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    Lower Bottoms Mini Library

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    Little Free Library - a shelf made out of ice cream sticks!

    Little Free Library

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    Lake Merritt

    this large blue box with a lite green frame on a tree stump isn't part of the Little Free Library…read more"system" as it's labeled as "Alice St. Little Library". nevertheless, it's a great addition as there are zero libraries in the surrounding communities. it's on the corner of Alice & 17th St. in front of large apartment. there's nonfiction , fiction, and a single children's book. read: "Xia Yue Le/It's Raining!" (J FiC) all in chinese, -a beginning reader for Chinese readers with simple illustrations. -story revolves around a pond in the open spaces where wild animals (lion, elephant, cows, giraffes, birds, monkeys, ducks go to drink water. -they don't equally share, the bigger animals have primary access. -when the puddle evaporates, rain water replenishes it. -the pics are self-explanatory, knowing a few Chinese words helps a lot.

    LFLs are such a gem wherever they pop up! This one especially as Lakeside and surrounding 'hoods…read more(Uptown Oakland & Chinatown) seem to be strangely devoid of them. It could be that I wasn't looking hard enough as well... This is an unofficial Little Free Library, meaning it's not registered thus it won't show up on the official site: https://littlefreelibrary.org That said, that doesn't matter to the average Joe, as its "offering" is exactly the same: piles & piles of books! Classics, some obscure literary choices, exam books & anything that someone wants to part with. The more the better. Major kudos to the individuals who conceived this blue-colored LFL from scratch, and situated it on an underutilized tree stump. It offers a wonderful pulse of the community!

    Little Free Library - Native Americans died because greedy miners, settlers wanted Native land.

    Little Free Library

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    North Oakland, Rockridge

    this turquoise framed, wooden library (#7983) has a selection of fiction & nonfiction books…read more reads: "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West" (Dee Brown) *this novel changed the way Americans viewed the experience of Native Americans. resource materials: "..lst hand statements by Indians are the records of treaty councils and other formal meetings with civilian and military representatives of the US gov't". -each chapter tells a tale of an Indian tribe who eventually is moved from it's own land, forced to sell same to the government who made promises of $, provisions, annuities, and being able to live in the new land in perpetuity. methods US used: starvation, coercion by military force, mass killings of tribal people. -Native American tribes moved because their land were desired by settlers, speculators, miners et al. promises made by the US in treaties were not later honored, promises not met. -"friendly" tribes who never warred with the US were removed as well as "hostile" tribes who resisted militarily against settlers and US soldiers. -negotiated treaty terms weren't communicated accurately to Native chiefs by US translators. language in treaties passed by US Congress differed with actual deals negotiated between Native Tribes & US agents. -overall Native Americans wanted peace. they only went to war to protect their land after miners, settlers, and the US military began random, unprovoked killings of their peoples.

    Lower Bottoms Mini Library - communitybookbox - Updated May 2026

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