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As COVID-19 cases rise, at least eight California State University campuses are starting the semester remotely.

Tribal groups sued the university in October 2019 after the campus dumped construction soil from a housing development on the site of Puvungna, a site that has significant spiritual importance for the Native American tribes.

Updated: 5:29 PM PDT April 22, 2021 CALIFORNIA, USA — The California State University and University of California systems jointly announced Thursday that they will both require all students and staff returning for on-campus classes and activities to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The requirement, however, will not take effect until one or more of the COVID vaccines receives full approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Current vaccines are being administere...

- ADVERTISEMENT - The California Native American Heritage Commission, a nine-member body appointed by the governor, has accused the university of misstating the commission’s position on the care of the site, and misrepresenting the commission’s role in facilitating talks between CSULB and local tribal groups. While the commission’s agenda for Friday doesn’t provide details beyond listing a tribal request for a “Puvungna Investigation,” the commission previously wrote a letter saying...

Calling Long Beach a welcoming community with a history of supporting immigrants, the City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a plan to lease the Convention Center to the federal government to use as an emergency shelter for migrant children who are arriving unaccompanied at the U.S.-Mexico border. - ADVERTISEMENT - The federal Department of Health and Human Services last week tapped Long Beach as a possible shelter location as convention centers in Dallas and San Diego have already been ...

April 7, 2021 2:32 PM Young unaccompanied migrants, ages 3-9, watch TV inside a playpen at the Donna Department of Homeland Security holding facility in Texas Rio Grande Valley, March 30, 2021. (Photo by Dario Lopez-Mills/POOL/AFP) The Long Beach City Council unanimously approved a plan Tuesday night to convert the citys convention center into a temporary shelter for up to 1,000 unaccompanied migrant children. The site will be run by the U.S Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and F...

A trial over Cal State Long Beach’s treatment of indigenous land is inching closer to the courtroom, and on Monday, tribal leaders outlined the protections they’re seeking in the hopes of blocking the potential of ever developing a plot of revered ground known as Puvungna. - ADVERTISEMENT - All of CSULB was built on land tribes considered to be part of Puvungna, which was a village and place of creation and burial site for the indigenous people who lived there. Now, indigenous nations say t...