Indigenous Partnerships

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Ask Palo Alto City Council to Support Protecting Juristac

Update: The Palo Alto City Council voted unanimously in favor of the resolution to protect Juristac. Thank you to everyone...

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Using Her Leadership Skills to Help Her Tribe: Isabella ‘Amne Gomez

Isabella ‘Amne Gomez is a Muwekma Ohlone Youth Ambassador and a first-year undergraduate student at Santa Clara University. Because of...

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Indigenous Partnerships Strengthen Green Foothills

No one has a more powerful and respected voice for the land than Indigenous people speaking for their ancestral territories....

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Protecting Juristac’s Wildlife and Sacred Landscape

The landscape of Juristac has been sacred to the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band for thousands of years, and provides critical...

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National Native American Heritage Month

Green Foothills supports the fight for Native rights. One of the pillars of our recently published centennial vision is for...

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Over 100 Elected Officials and Organizations Oppose Quarry at Juristac

The Amah Mutsun Tribal Band and Green Foothills have released a Statement of Opposition to Sargent Ranch Quarry – the...

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Your Activism is Helping to Protect Juristac

Shortly after details about the Sargent Ranch Quarry proposed at Juristac became public, a groundswell of opposition to this open-pit...

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Please Tell the County Planning Commission to Protect Juristac

Tell the County Planning Commission to Protect Juristac On Thursday, August 25 at 1:30 p.m., the Santa Clara County Planning...

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1% of Nature’s Inspiration Proceeds to Support Indigenous Dance Group, Calpulli Tonalehqueh

For years, Green Foothills has shared proceeds from our Nature’s Inspiration fundraiser with local community-based organizations. This practice is grounded...

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Take Action to Protect Indigenous Lands at Juristac

The County of Santa Clara has just released the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for the proposed Sargent Ranch Quarry,...

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“Strategies for Tribal Allyship and Coalitions”: Highlighting the Protect Juristac Coalition

On Thursday, May 26, the Silicon Valley Council of Nonprofits hosted a webinar to explore how nonprofits and agencies can...

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Santa Clara City Council Calls For Protection of Juristac

This Tuesday, the Santa Clara City Council unanimously adopted a resolution urging the County to deny permits for an open-pit...

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