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[Bay Nature] How Indigenous People Got Some Land Back in Oakland

December 15, 2022December 13, 2022 News AISC, graduate, indigenous, indigenous peoples, native american, Native Americans, native bruin, Native Bruins, oakland, UCLA, UCLA AISC

On the surface, Sequoia Point seems like another lovely spot in a Bay Area park, with gnarled oaks, towering old-growth redwoods and a glorious view of the Bay. But this scenic overlook in Oakland’s Joaquin Miller Park has now acquired new significance, and a new Chochenyo name—Rinihmu Pulte’irekne, meaning “Above the Red Ochre”—because the city … Read more

[The Guardian] Chef Crystal Wahpepah on the power of Indigenous cuisine: ‘Native foods are overlooked’

May 19, 2022May 14, 2022 News chef, food, indigenous, native american women, Native Americans, oakland

Out on the sunny patio at Wahpepah’s Kitchen, sizzling plates of bison and deer make their way down a table filled with Native American educators from across the country. The game meat joins other indigenous dishes on the kitchen’s menu, such as leafy salads topped with striped red corn and blue corn mush sweetened with … Read more