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Sneak peak of the new we're supplying -- and diverted from the -- these felled urban trees will now serve as benches in the the new neighborhood in South

Client:
Design: and .jonespowell
Sustainable Redwood:
Millwork & Fabrication: Golden State Portable Milling
Hauling & Placement:
Installation: Los Loza Construction Inc.

Many hands make light work.

Here you see the crew from Arriaga Masonry including Cesar (on the trailer) with Julio (left) and Hilberto (right) loading a 4x4 onto the trailer.

All of this was designed and selected by the extremely dedicated and talented team of -- including , Alain, Story, Dana, Sarah, and many more.

Soon all of this material will be installed at the of Anthropology on the campus for a very important project: by -- the first restaurant in the world on native

Vincent & Louis vision -- mak-huššištak -- is to:
"Work towards the restoration of Ohlone Indian culinary traditions as a part of the larger, ongoing effort that empowers with our rich cultural identity.

In order to create food that is truly Ohlone and representative of the values our traditional cuisine upholds we reconnect with specific food traditions of our community, both ones that are practiced by elders in our families, as well as restoring older food traditions that are preserved in ethnographic documentation recorded by our communities in 1920s and 1930s. Through these methods, we are able to restore food traditions and bring these values and foods back into our daily lives and homes."

Note: these are Vincent and Louis' words from their website -- to learn more visit the link below. makamham.com/valuesandvision

Vincent & Louis' vision and story -- to bring more awareness to Ohlone peoples, culture, and cuisine -- is only just beginning and we are grateful for the opportunity to help turn this idea into reality with so many other supporters. Big thanks to who coordinates so much behind the scenes.

Wondering what you can do to support Cafe Ohlone?

First, check out makamham.com/supportus or makamham.com/blog to learn more about what is going on.

More generally though: always talk about Ohlone in the present tense -- these are the first peoples to live here in what we now call the and have been living here for thousands of years.