Protect Sogorea Te

Despite continuous efforts in good faith of Sacred Sites Protection and Rights of Indigenous Tribes (SSP&RIT) to negotiate an agreement to protect and preserve Sogorea Te from the desecration of development, the City of Vallejo and the Greater Vallejo Recreation District are still refusing to abandon their efforts to desecrate a Sacred Native American Burial Site. Those negotiations have reached an impasse and it appears that

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December 11, 2010

Controversial construction work at the Glen Cove Park scheduled to begin this year will be delayed until late spring or early summer, a city park district spokesman said.

The project, about a decade in the making, was most recently stalled over a dispute between city administration and the Greater Vallejo Recreation District, which manages the park. The city was seeking plan development fees from the district, much like other developers are asked. GVRD officials said they had not budgeted for the extra cost, and called the fee levy unfair since GVRD is improving the city’s own land.
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November 12th, 2010

Emotions ran high as Vallejo police responded Thursday morning to a disturbance between Native American protesters and workers hired to survey the land over an ancient burial site.

Although several squad cars responded to the controversial Glen Cove Waterfront Park site, no one was arrested or cited, police said.

“Emotions were high on both sides, but no threats were made,” Vallejo police Sgt. Kenny Park said.

The confrontation stemmed from an ongoing dispute over how known Native American cultural resources should be protected as plans move forward to add trails, benches, bathrooms and a parking lot to the park.
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Mar 23, 2010

The Native American community from the surrounding area came together in a ceremonial gathering and prayer vigil Saturday at the Glen Cove shellmound in Vallejo.

The noon event was a part of their ongoing effort to protect the sacred Native America burial site from the city’s development plan.
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Saturday, March 13, 2010

Plans by Vallejo to turn a scraggly stretch of waterfront on the Carquinez Strait into a park with paved parking, trails and restrooms are infuriating local Ohlone Indians who say the 15-acre site is sacred and should be left alone.

The property is Glen Cove Park, a spot that was the site of a 3,500-year-old Ohlone village and shell mound where thousands of people were buried.

The settlement is one of the oldest Ohlone sites in the Bay Area and among the few that has eluded development. But for decades, Vallejo has wanted to convert the wildland to a park with a portion of the Bay Trail, picnic tables and a pastoral array of native plants.

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November 11th, 2009

The sound of chainsaws along the Glen Cove waterfront Tuesday meant progress or sacrilege, depending on who you asked.

As crews cleared three sickened eucalyptus trees, local descendants of Native Americans stood on a nearby path and passed out brochures to passing residents, protesting what they viewed as the desecration of a sacred place.
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