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April 2011<br><br>
Family and Friends, <br><br>
Today as I stood in a light drizzle of rain overlooking the Bay from a
cliff at Glen Cove, one of the most beautiful and contested Ohlone sacred
burial sites, I tried to imagine a city government proposing to develop
the land in a cemetery where white people are buried. Can you imagine the
response? <br><br>
And yet this is exactly what is happening to the Ohlone community. The
city of Vallejo and the Greater Vallejo Recreation District are poised to
bulldoze significant parts of Glen Cove. But the Ohlone community and its
allies are taking a stand!<br><br>
Since last Thursday hundreds of people have protested at Glen Cove and
dozens are camped out in an ongoing prayer camp to protect the sacred
site!<br><br>
I urge everyone to learn about what's going on and how you can support,
including going to Glen Cove and participating in the action.<br><br>
Here is an overview:<br><br>
</font><h2><b>Native Americans Occupy Glen Cove Sacred
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<a href="http://thevoiceoftheindigenous.wordpress.com/2011/04/15/native-americans-occupy-glen-cove-sacred-site/" eudora="autourl">
http://thevoiceoftheindigenous.wordpress.com/2011/04/15/native-americans-occupy-glen-cove-sacred-site/<br>
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</a></font><font size=2>In
<a href="http://en.wordpress.com/tag/native-rights-and-issues/">Native
Rights and Issues</a> on <b>April 15, 2011</b> at <b>2:20
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Subject: Native Americans Occupy Glen Cove Sacred Site (Pass the Word
& Show Support)<br>
Sacred Site Protection & Rights of Indigenous Tribes (SSP&RIT)For
Immediate Release:<br><br>
As Bulldozers May Arrive Any Day at Ancient Burial Site,<br>
Native Americans To Occupy Sacred Land at Glen Cove in Vallejo<br>
Spiritual Ceremony and Occupation Beginning Friday, April 15, 2011 at 8
am<br><br>
Vallejo, California (April 14, 2011) – Faced with the imminent arrival of
bulldozers at the Native American sacred burial site at Glen Cove,
Vallejo, members of the local Native American community will hold a
religious ceremony to commence an occupation of Sogorea Te, otherwise
known as Glen Cove, in the City of Vallejo beginning at 8 am on Friday,
April 15, 2011. Native Americans and their supporters have vowed to
physically block bulldozers or any other work that would desecrate the
burial site.<br><br>
Native American activists consider this to be the last stand in a
struggle that has been going on for over a decade, since the Greater
Vallejo Recreation District (GVRD) first proposed plans for a “fully
featured public park” including construction of a paved parking lot,
paved hiking trails, 1000 pound picnic tables and a public restroom on
top of the 3500 year old burial site.<br><br>
On Wednesday, April 13th, Sacred Site Protection and Rights of Indigenous
Tribes (SSP&RIT), a Vallejo-based community organization, filed an
administrative civil rights complaint to the State of California alleging
that the City and GVRD are discriminating on the basis of race in
threatening to destroy and desecrate significant parts of the Glen Cove
Shellmound and burial site, for harming Native Americans’ religious and
spiritual well-being, and effectively excluding Native Americans from
their right to full participation in decision-making regarding the
site.<br><br>
The history and cultural value of the site has never been disputed. Human
remains have been consistently unearthed as the area around the site has
been developed. Native Americans continue to hold ceremonies at Sogorea
Te just as they have for thousands of years. The Glen Cove Shell Mound
spans fifteen acres along the Carquinez Strait. It is the final resting
place of many Indigenous People dating back more than 3,500 years, and
has served as a traditional meeting place for dozens of California Indian
tribes.<br><br>
The site continues to be spiritually important to California tribes. The
Glen Cove site is acknowledged by GVRD and the City to have many burials
and to be an important cultural site, yet they are moving forward as
early as Friday with plans to build a toilet and parking lot on this
sacred site and to grade a hill that likely contains human remains and
important cultural artifacts.<br><br>
SSP&RIT have asked GVRD to reconsider their plans to grade the hill
and build toilets and a parking lot at the site.<br><br>
Glen Cove is located near the intersection of South Regatta and
Whitesides Drive in Vallejo.<br><br>
For more information and directions:
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/l/cbae1e0GjgBwtqbO_K4YmU8_mCA/www.protectglencove.org">
http://www.facebook.com/l/cbae1e0GjgBwtqbO_K4YmU8_mCA/www.protectglencove.org<br>
</a><br>
Contact:<br>
Norman “Wounded Knee” Deocampo 707-373-7195<br>
Corrina Gould (510) 575-8408<br>
Mark Anquoe (415) 680 0110<br>
Morning Star Gali (510) 827 6719<br><br>
And here is the latest update:
<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=wqwj7dcab&et=1105209963202&s=1245&e=001yc-mWRSCdoDioGmW-93wYBMh5KZZW8cFpY7zSwhfAgoFCx_4qepOgzVD1zz-F3u_XGeOVHCN2IA5WtcDXNhupPr_Jqdlr_gWKSFkae57BrblApkXNCPI1yytGWQaMELn4_Jm8yiJlUYZ9DxrbR1POw==">
KTVU Story</a><br><br>
<b>Take Action:</b> Call Osby Davis, Mayor of the City of Vallejo, at
707-648-4377 and Shane McAffee, General Manager of the Greater Vallejo
Recreation District at 707-648-4600 and voice your support to Protect
Glen Cove! <br><br>
Ariel Luckey<br><br>
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