mike meebak went to the site and says this isn't the first time an indian burial site has been discovered in the area. >> reporter: we found ramona garabea, a native american. >> a lot of people don't know we're still here. >> reporter: on this plot of pleasantton land, crews are delicately removing remains from what she says is a native american burial site. >> my job is to make sure that they get respected. i do this from my heart, so isle not doing it for any other reason. >> reporter: this is not the first native american burial site found in this area. it add to the evidence that ramona's people once lived here. >> maybe a thousand. >> reporter: a thousand remains discovered during the last dozen years. >> they're buried with all their fuels and jewelry, because they believed that they were going to go to another world and they were going to need it. >> reporter: and discoveries like this is an emotional time for ramona. if she had the choice, she wishes they could remain right here, in a lace they once called home. mike meebak, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the sheriff's department is in