The Noyo Bida Truth Project April Teach-in Will Be on April 12th
This is a press release from the Noyo Bida Truth Project:
The Noyo Bida Truth Project April Teach-in will be Sunday, April 12 at 2 p.m. in the Community Room of the Fort Bragg Library at 499 E. Laurel Street, Noyo Bida, CA.
Envisioned as a program to educate attendees about the issues involved in returning native names to local sites, including our City, and to hear neighbors’ ideas, the teach-in will last about one hour and will feature the speaker and a question and answer/discussion period.
Our speaker this month will be Kyle Whiterock a Yokayo and Big Valley Pomo artist, actor and director. He serves as a Student Retention Specialist at Mendocino College.
Whiterock has worked in Indigenous Communities for over 5 years, and continues to work to uplift and motivate community youth. He is currently pursing his Bachelor’s in Social Work at Cal Poly Humboldt. He serves on the Board of The Noyo Bida Truth Project
His topic will be: “Working in Education – Native American Student Success”
This program is neither sponsored by nor endorsed by the Mendocino County Library.
More information at https://thenoyobidatruthproject.org/
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There is not, and will never be a place called Noyo Bida.
The new name doesn’t have to be Noyo Bida, just one that doesn’t honor a Confederate general.
This is your personal idiosyncratic Moby Dick. At least Ahab had a personal grudge against the white whale when he drove everyone relentlessly. For most of the world, they either don’t see it the same way, certainly are not interested in an ugly voyage of retaliation or, if pushed, they root for the whale over Ahab.
I don’t agree that everything should be renamed. Renaming will mean that many if not most people will not know where or what is being named when signs, maps, or conversationalists use the new names in a different language most Americans don’t speak.
If it is tribal controlled land they can name it and that is perfectly right of them to do so.
Tourists will always flock to the Mendocino Coast, whether we keep a Confederate name or choose a better one.
I think erasing local history with renaming that erases it is backwards. Someday no one will remember any of the bad history or good history because it was erased by those too offended by the idea of knowing or hearing about it.