Dear County of Santa Clara Officials,
We respectfully urge you to protect and preserve Mutsun cultural heritage by rejecting the proposed Sargent Quarry Project. The land threatened by the quarry, known as Juristac in the Mutsun languge, is of immense cultural, historical, environmental and spiritual importance to the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band. Juristac is not an appropriate location for a sand and gravel quarry under any circumstances.
We call on you to uphold the the indigenous rights of the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band to maintain and protect their religious and cultural sites as enshrined in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Preserving Juristac is a necessary and significant step in addressing the historical and continuing dispossession and destruction of the indigenous peoples of Santa Clara County.
[Your Signature]
| 10,132 | Nancy F. | Menlo Park, CA | Dec 03, 2020 | ||
| 10,131 | Dana B. | San Jose, CA | Protecting the Juristac sacred land is one way we can finally begin and model the process of reparations for harm done to Indigenous cultures. | Dec 02, 2020 | |
| 10,130 | Nancy C. | Boulder, Colorado | I formerly lived in Santa Clara County and know the pressure that open space is under in that ever urbanizing area. I call on you to turn down the quarry application at Juristac to engage in one bold decision to protect the right of the land and the native people who have called this land their home for thousands of years. Thank you. | Dec 02, 2020 | |
| 10,129 | Amber S. | Ben Lomond, California | Dec 02, 2020 | ||
| 10,128 | Jean C. | Longmont, CO | Dec 02, 2020 | ||
| 10,127 | Maritte O. | Oakland, CA | As someone born and raised in the Bay Area, I hope Santa Clara sees the value of respecting Amah Mutsun's continued access to their sacred sites and ancestral lands. | Dec 01, 2020 | |
| 10,126 | Sarah N. | Santa Clara, CA | Dec 01, 2020 | ||
| 10,125 | Tal F. | Mountain View, CA | Dec 01, 2020 | ||
| 10,124 | Nora H. | Campbell, CA | Dec 01, 2020 | ||
| 10,123 | Diane S. | San Jose, CA | Dec 01, 2020 | ||
| 10,122 | Nora L. | SAN JOSE, CA | Dec 01, 2020 | ||
| 10,121 | Liz S. | San Jose, California | Dec 01, 2020 | ||
| 10,120 | Amanda C. | Piedmont, CA | Dec 01, 2020 | ||
| 10,119 | Evelyn C. | Castro Valley, CA | I hope that if enough of us raise our voices about the need to protect important tribal land and all that it means to theAmah Mutsun Tribal Band | Dec 01, 2020 | |
| 10,118 | Rebecca W. | Oakland, CA | Dec 01, 2020 | ||
| 10,117 | Shara G. | Santa Cruz , CA | Dec 01, 2020 | ||
| 10,116 | Julia S. | Berkeley, CA | Dec 01, 2020 | ||
| 10,115 | Laurie M. | Hayward , Ca | Dec 01, 2020 | ||
| 10,114 | Chiara A. | San Jose , CA | As a third generation resident of this area, I urge you with all my heart to take these considerations into account. We are guests on this land, and it is thus our responsibility to stay in right relation to those whose home it is rightfully. I stand with my indigenous neighbors and wish you to see that their health and wellbeing (both physically and spiritually) is not separate from us. | Dec 01, 2020 | |
| 10,113 | catherine P. | Milpitas, ca | Nov 30, 2020 | ||
| 10,112 | Anh C. | San Jose, CA | Let's uphold indigenous rights and protect this land | Nov 30, 2020 | |
| 10,111 | Miles B. | Burlingame, CA | Nov 30, 2020 | ||
| 10,110 | Hannah P. | Berkeley, CA | Protect this land! | Nov 30, 2020 | |
| 10,109 | Anne-Lise F. | Berkeley, CA | Nov 30, 2020 | ||
| 10,108 | eileen s. | Woodacre, CA | Nov 30, 2020 | ||
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