A Berkeley, California, parking lot, that was built over a sacred tribal shell has been returned to the Ohlone tribe. A commemorative park is planned to be built on the cultural site.
A San Francisco Bay Area parking lot that sits on top of a sacred tribal shell mound dating back 5,700 years has been returned to the Ohlone people by the Berkeley City Council after a settlement with developers who own the land.
Corrina Gould, co-founder of the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust, addressed council members before they voted, saying their vote was the culmination of the work of thousands of people over many years. The mound that once stood there was 'a place where we first said goodbye to someone,' she said. 'To have this place saved forever, I am beyond words.
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