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Toronto’s High Park, located near the edge of Lake Ontario, is home to more than four dozen Haudenosaunee burial mounds, some of which date back 3000 years. For decades the burial mounds in High Park have been stepped on, dug … Continue reading →

30 Dene Suline community members from the Cold Lake First Nation (CLFN) have re-occupied an area of their traditional territory which the Alberta government has allocated for an expansion of the English Bay Provincial Recreation Area, without the Nation’s consent. … Continue reading →

Demonstrating for ʻIwi Kupuna (ancestral burials) Aloha to our brothers and sisters of Sogorea Te (Glen Cove) of Moku Honu (Great Turtle Island). We are writing to let you know that many hearts, spirits and prayers are with you from … Continue reading →

Two Native Hawaiian brothers spent the day at Sogorea Te – Moses Mix and Mahealani Keale (a folk song-writer), hailing from the islands of O‘ahu, Kaua‘i and Ni‘ihau. They shared a song and warmly commiserated with our struggle as they … Continue reading →

Another massive load of wood was donated yesterday. The Benally family from Black Mesa, Arizona, Dine’ traditionalists and lifelong advocates for the protection of sacred places, spent the day with us at Sogorea Te. They brought songs, prayers, and encouragement. … Continue reading →

Morning Star Gali and Wounded Knee DeOcampo An honoring was held today at the encampment for mothers, women, and Mother Earth. Later in the day, a group of about a dozen Jewish people from various Bay Area congregations and social … Continue reading →

Raven Garcia, leading the walk Today’s Shellmound Walk covered 10 miles through the streets of Oakland, praying for the ancestors at seven Ohlone shellmound burial sites. The walk was led by 14-year old Raven Garcia (Pit River/ Paiute), accompanied by … Continue reading →

Left to right: Wounded Knee DeOcampo, Mary Jean Robertson, Richard Brown and Tony Cerda Black Panther and SF8 defendant Richard Brown visited today, expressing his fullest support for our work. Journalists working for News from Native California took photographs and … Continue reading →

It was a blazing hot day on the land, yet many still came to visit, including a crew from San Jose-based Native Voice TV, who conducted interviews and received a tour of the grounds. Representatives from the ongoing ceremony at … Continue reading →

Steve Pressley of GVRD, camcorder in hand This morning, Steve Pressley of GVRD again walked the grounds, this time with GVRD’s park maintenance supervisor. They stated that sometime next week, they’ll weed-whack and mow down the grasslands at Glen Cove, … Continue reading →

At about 10am, Steve Pressley (GVRD Maintenance/ Development Manager) entered the grounds of Sogorea Te with camera in hand, taking photographs without permission of people, tents, the fire, and the altar. Shane McAffee (GVRD General Manager) also walked the grounds … Continue reading →

CodePINK demonstrators marched from downtown Vallejo to Glen Cove today, arriving at about noon. They are en route to the State Capitol in Sacramento to set up a tent city, demanding an end to tax-breaks for corporations and taxes that … Continue reading →

It was a very social Sunday. Internationally acclaimed actor Michael Horse and his partner Pennie Opal Plant from Gathering Tribes Art Gallery in Berkeley paid us a visit and donated much needed supplies. Artists from Oakland donated two spray-painted banners. … Continue reading →

There is a new Frequently Asked Questions page on the Protect Glen Cove website, designed to address GVRD’s recent propaganda, and questions that have been coming up often in the past few weeks. Members of the Cultural Resource Department of … Continue reading →

Photos from the day are posted here. Many new supporters arrived today. In the morning, tasks were divided up and much was accomplished. Cleanup crews walked the shoreline, hauling away 200 more pounds of rubber tires, trash, and broken glass, … Continue reading →

Today we received very troubling news and a message of solidarity from our indigenous sisters and brothers in Hawaii: Yesterday (Thursday) two of their warriors were arrested for blocking the destruction of a sacred burial site in Kaua’i. Their ancestors … Continue reading →

This evening, Corrina Gould, Wounded Knee DeOcampo, Johnella LaRose, Francisco Dominguez and others spoke about Sogorea Te and Shellmound burial site protection to a very supportive crowd of about 100 people at the Intertribal Friendship House in Oakland. Following the … Continue reading →

Day 15 : Spiritual Gathering to Protect Glen Cove Enters 3rd Week as GVRD Breaks Agreement to Negotiate in Good Faith SSP&RIT Files More Civil Rights Claims Against GVRD as Threats Against Spiritual Gathering and Sacred Site Escalate As the … Continue reading →