Alameda Native History Project

Tag: Villages of Lisjan

  • Alternatives to Paying Shuumi (Sogorea Te’s “Land Tax”)

    Acknowledging our occupation of Native Land; and the way we benefit from Mission Enslavement of Native Americans, the enslavement of people we know as African-American, and the California Genocide is not this easy. The Sins of Colonialism can not be washed away with more blood money. Direct investment in the community is what’s needed, instead. […]

  • West Berkeley Shellmound (Oops)

    I guess the first thing I should say is that I know this looks like some kind of CIA/COINTELPRO hit job on a local Native American Leader. Before I tell you that’s not what I actually set out to do, let me answer some basic questions, and give you a background….