A trial over Cal State Long Beach’s treatment of indigenous land is inching closer to the courtroom, and on Monday, tribal leaders outlined the protections they’re seeking in the hopes of blocking the potential of ever developing a plot of revered ground known as Puvungna.
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All of CSULB was built on land tribes considered to be part of Puvungna, which was a village and place of creation and burial site for the indigenous people who lived there. Now, indigenous nations say they use the remaining 22 acres of undeveloped land along Bellflower Boulevard for ceremonies and spiritual gatherings.