she's part of the amah mutsun tribal ban and wanted to come to uc santa cruz to be connected to her ancestorsted to live on a tribal land. when i was living here, only like four other members were living on the land at the time. >> reporter: the bell that hung outside of the services center was something she walked past often bringing up a painful past. >> it was just a constant reminder of the brutality and all the terror our people went through just there in my face. >> reporter: the bells are markers between missions, but many say they were used to tell the native americans who were forced to work and tortured at the missions when it was time to eat, sleep or get up for work. when the bell was brought to the attention of one uc santa cruz official, she got to work. >> oftentimes those voices have not been heard and their histories have not been told. when we find opportunities to pain musketion. help heal that >> reporter: leaders hope this bell being taken down is just the fiall remaining. >> to most california indians the el camino real represents destruction and domination. this is the