Decolonize: Junipero Serra toppled for good

Caltrans removes Junipero Serra statue from Interstate 280 rest stop on the Peninsula

(KPIX | CBS NEWS BAY AREA) Oct. 7, 2025: Caltrans has quietly removed a statue of [colonizer and Catholic saint] Junipero Serra from Interstate Highway 280 on the Peninsula, and the move is reigniting a debate over the 18th-century missionary's legacy. Brad Hamilton reports.

• Indigenous Peoples' Day (U.S.) is Oct. 13th, 2025

(Shalom World Conferences) Native Americans dare to desecrate saint

Junipero Serra statue vandalized at California mission

(KSBY News) Nov. 3, 2017: Junipero Serra statue vandalized at California mission (again). [Why would any Indigenous (American Indian) mind a legacy of rape, ethnic cleansing, erasure, and genocide? Come on! It's American history and the legacy of European invasion, colonization, and Spanish conquest. It's Manifest Destiny. It's the will of God against savages to promote and elevate the White Man who cometh onto these shores to plunder and elevate everything to his liking.]

• Xochitl, Pfc. Sandoval, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly