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Ohlone people and others are rejoicing over the return of sacred Native land dating back thousands of years. They said at a news conference in Berkeley, California, on Wednesday that

Ohlone people and others are rejoicing over the return of sacred native land dating back thousands of years. They said at a news conference in Berkeley, California, on Wednesday that

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — 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.

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.

The 2.2-acre tract sits on top of a sacred tribal shell mound dating back 5,700 years.

Ohlone people and others rejoiced Wednesday over the return of sacred Native land dating back thousands of years, saying the move rights a historic wrong and restores the people who were first on land now called Berkeley to their rightful place in history.

The Berkeley City Council unanimously approved a plan to turn what is currently a parking lot atop a shell mound over to the Ohlone people.

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Native American protesters at the Black Hills, now the site of Mount Rushmore. Micah Garen/Getty ImagesIn many parts of what is now the United States, communities have in recent years replaced Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day. Celebrating Indigenous cultures every October is important. But in this moment when the U.S. is reckoning with legacies of racism and colonialism, many Indigenous nations call for something more – the return of ancestral lands. Having spoken to Native Americ...