The Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) is under pressure to remove its historically accurate dark-skinned Cigar Store Indian statue due to efforts led by the Native Advisory Council. This statue is not a stereotype—it is a visual record of the true Original Americans, whose history has been rewritten and erased for far too long.

We stand with the descendants of the Original Americans in demanding that this erasure be stopped. The dark-skinned Indigenous peoples of America have been misclassified, their images erased, and their history stolen. Removing this statue only furthers that injustice.

We call on OMCA and the Native Advisory Council to:

Cease all efforts to remove the Cigar Store Indian statue and any other depictions of the true Original Americans.
Acknowledge the historical identity of dark-skinned Indigenous peoples and ensure their representation in Indigenous advisory decisions.
Preserve the truth by protecting artifacts that reflect the reality of America’s first inhabitants.
The continued erasure of these images is unacceptable. We must stop the rewriting of history and stand for historical truth.

Sign this petition to demand that OMCA and the Native Advisory Council respect and preserve the imagery of the true Original Americans!