Against All Odds
Native Californian Stories of Endurance & Continuance
Have you ever wondered what happened to the first people of the place now known as Hayward and beyond?
We invite you to join Jalquin/Saclan Ohlone/Bay Miwok elder Ruth Orta and her five-generation, 60+ member extended family as they share details of their tribal, family, and ancestral history. Despite more than two centuries of upheaval, suffering, and change since the colonization of their homelands, against all
Students at Cal State East Bay created the exhibition for The C. E. Smith Museum on the Hayward campus. Students collaborated with Nancy Olsen, a De Anza College professor, and Bev Ortiz, a naturalist