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Local Tribes Help Break Ground On New Monument At State Capitol
Sacramento, CA — A memorial in honor of the late William Franklin Sr., a well-respected member of the Miwok tribe, is being constructed on the state capitol grounds in Sacramento. It will replace a statue of Rev. Junipero Serra, a Roman Catholic Priest who built the missions from San Diego to San Francisco. Serra’s statue was torn down by protestors in 2020 in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd. Serra’s place in California history has been re-evaluated and criticized in recent years in relation to his harsh treatment of Native Americans. Assemblymember James Ramos, the lone Native American in the state legislature, sponsored a bill to replace the Serra statue with one of Franklin, wh

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