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Native Bones and Toxic Waste Buried Under a Shopping Mall

“Shellmound” is the story of how one location was transformed from a sacred center of pre-historic cultures to a commercial mecca for modern people. What began as a Native American burial ground three thousand years ago, was transformed first into an amusement park, and later an industrial age paint factory.

Documentary History capitalism environment native peoples urban studies social politics bay area indigenous peoples emeryville urban planning environmental documentary history