Join A Prayer Walk and Gathering to Protect the Ancestors at Glen Cove

Co-sponsored by Vallejo Intertribal Council, SSP&RIT and the
International Indian Treaty Council


Wednesday September 30th, we invite you to participate as we walk from
the Greater Vallejo Recreation District to Glen Cove for a prayer
gathering to honor the ancestors as we seek protection for this area
which has burials and sacred items dating back to 1,500 B.C


WHAT: Prayer walk and Gathering to honor the ancestors and pray for
the protection of Glen Cove Sacred Site and all Sacred Sites
WHEN: Wednesday Sept. 30th, 11 AM
WHERE: Greater Vallejo Recreation District; 395 Amador St, Vallejo, Ca
to Glen Cove Sacred Site


We will walk 3.8 miles to the Glen Cove sacred site where a prayer
gathering will be held.


Historically Glen Cove has been a traditional meeting place where
services such as burials were performed for over one hundred local
California Indian tribes. The sacred cove contains human remains,
shell mounds, and other artifacts. Glen Cove continues to be a
spiritually important area to the local Native Communities. The site
was first documented in archaeological records in 1907 by an
archaeologist from the University of California at Berkeley and,
according to a 1988 report by Novato Archaeological Resource Service,
is at least 3,500 years old. Many of the sacred items unearthed from
the site in previous years remain illegally housed in the Phoebe A.
Hearst Museum of Anthropology at UC Berkeley which houses over 13,000
ancestral remains and over 200,000 sacred objects.

The Greater Vallejo Recreation District (GVRD) and the City of Vallejo
are currently proposing to develop a park with trails and amendments
that would desecrate this site. Preserving and protecting this sacred
place in the way those who created it meant it to be is a legal right
under the American Indian Religious Freedom Act and is an essential
part of Indigenous cultural survival. Speakers will urge the City of
Vallejo and the GVRD to halt plans to develop and seek advice from the
local Native Community about how to preserve this historic and sacred
site. We are seeking support from local community members, and
extending a special invitation to Religious and Spiritual Groups who
are welcome to join in prayer with us as we walk for our ancestors.


Route info:


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For more information e-mail protectglencove [at] gmail.com or call Wounded
Knee DeOcampo at (707) 557-2140

Vehicle transport will be provided for those unable to walk the entire
distance. We will enter Glen Cove from the foot of Whitesides Drive
and S Regatta Drive.

Those unable to join the walk are welcome to join us with nourishment
(healthy food and drinks/water) at our destination.
Donations are appreciated.



http://www.vallejointertribalcouncil.org/

http://www.treatycouncil.org/