{"id":16714,"date":"2020-12-03T10:25:39","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T18:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=16714"},"modified":"2020-12-03T10:25:41","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T18:25:41","slug":"dolores-park-could-become-part-of-american-indian-cultural-district-under-sup-ronen-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2020\/12\/03\/dolores-park-could-become-part-of-american-indian-cultural-district-under-sup-ronen-proposal\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolores Park Could Become Part of American Indian Cultural District Under Sup. Ronen Proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>1 DECEMBER 2020\/<a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/news\/\">SF NEWS<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/author\/joe-kukura\/\">JOE KUKURA<\/a> (sfist.com)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cruelty, subjugation, and much worse took place centuries ago on the site of what we now call Dolores Park, and Supervisor Hillary Ronen wants that remembered as part of the park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>San Francisco has spawned a few designated cultural districts in the last few years, like the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/2019\/06\/24\/here-comes-the-gayborhood-castro-may-be-designated-as-an-lgbtq-cultural-district\/\">LGBTQ Cultural Districts<\/a>&nbsp;and the Mission\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/calle-24-latino-cultural-district\/\">Calle 24 Latino Cultural District<\/a>. (These are slightly different than historic districts, like the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/2017\/01\/31\/transgender_tenderloin_district_com\/\">Transgender Historic District<\/a>&nbsp;in the Tenderloin.) One lesser known district might get a boost in its visibility, as the Examiner reports on Supervisor Hillary Ronen\u2019s proposal to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfexaminer.com\/news\/american-indian-cultural-district-expanding-to-include-dolores-park\/\">include Dolores Park in an American Indian Cultural District<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1333833249550954500&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fsfist.com%2F2020%2F12%2F01%2Fdolores-park-could-become-part-of-american-indian-cultural-district-under-sup-ronen-proposal%2F&amp;siteScreenName=SFist&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/americanindianculturaldistrict.org\/\">American Indian Cultural District<\/a>&nbsp;already exists \u2014 this proposal would merely extend its boundaries into a highly foot-trafficked area. Sup. Ronen proposed the district a year ago, and it was established in March of this year when&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/2020\/03\/16\/lockdown-arrives-shelter-in-place-orders-go-in-effect-at-midnight\/\">other news overshadowed it<\/a>. At the time of her original proposal, Ronen was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2019\/11\/american-indian-cultural-district-proposed-for-heart-of-the-mission\/\">quoted by Mission Local<\/a>&nbsp;as saying the district would \u201cprovide a recognizable home base for the American Indian community to ensure that its history and contributions are not forgotten and overwritten \u2014 and continue to be written in the present day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1313592973746008065&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fsfist.com%2F2020%2F12%2F01%2Fdolores-park-could-become-part-of-american-indian-cultural-district-under-sup-ronen-proposal%2F&amp;siteScreenName=SFist&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As you see from the map above, the existing American Indian Cultural District stops right before Dolores Park (at the lower left where you see the Bi-Rite Creamery). Per the Examiner, the designation would allow for the addition of \u201ca mural project, flag banners marking the boundaries, and a walking tour using QR codes people can scan to learn more about the sites.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1315790183187443713&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fsfist.com%2F2020%2F12%2F01%2Fdolores-park-could-become-part-of-american-indian-cultural-district-under-sup-ronen-proposal%2F&amp;siteScreenName=SFist&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Many moons ago, Dolores Park was known as Chutchui, an indigenous Ramaytush Ohlone village. Many of those Ohlone were enslaved to build Mission Dolores Church, an endeavor involving plenty of rape and murder as well, which local writer Gary Kamiya covered well in this 2019 Chronicle piece &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/chronicle_vault\/article\/Mission-Dolores-dark-legacy-for-Indians-From-14785648.php\">Mission Dolores\u2019 dark legacy for Indians: From salvation to subjugation and death<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For obvious reasons, some Catholic churches are&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/2020\/06\/30\/eyeroll-sf-archbishop-holds-exorcism\/\">having trouble coming to terms<\/a>&nbsp;with the Missions\u2019 roles in indigenous genocide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-3&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1331343551653761024&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fsfist.com%2F2020%2F12%2F01%2Fdolores-park-could-become-part-of-american-indian-cultural-district-under-sup-ronen-proposal%2F&amp;siteScreenName=SFist&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ronen also has a proposal working through committee level to read a statement&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfexaminer.com\/news\/sf-supervisors-could-acknowledge-ramaytush-ohlone-at-every-meeting\/\">acknowledging the Ohlone people<\/a>&nbsp;at the beginning of each board meeting, just as they do with the Pledge of Allegiance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1 DECEMBER 2020\/SF NEWS\/JOE KUKURA (sfist.com) Cruelty, subjugation, and much worse took place centuries ago on the site of what we now call Dolores Park, and Supervisor Hillary Ronen wants that remembered as part of the park. San Francisco has spawned a few designated cultural districts in the last few&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2020\/12\/03\/dolores-park-could-become-part-of-american-indian-cultural-district-under-sup-ronen-proposal\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16714"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16714"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16715,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16714\/revisions\/16715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}