Emeryville Shellmound - Wikipedia
The Emeryville Shellmound, in Emeryville, California, is a sacred burial site of the Ohlone people, a once-massive archaeological shell midden deposit (dark, highly organic soil, temple and burial ground containing a high concentration of human food waste remains, including shellfish).
There Were Once More Than 425 Shellmounds in the Bay Area. Where ... - KQED
2022年3月24日 · Shellmounds were used by Ohlone people as burial sites. People used them to navigate bay waters, and gathered on top of them. Now almost all the more than 425 shellmounds once in the Bay Area have been destroyed, paved over or built upon.
An Ohlone vision for the land - Shellmound
In March of 2017, Ohlone matriarchs Ruth Orta and Corrina Gould publicly presented an alternative vision for restoring the land that they developed with the help of Berkeley landscape architect Chris Walker.
Emeryville Shellmound - Sacred Sites
Native Americans (Ohlone tribe) Significance: The Emeryville Shellmound was a highly remarkable historic, cultural, and sacred site established by Ohlone Indians over centuries of use from 500 B.C. to approximately 1700 A.D. when the Spanish missionaries imprisoned the Ohlone.
Save the West Berkeley Shellmound and Village Site
Save West Berkeley Shellmound and Village Site is a coalition of Ohlone tribes, indigenous organizations, and individuals who advocate for historic preservation, indigenous sovereignty and environmental justice. Contact us via email: [email protected]
Learn More - Shellmound
2017年2月2日 · There, at the mouth of Strawberry Creek, the ancestors of today’s Ohlone people created a unique lifeway between land and sea. For countless generations, they practiced ceremonial traditions and constructed a great mound in which they buried their dead—the West Berkeley Shellmound.
History of the Emeryville Shellmound – Sacred Sites
2014年6月22日 · The Emeryville Shellmound was a highly remarkable historic, cultural, and sacred site established by Ohlone Indians over centuries of use from 500 B.C. to approximately 1700 A.D. These people were among the earliest inhabitants of the region now known as the San Francisco Bay Area.
Indigenous people rejoice after Berkeley votes to return sacred …
2024年3月14日 · The ceremony marked the return of this land to the Ohlone people; A 2.2-acre parking lot that is the last undeveloped block above a long-covered sacred burial ground. "The shellmound, we are ...
‘This land was stolen’: Behind the fight to recover sacred ... - Grist
2021年5月25日 · To “honor” the first people, developers installed glass cases displaying Ohlone artifacts at the entrances of public restrooms and built a small fake shellmound at the intersection of ...
West Berkeley Shellmound - Wikipedia
The West Berkeley Shellmound, in West Berkeley, California, sits at the site of the earliest known habitation in the San Francisco Bay Area, a village of the Ohlone people on the banks of Strawberry Creek.