIR and embrace the No Plan Alternative!
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Elizabeth Gould
9 years ago
Protect the sacred Ohlone land at 4th Street from developers!
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Zarina Zayas-Ortiz
9 years ago
I am writing to express my deep concerns about the draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) regarding 1900 Fourth Street. The site was designated as a City of Berkeley Landmark # 227 by the Landmarks Commission. It was also listed in the California State Registry of Historic Places, as well as determined to be eligible for the National Registry of Historic places. The West Berkeley Shellmound site, completely encompassing the proposed 1900 Fourth Street site, is known to be the oldest bayside settlement in the San Francisco Bay Area, approximately 5700 years old. It is the true birthplace of Berkeley. It continues to be of utmost significance as a ceremonial center to the Ohlone people today.
The draft EIR is heavily disputed, as revealed by massive community opposition voiced at the Dec 1st meeting of the Berkeley Landmark Preservation Committee. There is significant controversy surrounding the methodology used to establish the archaeological reports and there has not been adequate peer review of the data in the draft EIR. Past excavations in and around the proposed site have uncovered human burials and undisturbed cultural remains. The report completely fails to address remains specifically documented in the EIR for the adjacent Grocery Outlet site that is part of the same Landmark Shellmound site. This constitutes a significant oversight and inaccuracy in the methodology of the 1900 Fourth Street EIR.
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Charles Flores
9 years ago
I am a Berkeley CA resident.
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Erika Gagnon
9 years ago
stand up and sign this petition to protect the 5,700 year old Ohlone shellmound on 4th street in Berkeley from a new development !
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Amy Ortiz
9 years ago
Protect Ohlone Sacred sites!!!
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Amanda Bloom
9 years ago
We need to respect the sacred places of the original inhabitants of this land.
Allowing this retail/housing structure to be built would be a shameful dark stain on the city of Berkeley and on all of those who allowed it. Why not use it as an education center for the Ohlone people to educate the public on the first people of the Bay Area? Imagine a place where schools would take the children to learn from living Iindigenous people, where tourists would come to see it and spend money locally, where this center would be a bright spot of respect instead of just another place of commerce. You can do this.
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Bob Reeder
9 years ago
No development on sacred Native American burial sites nationwide.
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Rick Auerbach
9 years ago
No development on sacred Native American burial sites!
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Justin Wood
9 years ago
Without culture we have nothing
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Karen Flittie
9 years ago
Please save this shellmound and protect this Ohlone sacred site.
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Jane Mauchly
9 years ago
Berkeley, do the right thing by the people who have lived here for thousands of years. Respect our Ohlone brothers and sisters. Stand on the right side of history. Be a truly great city and respect the first people's sacred sites.
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Cody McManus
9 years ago
Save the shell mounds!
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Melinda Micco
9 years ago
Support Ohlone people and resist massive development on sacred land.
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Anonymous
9 years ago
Save sacred sites!!
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Belgica L Del Rio
9 years ago
No desecration--respect first peoples' and the Ohlone.
Please respect the Ohlone people and protect what little sacred land they have left. The Bay area needs to be a leader for the nation, and actually live up to our supposed progressivism and cultural humility.
Native peoples should have a full seat at the table. Their priorities and rights should be given not only an equal hearing but one that embraces the need for restitution.
Please take a stand against this construction that will benefit wealthy developers at the expense of 5,000 years of history. Reject the EIR and embrace the No Plan Alternative!
Protect the sacred Ohlone land at 4th Street from developers!
I am writing to express my deep concerns about the draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) regarding 1900 Fourth Street. The site was designated as a City of Berkeley Landmark # 227 by the Landmarks Commission. It was also listed in the California State Registry of Historic Places, as well as determined to be eligible for the National Registry of Historic places. The West Berkeley Shellmound site, completely encompassing the proposed 1900 Fourth Street site, is known to be the oldest bayside settlement in the San Francisco Bay Area, approximately 5700 years old. It is the true birthplace of Berkeley. It continues to be of utmost significance as a ceremonial center to the Ohlone people today. The draft EIR is heavily disputed, as revealed by massive community opposition voiced at the Dec 1st meeting of the Berkeley Landmark Preservation Committee. There is significant controversy surrounding the methodology used to establish the archaeological reports and there has not been adequate peer review of the data in the draft EIR. Past excavations in and around the proposed site have uncovered human burials and undisturbed cultural remains. The report completely fails to address remains specifically documented in the EIR for the adjacent Grocery Outlet site that is part of the same Landmark Shellmound site. This constitutes a significant oversight and inaccuracy in the methodology of the 1900 Fourth Street EIR.
I am a Berkeley CA resident.
stand up and sign this petition to protect the 5,700 year old Ohlone shellmound on 4th street in Berkeley from a new development !
Protect Ohlone Sacred sites!!!
We need to respect the sacred places of the original inhabitants of this land.
respect sacred sites! honor indigenous self-determination.
Allowing this retail/housing structure to be built would be a shameful dark stain on the city of Berkeley and on all of those who allowed it. Why not use it as an education center for the Ohlone people to educate the public on the first people of the Bay Area? Imagine a place where schools would take the children to learn from living Iindigenous people, where tourists would come to see it and spend money locally, where this center would be a bright spot of respect instead of just another place of commerce. You can do this.
No development on sacred Native American burial sites nationwide.
No development on sacred Native American burial sites!
Without culture we have nothing
Please save this shellmound and protect this Ohlone sacred site.
Berkeley, do the right thing by the people who have lived here for thousands of years. Respect our Ohlone brothers and sisters. Stand on the right side of history. Be a truly great city and respect the first people's sacred sites.
Save the shell mounds!
Support Ohlone people and resist massive development on sacred land.
Save sacred sites!!
No desecration--respect first peoples' and the Ohlone.