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In a letter sent to UC President Drake on April 21, members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs informed Drake that the UC system has failed to “expeditiously” return Indigenous ancestral remains and cultural artifacts.

Today, a UC Berkeley work crew stripped the lettering off Moses Hall after UC President Michael Drake approved a proposal submitted by campus Chancellor Carol Christ in December to unname the building, according to a campus press release. The building, temporarily dubbed Philosophy Hall, awaits approval for the formal renaming. 

By analyzing the change in forest cover between 1985 and 2019, researchers found that forest cover change was 0.77 percent points higher each year for Indigenous tenured lands compared with those without tenure, signaling a steady decrease in deforestation after tenure.

Finding community on campus is ‘crucial’ for the thousands of Latine and Chicanx students at UC Berkeley. While the school touts its diverse student body on flyers and campaigns, Emiliano Silva felt alone as a Mexican transfer student before joining the mariachi group.

‘ottoy, a restaurant launched by Cafe Ohlone, opened Wednesday at UC Berkeley’s Hearst Museum of Anthropology.

Home to students from all over the world, UC Berkeley has long been a melting pot of many different languages and cultures.

Remember through poetry how far you’ve come with the months and moments of 2021.

As I've learned more about my family history and the history of Thanksgiving, I've begun to wonder how we could celebrate such a horrible moment in history.

Our outright vicious history with tribes cannot be mitigated with just a land acknowledgment, just a heritage month, just the unnaming of two lecture halls.

Although Thanksgiving is a cheerful time for many families, it's important to recognize the harmful history behind the holiday.