Toloma Grove
A reflection area that can serve as a hub for hosting special events for the campus and community, with focus on celebrating Native American cultural practices and acknowledging societal challenges – pow wow, basket-weaving, Native dances, story-telling, drum circles
Features:
- Small oak grove – seven saplings
- Native plants, including red bud, elderberry, deer grass, and chokecherry
- Granite boulder with brass plaque acknowledging California native groups, especially local groups
- Three rock benches
*Toloma means "Bobcat" in Miwuk
Granite Monument:
This UC Merced monument acknowledges all indigenous peoples, including Yokuts and Miwuk, who have inhabited or passed through this area. We are grateful for the opportunity to live, learn, and work on their land. We greatly value our connections and collaborations with all local native groups, now and in future generations.
