To view this update with photos on the Protect Glen Cove website:http://protectglencove.org/
Week 14: Following last week’s large demonstrations at City Hall and GVRD Headquarters, dozens of committed warriors, elders and supporters have remained in prayer on the land at Sogorea Te, tending the sacred fire and upholding their commitments to seeing the struggle through. As day 100 of the 24-hour prayer vigil approaches, everyone eagerly awaits news regarding the cultural easement being negotiated between the City, GVRD, and the Cortina/Yocha Dehe tribes. We pray that it will be an honorable agreement that will protect the ancestors by specifically preventing development and bulldozing on all 15 acres of the sacred grounds.
Each day, new visitors arrive at Sogorea Te, bringing prayers, gifts and inspiration, while longer-term participants in the vigil continue to develop relationships with the land, its plant and animal life, and each other. Some have continued to gather wild native plants from the area, such as Amole Lilies and California Mugwort, for use as food and medicine.
On Saturday the 16th, a large group of Mexica Dancers from Hayward, CA held a series of ceremonial dances at Sogorea Te, bringing gifts of copal and tobacco for the vigil’s altar. Also on Saturday, a woman from Guam and her husband arrived at Sogorea Te with a load of cedar firewood. They plan to return with a contingent of island people (including Native Hawaiians) this coming Saturday morning (the 23rd), with songs, gifts and prayers.
On Sunday the 17th, a string of Tibetan prayer flags were presented to Wounded Knee DeOcampo and other participants in the vigil, and were hung near the entrance to Sogorea Te. The prayer flags were sent by a monk in Tibet, who says that “Tibetans support the people at Sogorea Te and are praying for them.” When told recently about the situation at Glen Cove, he was greatly saddened and said that “it’s just like they’re doing to us in Tibet.”
This Wednesday, July 20th (tomorrow!), youth from the Oakland-based Homies Empowerment Program will be cooking up a storm and then journeying Sogorea Te, bringing dinner to all the warriors still holding it down. They will be meeting in Oakland at 5:00pm to carpool up. To view their Facebook invitation, click here. We are also expecting a visit from a group of young Native artists (Ojibwe, Metis, Maori, Dine & Hawai’ian) on Wednesday evening, accompanied by Melanie Cervantes.
Recent articles
- SF Chronicle 7/16: Vallejo compromises on park at Indian burial site (+7 photos)
- Times-Herald 7/15: GVRD, tribes to continue talking about Glen Cove park plans
- Francisco Da Costa 7/15: Glen Cove Park Project still to be decided – protest enters 93rd day
- In These Times 7/14: On Sacred Ground: Native Occupation of Cove Enters 13th Week
- Times-Herald 7/12: Vallejo City Council, tribes seek to resolve ‘spiritual vigil’ at park site
Recent media
- Free Radio Santa Cruz 7/09: Interview with Corrina Gould hosted by Donna Wallach.
- Tony Bautista via Facebook 7/13: Video: Klee Benally and Blackfire at Eastside Arts Alliance in Oakland – with Glen Cove slideshow
- Bay Native Circle (KPFA) 7/13: 1-hour show hosted by Morning Star Gali – featuring an interview w/ Corrina Gould about efforts to Protect Glen Cove + an update on Leonard Peltier’s case with Robert R. Bryan, Peltier’s lead attorney.
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