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An Ode to My City by the Bay

So many movies and television shows have been filmed in San Francisco, with one of my favorites being “The Last Black Man in San Francisco.” A quote from that movie that resonated with me when talking about the city was, “You don’t get to hate it unless you love it.” That perfectly sums up my feelings for the dazzling city I call home, and my feelings towards those who only see the city for how it is portrayed through media outlets.

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Indigenous Peoples of the Bay Area: A History of Survival

Given the massive diversity in languages, family groups, customs, and cultures, the native people of the northern and central California coasts likely would not have seen themselves as belonging to any single common group prior to the arrival of the Spanish. To some degree, this persists today, with many local Indigenous people self-identifying primarily as members of one or more of approximately 58 distinct regional cultures that are grouped under the umbrella-term “Ohlone.” 

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