Dear Governor Newsom and members of the California State Legislature:
We urge you to pass legislation to remove all of the “El Camino Real” mission bell markers from state highways and other lands within the jurisdiction of the state of California. As symbols of the domination and enslavement of Indigenous peoples in the California mission system, these bells do not belong on public display.
El Camino Real bell markers were installed over the past century to boost tourism and promote a fanciful, inaccurate and racist interpretation of mission history. Towering above public roads traveled by millions of Californians, these painful monuments glorify the Spanish mission system that sought to eliminate Native American cultures, spiritual practices and ways of life.
California’s missions led directly to the deaths of about 100,000 Indigenous people and were places of immense suffering and rampant abuse. Today’s California tribes that survived the missions—and subsequent Mexican and American colonization—continue to experience the impacts of historical trauma and most remain landless within their own territories.
Please honor the requests of tribal leaders by requiring that Caltrans, California State Parks, and other state agencies take immediate action to remove these harmful bell markers from public property. As a step towards addressing the damage caused by California’s legacy of installing and maintaining these symbols, please establish a process for consulting with tribal representatives regarding new truth-telling historical markers, signs and other initiatives honoring California’s Indigenous peoples.
Upon signing this petition, an email will be sent to Governor Newsom’s office.
816 | Cynthia B. | RIVERSIDE , CA. 92504 | Feb 08, 2023 | |||
815 | John O. | Orange , CA | Feb 08, 2023 | |||
814 | Freddy E. | Cudahy, CA | Feb 08, 2023 | |||
813 | nadia c. | rancho cucamonga, ca | we are on turtle island | Feb 07, 2023 | ||
812 | Yolanda R. | Santa ana, Ca | Feb 06, 2023 | |||
811 | Salvador L. | Santa Ana, Ca | Feb 06, 2023 | |||
810 | Maritza B. | Anaheim, CA | Feb 06, 2023 | |||
809 | Jose Luis C. | Fresno, Ca. | Feb 06, 2023 | |||
808 | Ruby S. | Hawthorne , Ca | Feb 05, 2023 | |||
807 | Jesse M P. | Bakersfield , Ca | I’m Native American Mexica/Apache | Feb 05, 2023 | ||
806 | Manuel R. | Watsonville , California | Feb 05, 2023 | |||
805 | Leticia R. | Sparks, NV | A part of healing is being hindered by continuing to allow the markers of massacres that have been left behind as symbols of racism to our peoples. REMOVE THE BELLS. DON'T JUST SUPPORT OUR PEOPLE WHEN IT IS GOOD FOR YOUR VOTES. SUPPORT US ALWAYS | Feb 05, 2023 | ||
804 | Adan P. | Redondo Beach , California | Feb 05, 2023 | |||
803 | Elisa C. | CA. | Feb 05, 2023 | |||
802 | Diane B. | Huntington Beach, Ca | Feb 05, 2023 | |||
801 | Citlali A. | Anaheim, Ca | Feb 05, 2023 | |||
800 | Veronika D. | Anaheim , Ca | Feb 05, 2023 | |||
799 | Java R. | Anaheim , Ca | Feb 05, 2023 | |||
798 | Cascada W. | Anaheim , Ca | Feb 05, 2023 | |||
797 | Amirah G. | Santa Ana, Ca | Feb 05, 2023 | |||
796 | Yvette H. | Perris, Ca | Feb 05, 2023 | |||
795 | nora C. | Feb 05, 2023 | ||||
794 | Edgar C. | Feb 05, 2023 | ||||
793 | Evelyn G. | Anaheim, Ca | Feb 05, 2023 | |||
792 | Harold M. | Anaheim , Ca | Feb 05, 2023 | |||
791 | Adrian M. | Ca | Feb 05, 2023 | |||
790 | Jimmy A. | Ca | Feb 05, 2023 | |||
789 | Luez C. | Ca | Feb 05, 2023 | |||
788 | Ramon E. | Ca | Feb 05, 2023 | |||
787 | Jessica M. | Ca | Feb 05, 2023 | |||
786 | Jose S. | Ca | Feb 05, 2023 | |||
785 | Victoria G. | Ca | Feb 05, 2023 | |||
784 | Erik R. | Anaheim, Ca | Feb 05, 2023 | |||
783 | Eagle R. | Long Beach, Ca | Feb 05, 2023 | |||
782 | Senta B. | Anaheim, Ca | Remove this or we will remove them ourselves you Americans have taken everything fr us and th one way you can do.this apology is taking down this bells and put a plaque and history statue of what really happened. | Feb 05, 2023 | ||
781 | Carla T. | Amaheim, Ca | I'm a women and native first peoples and these bells are part of our historical trua take them down. | Feb 05, 2023 | ||
780 | Abel H. | Anaheim, Ca | I'm signing because these 21 missions and bells must come down because they represent the killing of amd.eslavement of the originals pepoles of California. | Feb 05, 2023 | ||
779 | Arial H. | Anaheim, Ca | There going to come down these bells represent white | Feb 05, 2023 | ||
778 | Stogie A. | Anaheim, Ca | We wonder when these bells will come down it's been long over due now take the don! | Feb 05, 2023 | ||
777 | Dama M. | Anaheim, Ca | Here the clappers and the ancient voices saying take down these bells( | Feb 05, 2023 | ||
776 | Valarie R. | Anaheim, Ca | Laters to these bells must come down. | Feb 05, 2023 | ||
775 | Lisa B. | Anaheim, Ca | Feb 05, 2023 | |||
774 | Brown V. | Anaheim, Ca | Removed 2 plus 503 more. | Feb 05, 2023 | ||
773 | Stogie R. | Anaheim, Ca | Feb 05, 2023 | |||
772 | Cerda B. | Anaheim, Ca | Let's say later to this bells and bring my new native old ancient statues. | Feb 05, 2023 | ||
771 | Kaya Z. | Anaheim , Ca | Let's all take them down! | Feb 05, 2023 | ||
770 | Lance G. | Anaheim, Ca | Let's get rid of these bells. | Feb 05, 2023 | ||
769 | Jorge G. | Simi, Ca | Feb 05, 2023 | |||
768 | Angelia M. | Oakland, ca | Feb 05, 2023 | |||
767 | Tezkatlipoka G. | Yuma, AZ | Feb 05, 2023 | |||
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