Native Organizers Alliance Action Fund: Urgent action requested on this posting of February 11, 2025. Tell Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum: Don’t Break Treaties and Violate Sovereign Rights. Changes to Monument Status and Protection of Sacred Lands Must Include Tribal Consultation.
Joint Letter in Support of Juristac Resolution was submitted to the Palo Alto City Council meeting on Monday, December 2, 2024. It was signed by FCCPA (Petition with 93 signatures) along with Green Foothills, Amah Mutsun Land Trust, SCVBA, Sierra Club, Green Belt Alliance, Friends of Juristac, California Native Plant Society, and SURJ (Showing up for Racial Justice) of Santa Clara.
Note from Maria Daehler: Thanks for the great turn out on signatures to support protecting Juristac from being turned into a gravel pit mine. The Palo Alto City Council voted unanimously to pass a resolution requesting Santa Clara County to block this proposed project. Several church members attended the council meeting, turned in 93 signatures from FCCPA and met with Chairman Lopez. With tears in his eyes, the leader of the Amah Mutsun tribe shared a circle prayer, his deep gratitude for the upwelling of support, this healing moment and the future opportunity of tribal members to again pray regularly on their most sacred sight.
Learn more about Juristac:
UCC Council for American Indian Ministries: “Opportunities to Learn, Get Involved, and Witness Positive Change":
Tamien Nation: Volunteer opportunities
Kanyon Consulting website: “Offering Indigenous Insights into Corporate America”
Remove the El Camino Bells Information, articles, and petition about the movement to remove mission bells along El Camino Real
Joint Letter in Support of Juristac Resolution was submitted to the Palo Alto City Council meeting on Monday, December 2, 2024. It was signed by FCCPA (Petition with 93 signatures) along with Green Foothills, Amah Mutsun Land Trust, SCVBA, Sierra Club, Green Belt Alliance, Friends of Juristac, California Native Plant Society, and SURJ (Showing up for Racial Justice) of Santa Clara.
Note from Maria Daehler: Thanks for the great turn out on signatures to support protecting Juristac from being turned into a gravel pit mine. The Palo Alto City Council voted unanimously to pass a resolution requesting Santa Clara County to block this proposed project. Several church members attended the council meeting, turned in 93 signatures from FCCPA and met with Chairman Lopez. With tears in his eyes, the leader of the Amah Mutsun tribe shared a circle prayer, his deep gratitude for the upwelling of support, this healing moment and the future opportunity of tribal members to again pray regularly on their most sacred sight.
Learn more about Juristac:
- Strategies for Tribal Allyship and Coalitions -Megan Fluke: Article about the webinar highlighting the Protect Juristac Coalition with Green Foothills and other non-profits on May 26.
- Juristac action – stand with the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band to protect their sacred land from sand and gravel mining: Please sign our petition here
- Juristac lands; by Stanford grad student Ariel Bobbett (4 min video; Available to use for teaching with other churches to bring support to the sacred Juristac lands in Santa Clara County.)
UCC Council for American Indian Ministries: “Opportunities to Learn, Get Involved, and Witness Positive Change":
Tamien Nation: Volunteer opportunities
Kanyon Consulting website: “Offering Indigenous Insights into Corporate America”
Remove the El Camino Bells Information, articles, and petition about the movement to remove mission bells along El Camino Real
Youth Resources/ School Curriculum Ideas
Back in the Before time:Tales of the California Indians, retold by Jane Louise Curry, 2001; A book of 22 tales from a variety of California tribes told in an engaging style including creation stories and many animals such as coyote, grizzly bear, weasel, mouse, badger, frog, salmon, and gopher.
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Coyote at the Big Time: A California Indian 123 Lyn Risling, 2013; This is a California Indian counting-book with indigenous cultural traditions about animals getting ready to go to a special dance and ceremony that is still celebrated today.
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Redbud Resource Group education resources, articles, and advocacy ideas; One teaching Resource: Celebrating Native Empowerment during Women’s History Month
The New Yorker: “The Invention of Thanksgiving: Massacres, Myths and the Making of the Great November Holiday” by Phillip Deloria (11-18-2019)
“The Big Time”: Ohlone video to show current celebration and values of the Ohlone. (This may be good for grades 3-5 or older since they often focus on the past culture for Ohlone and not the present; it also has kids who share)
An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States for Young People, by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, 2019; “Spanning more than 400 years, this classic bottom-up history examines the legacy of Indigenous peoples’ resistance, resilience, and steadfast fight against imperialism. Indigenous human rights advocate Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz reveals the roles that settler colonialism and policies of American Indian genocide played in forming our national identity.The original academic text…is fully adapted for middle-grade and young adult readers.”
The Ohlone- Spotlight on the American Indians of California by Charlie Mendoza (December 30, 2017) ages 8-12; “Today, the Ohlone still fight for the preservation of their culture and traditions. This book sheds light on the Ohlone way of life prior to the European arrival and the importance of respecting American Indians' rights.”
Ohlone Curriculum by Beverly R. Ortiz, Ph.D. (endorsed by Association of Ramaytush Ohlone with Bay Miwok Content); including an Environmental Study through Ohlone Worldview (Grade 6): “Living with the Land” with a field session at Crissy Marsh in SF (2015)