From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Cc: City Clerk; Manager Manager
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Alameda should pay Shuumi
Date: Tuesday, December 6, 2022 4:22:34 PM
My name is Allison Shrier and I've lived on the West end of Alameda since 2017. I think that supporting the work of local Indigenous-led organizations is a great step toward creating a more just world for everyone. It's also a good starting point for acknowledging the injustices that white colonists perpetrated in this area. I hope you will do the right thing and vote yes on paying Shuumi.
Thanks,
Allison
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From: S Melish
To: CityCouncil-List
Cc: City Clerk; Manager Manager
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Continue to Pay The Shuumi Tax
Date: Tuesday, December 6, 2022 4:14:17 PM
Dear Council,
I am writing to you in support of the Shuumi land tax. Please honor your commitments to being in solidarity with the people whose land you are on. This is an important step in building relationships with the people whose land has been stolen.
Thank you,
Sara Melish
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808-371-2893
From: Ginger Daniel
To: CityCouncil-List
Cc: City Clerk; Manager Manager
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Keep doing the right thing, Alameda: vote tonight to pay Shuumi Land Tax Date: Tuesday, December 6, 2022 3:44:24 PM
Dear Mayor Ashcraft and the members of the Alameda City Council- I am so proud that our City is the first to be paying our Shuumi Land Tax. I also make this contribution monthly as a part of my regular bills. It's only right that we contribute back into the coffers of the people who's stolen land we benefit from today. While the "tax" is both moderate and voluntary, people who are committed to respecting the ancestral keepers of the land we live on should include it as a part of our regular budget, as we will never be able to truly repay our debt to the people who have thrived despite the colonization of their homes.
The Chochenyo speaking Lisjan Ohlone people who have been the caretakers of our land for millennia use these funds to support their efforts to reconnect Indigenous people with their native lands. Their website says:
We envision a Bay Area in which Ohlone language and ceremony are an active, thriving part of the cultural landscape, where Ohlone place names and history is known and recognized and where intertribal Indigneous communities have affordable housing, social services, cultural centers and land to live, work and pray on.
I believe in this vision, and I think making this vision a reality would make a better Bay Area.
I applaud Alameda for being the first Bay Area city to pay this voluntary tax on our lands. I encourage the City Council to vote in favor of continuing this process into perpetuity.
Ginger Daniel
Alameda Resident and Business Owner
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Strategic Planning, Strategic Communications + Special
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From: Maxine Heiliger
To: CityCouncil-List
Cc: City Clerk; Manager Manager
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Shuumi land tax
Date: Tuesday, December 6, 2022 3:19:37 PM
Please continue to support our local Ohlone community by voting to continue paying the Shuumi land tax.
It's the right thing to do!
Maxine Heiliger
"Every positive thought we pass between us makes room for more light." John Lewis
From: Amanda Cooper
To: CityCouncil-List
Cc: City Clerk; Manager Manager
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Keep doing the right thing, Alameda: vote tonight to pay Shuumi Land Tax Date: Tuesday, December 6, 2022 1:38:56 PM
Dear Mayor Ashcraft and the members of the Alameda City Council- I am so proud that our City is the first to be paying our Shuumi Land Tax. Our family also makes this contribution monthly as a part of our regular bills. It's only right that we contribute back into the coffers of the people who's stolen land we benefit from today. While the "tax" is both moderate and voluntary, people who are committed to respecting the ancestral keepers of the land we live on should include it as a part of our regular budget, as we will never be able to truly repay our debt to the people who have thrived despite the colonization of their homes.
The Chochenyo speaking Lisjan Ohlone people who have been the caretakers of our land for millennia use these funds to support their efforts to reconnect Indigenous people with their native lands. Their website says:
We envision a Bay Area in which Ohlone language and ceremony are an active, thriving part of the cultural landscape, where Ohlone place names and history is known and recognized and where intertribal Indigneous communities have affordable housing, social services, cultural centers and land to live, work and pray on.
I believe in this vision, and I think making this vision a reality would make a better Bay Area.
I applaud Alameda for being the first Bay Area city to pay this voluntary tax on our lands. I encourage the City Council to vote in favor of continuing this process into perpetuity. - Amanda Cooper
Alameda resident and business owner
From: Eva Short
To: CityCouncil-List
Cc: City Clerk; Manager Manager
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Alameda should pay Shuumi
Date: Tuesday, December 6, 2022 1:17:03 PM
My name is Eva Short and I'm a bay area resident. I think that supporting the work of local Indigenous-led organizations is a great step toward creating a more just world for everyone.
