we ask you to carry our blessings to the- coastal miwok. and the palme and sisters who are sustaining us in this beautiful place. we ask you in your beauty. to talk to the secretary for us to talk to the thunder nation for us to talk to the waters of the oceans. to talk to the mountains. to flow through s. and the sacred manner and give us words. give us a way forward help us to honor you as you honor us help us to understand. that you are all that is. and we are your children. that you issue flow to our mentors. within her veins would you issue. come down from the skies. would you issue live within our wills. would you that take care of this we come today and we offer this song. i thank you. i he- i'll do my best. because here and for future generations for all ten brands. we say thank you for this line. the song says nick on a guy who see we've the hamam really. and that is simply we thank you. for this sacred gift of water in the blessing that. brings to us water is in everything and everything is in within the water. ni conley tom who's

so erica is coastal miwok and blackfoot. she has been participating for several months in a project through the bioneers indigeneity program, working with my google earth outreach team to teach mapping skills to the native youth, and they decided they wanted to come up with a map of gentrification for oakland. now, i wanted to start this is not her map. i wanted to start with this map, because this is the typical map you see, which is government data produced by people who don't live in the area, and it s like based on the sale of housing, the prices of housing and so on. it s a fine map for that, but it s a little cold. i don't know what i would say. it s impersonal. what erica, she led the group in doing, is making what i would call a personal map from the inside of the experience of a person affected by gentrification, whose home was taken away, who became homeless and had to learn how to find resources in oakland if you need food, if you need a shower, if you need a phone to reach people because you don't have a phone an

it comes from the miwok village that was right along this river petaluma. i know a lot of us think of chickens and eggs when we think about this little north bay town, but there is a lot more to explore. so let's take a minute now to look back on the rich history of petaluma. petaluma is history winds, much like the river that runs right through downtown. like many of the world's great cities, petaluma inc in 18, 58 and eventual growth can be tied directly to a waterway in this case, the petaluma river in the gold rush era, the town's riverfront location made it possible to ship poultry, grain and dairy products to the booming populations of oakland and san francisco. petaluma is growing egg industry spurred the tagline the world's egg basket, which the city still celebrates with the annual butter and eggs day parade. now you can find all types of recreation on the river, including kayaks stand up paddleboard and river cruises that the use of the river has changed over the last century and a half remains an important part of petaluma economy. petaluma is do