Microlecture 2 There There

When I viewed Kelci's Microlecture 2 on There There, I learned a lot about the history of Mission Santa Clara and its relations to Native Americans.  The Ohlone and Muwekma Ohlone tribes lived on the land that is now known as Santa Clara University's land.  I feel like it is sad to think that these Native Americans no longer have this land.  One thing that I thought was interesting was that the land used to be used for agriculture, and it spanned about 80,000 acres up until the 1840s.  I had no idea that the land was used for these purposes so long ago, and it is interesting to see how the history of the university intertwines with Native American history.  I like how Santa Clara University uses a Land Acknowledgement to give respect to the Ohlone tribes.  It also amazed me how Santa Clara University still has so many primary documents from a long time ago that relate to its history.  I did not know that these documents were preserved for so long, and I thought it was interesting how you could still see the fingerprints of Native Americans.  Kelci also brought up the point that it would be wrong for Santa Clara University's library to try to take locally kept Ohlone archives from Ohlone people today.  I think that this microlecture helps me think differently about Tommy Orange's There There because I can see more of the history of indigenous people and what they went through as it applies to a familiar place to me, which is Santa Clara University.