Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Coming Together
Making amends takes many forms. In California, a state with no indigenous colleges, tribes like the Miwok — who previously inhabited Yosemite Valley and San Francisco Bay — also have no reservation. With by far the largest indigenous population in the country, California could easily help its tribes to establish a first-rate Native American university on the existing San Francisco Presidio campus. As a renowned incubator of ideas, such an innovative addition to the Bay Area academic industry would further consolidate its already international reputation.
