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1/ This headline 91 years ago in what is now #HuntingtonBeach
Over 500 people descended on the burial site, carting away "skulls and other relics." Thousands of years of human history were picked apart and carted away to private collections.
#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
Over 500 people descended on the burial site, carting away "skulls and other relics." Thousands of years of human history were picked apart and carted away to private collections.
#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
2/ The late 1800s Buck Ranch was in Wintersburg near .@WintersburgHB, Edwards Street and Varsity Drive. Some items are in Bowers Museum collection, but not everything is accounted for & likely in private homes.
#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
Read more: historicwintersburg.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-pl…
#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
Read more: historicwintersburg.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-pl…
3/ Early 1900s: Universe Effigy west of @WintersburgHB on Cole Ranch.
1970s: Multiple burial site 1320 ft NW of .@WintersburgHB.
Evidence of shell midden & other artifacts on endangered #HistoricWintersburg.
Significant burial remains in the Bolsa Chica Wetlands.
1970s: Multiple burial site 1320 ft NW of .@WintersburgHB.
Evidence of shell midden & other artifacts on endangered #HistoricWintersburg.
Significant burial remains in the Bolsa Chica Wetlands.
1/ About Oka Elementary School in #HuntingtonBeach. It is connected to the history of endangered #AAPI National Treasure #HistoricWintersburg, which Steel failed to recognize or help save while OC supervisor & now as a congressional rep.
The school is named after Isojiro Oka.
The school is named after Isojiro Oka.
2/ Isojiro Oka was arrested & taken by FBI on January 28, 1942, for the sole reason of his Japanese ancestry.
He arrived in Huntington Beach circa 1907. Isojiro Oka and Hisamatsu Tamura purchased land in Talbert (Fountain Valley) specifically to build a school.
He arrived in Huntington Beach circa 1907. Isojiro Oka and Hisamatsu Tamura purchased land in Talbert (Fountain Valley) specifically to build a school.
3/ They got a building from Standard Oil, moved it to the property, & it became one of the four Japanese language schools in Orange County. He continued to contribute to schools his entire life, sharing produce grown on his farm.
