“We honor the first people of these lands and their ongoing resistance and resilience in the face of settler colonialism….”
An incredible new mural created incollaboration with the Confederated Villages of Lisjan Nation, artist Cece Carpio, Shishi Madriz, and the Berkeley High School Native Student Union is now up!
The mural is a visual land acknowledgement, depicting Indigenous and Intertribal people of many lineages coming together in cultural celebration on Ohlone Lands. Members of the Villages of Lisjan Nation, Danzantes, wildflowers, Indigenous youth, and and the vision of the restored West Berkeley Shellmound rise against a bright sunrise, wrapping around the northern corner of the Berkeley School District building in bright colors.
More than 40 people contributed to the creation of this piece, including a class of fifth graders who advocated for approval of the mural in public processes<3 Thanks to all that helped with a special shout out to:
Cece Carpio
Micah Rivera
Ines Ixierda
Kahalla
Berkeley High Native Student Union
Pato
Keena Romano
Miguel Bounce Perez
Iz Deconteras-
Eduardo Pinada
Joemy Ito-Gates
Thitiwat P.
Inba
See it for yourself, University Ave and Bonar St, so called Berkeley.
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