www.treehousebydesign.com/blog/images/berkele...640 x 400 - 124kIt's coming down. A last hope would be for a large amount of people to storm the grove and take it back, what's left of it. So sad...
UC Berkeley Begins Destruction of Native American Sacred Site
Indigenous Peoples Decry Human Rights Abuses. Tree Sitters Call for Support
September 5th, 2008 Contact: Marcella Sadlowski (562) 472-5276
UC Berkeley Begins Destruction of Native American Sacred Site
Indigenous Peoples Decry Human Rights Abuses.
Tree Sitters Call for Support
BERKELEY, CA- University of California police moved in yesterday morning and cut many limbs and branches of a Redwood tree and cut down twelve Oak trees that have been protected by tree-sitting protesters for the last 21 months. Five people were arrested as they peacefully pleaded with arborists not to destroying the trees of the Memorial Oak Grove deemed a sacred burial site to Ohlone Indians. Twelve trees were cut today and the University says they will continue cutting 46 over the weekend. Four protesters remain in a single Redwood tree in the center of the grove. Arborists trimmed most of the branches from the Redwood tree occupied by the four remaining tree sitters. Cutting the branches made it virtually impossible for the tree sitters to move from tree to tree. A spokesman for the campus said that within three days, the University would no longer honor its agreement to ensure they had adequate nutrition and water. The tree sitters currently only have one liter of water to share between four people as they sit in 90 degree heat...more
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