It's also a good starting point for acknowledging the injustices that white colonists perpetrated in this area. I hope you will do the right thing and vote yes on paying Shuumi.
Sincerely,
Eva Short
From: Amy Wooldridge
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: FW: [EXTERNAL] Re: question and meet
Date: Monday, December 5, 2022 2:21:35 PM
Attachments: Muwekma Greeting City of Oakland and Alameda Native Art.pdf Hi Lara,
Please include the attached for public comment for 12/6 agenda special meeting item 2A.
Thank you,
Amy Wooldridge
Recreation and Parks Director
[email protected]
www.alamedaca.gov/recreation
Find us on Facebook at PlayARPD
From: Gabriel Duncan <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2022 10:56 PM
To: Amy Wooldridge <[email protected]>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: question and meet
I'm sorry, I didn't mention the attachment to the last email; which is the Muwekma Greeting, an official document issued by the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of the San Francisco Bay Area. This document contains detailed information about the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of the San Francisco Bay Area, and I encourage you to read and share it with the Alameda City Council, Mayor's Office, and members of your staff who may be interested.
Gabriel Duncan
([email protected])
Alameda Native Art , and the,
Alameda Native History Project
2201 Shoreline Drive #6334
Alameda, California 94501
https://AlamedaNativeArt.com
(510) 747-8423
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From: Labuchheim
To: City Clerk
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Fwd: Shuumi Land Tax
Date: Monday, December 5, 2022 9:02:41 AM
Clerk:
Please post this message in the City Council record.
Linda Buchheim
650.421.5834
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From: Labuchheim <[email protected]>
Date: December 5, 2022 at 7:36:42 AM PST
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: Shuumi Land Tax
To: Alameda City Council,
I am writing to urge you to continue to pay Shuumi Land Tax to Sogorea Te’ in the coming year.
The land that Alameda sits on was originally settled by the indigenous Ohlone until white colonists took it unjustly. Continuing to pay the land tax enables Sogorea Te’ to rematriate the land and bring the reality of justice closer.
Please vote to continue to pay Shuumi to Sogorea Te’.
Respectfully,
Linda
Linda Buchheim
12 Redondo Court
Alameda, CA
From: Emily Noonan
To: CityCouncil-List
Cc: Manager Manager; City Clerk
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Support for Alameda to continue to pay Shuumi Land Tax Date: Saturday, December 3, 2022 11:47:37 AM
Hi,
I am a resident of Alameda and I want to voice my support that our city continue to pay its Shuumi Land Tax. The fact that Alameda has paid this for the past two years makes me proud to live here and I hope we continue to do the right thing by supporting Sogorea Te' and acknowledging we are on stolen land.
Thank you,
Emily Noonan
From: Alana Dill
To: cityco; City Clerk; Manager Manager
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Writing in Support of Shuumi land tax Date: Friday, December 2, 2022 4:28:06 PM
to our Indigenous community.
Thanks for all you do, and have a happy holiday season! Sincerely,
Alana Dill
Alameda resident since 1999
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May the rain fall soft on your fields
From: Trish Spencer
To: Erin Smith; Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Continuing to pay the Shuumei "tax" Date: Wednesday, November 30, 2022 10:51:29 PM
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From: SB <[email protected]>
Date: Nov 30, 2022 4:07 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Continuing to pay the Shuumei 'tax' To: CityCouncil-List <[email protected]>
Cc:
Dear City Council Members,
I am emailing you today to ask that you vote in favor of Alameda continuing to pay the Shummei 'tax'.
I understand there will be a meeting next Tuesday when the Council will vote on this.
As an Alamedan it makes me proud to know that my City is doing the right thing. I encourage each of you to continue to do the right thing and vote to continue to pay this fee.
Thank you,
Susan Barber
2021 Clinton Ave
Alameda, CA 94501
From: Rebecca Smyth
To: CityCouncil-List
Cc: City Clerk; Manager Manager
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Shuumi Land Tax
Date: Wednesday, November 30, 2022 1:16:33 PM
Hello City Council,
In preparation for the meeting 12/6 during which a "Listening Session and Partnership Opportunities with Local Indigenous People and Ohlone Tribes" is scheduled, I wanted to share my support for the City of Alameda continuing to pay the Shummi Land Tax to Sogorea Te'. This money funds rematriation efforts and is one step in acknowledging the colonial and discriminatory history that has resulted in the land and home ownership reality of today.
Continuing this municipal commitment of funds is a signal that Alameda takes seriously the concepts of decolonization, representation, and inclusivity. Please vote to approve paying the Shummi Land Tax.
Cheers,
Rebecca Smyth