Take Down the Mission Bell
Columbus Day is a celebration of brutal conquest and white supremacy — one that UC Santa Cruz is complicit in by ignoring calls to remove the mission bell in front of McHenry Library. The bell is a constant reminder of the genocide of indigenous people…
Sacred Site Slated for Development
Juristac, which translates to the “Place of the Big Head,” is the Amah Mutsun Tribe’s most sacred site, said chairman of the Amah Mutsun Land Trust (AMLT) Valentin Lopez. It’s a landscape of rolling hills in Santa Clara County where the Amah Mutsun once held…