FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH PALO ALTO, UCC
  • Home
  • Worship
    • What to Expect
    • Choirs
  • Connect
    • Children's Ministries
    • Youth Ministries
    • Confirmation
    • Concert Series
    • Spring Musicals
    • Women's Retreat
    • Men's Retreat
    • Tuesday Fellowship
    • Artisans' Bazaar
  • About
    • FCCPA Features
    • Denomination
    • History & Governance
    • Our Newsletter
    • Calendar of Events
    • Staff
  • Serve
    • Outreach Ministries
    • Community Grants Committee
    • Hotel de Zink
    • ​Ecumenical & Interfaith Partners
    • Shop Fair Trade
    • Bay Area Native Allies Project (BANAP) >
      • Land Acknowledgements
      • Activities & Events
      • History Resources
      • Current News
      • Allies Taking Action
      • Environment
  • Watch/Listen
    • Worship Services
    • Messages
  • Give
    • Ways to Give
    • Legacy Giving
    • Members
    • Stewardship 2022-23
  • Rentals
    • Weddings >
      • Tours & Booking
      • Facility Info & Rental Fees
      • Planning Your Wedding
      • Wedding Photo Gallery
    • Concerts and Other Rentals >
      • Tours & Bookings
      • Event Gallery
    • Weddings, Concerts & Events FAQ's
    • Contact Us
  • Home
  • Worship
    • What to Expect
    • Choirs
  • Connect
    • Children's Ministries
    • Youth Ministries
    • Confirmation
    • Concert Series
    • Spring Musicals
    • Women's Retreat
    • Men's Retreat
    • Tuesday Fellowship
    • Artisans' Bazaar
  • About
    • FCCPA Features
    • Denomination
    • History & Governance
    • Our Newsletter
    • Calendar of Events
    • Staff
  • Serve
    • Outreach Ministries
    • Community Grants Committee
    • Hotel de Zink
    • ​Ecumenical & Interfaith Partners
    • Shop Fair Trade
    • Bay Area Native Allies Project (BANAP) >
      • Land Acknowledgements
      • Activities & Events
      • History Resources
      • Current News
      • Allies Taking Action
      • Environment
  • Watch/Listen
    • Worship Services
    • Messages
  • Give
    • Ways to Give
    • Legacy Giving
    • Members
    • Stewardship 2022-23
  • Rentals
    • Weddings >
      • Tours & Booking
      • Facility Info & Rental Fees
      • Planning Your Wedding
      • Wedding Photo Gallery
    • Concerts and Other Rentals >
      • Tours & Bookings
      • Event Gallery
    • Weddings, Concerts & Events FAQ's
    • Contact Us

Current News & Events 

Picture
Articles 
KQED Ramaytush Ohlone
  • Bay Curious: The History of the Bay’s 425 Shell Mounds”(4-4-22)
  • “The Theft of Our Land"; In Newsom’s $100M Landback Proposal, Indigenous Advocates- and Have Questions”; Learn about progress to give money to Native American tribes for land to purchase and preserve their ancestral lands in California.  (3-22-22)

KQED: “Meet 3 Women Behind Indigenous Land Back Effort to Reclaim SF Peninsula Farm”; Learn about a farm in San Gregorio and the three indigenous women working to reclaim it to “heal the wounds of colonialism through food, medicine, story, and restoration.” (4-23-22)

NY Times: “New DNA Analysis Supports and Unrecognized Tribe’s Ancient Roots in California”; Learn about  government recognition of Muwekma Ohlone Tribe based in part on DNA evidence. (4-12-22)

 Palo Alto Weekly- Muwekma Ohlone, “Seeking a tribal home”(4/8/22)
​
NY Times: Genetics testing linking Muwekma to burial sites. (4/12/22)

Stanford Magazine: Celebrating a Half Century of the Stanford Pow-wow” by Marc Tessier-Lavigne (May 2022)

​SF Examiner: “Federal funds boost Native American health services in San Francisco” (May 26, 2022)

Websites

Bay Area Native Tribe Websites
  • Amah Mutsun Ohlone  (of the Gilroy, Coyote Valley area). 
  • Muwekma Ohlone (primarily of the southeast and south bay area): 
  • Ramaytush Ohlone (of the peninsula)
  • Sogorea Te Land Trust in East Bay ​led by urban indigenous people; “Speak of the Ohlone in the present”

The Ramaytush Ohlone (San Mateo County Website): “Have you wondered about the people who lived on the Peninsula before Europeans arrived in 1769?”

The Village SF: Reclaiming and Rebuilding community for San Francisco’s Native people

Protect Juristac : Ohlone Amah Mutsun Tribal Band strive to stop an open pit mine on 320 acres near Gilroy   

Amah Mutsun Landtrust: Vision of conservation, restoration, stewardship, research and teaching

Green Foothills (Mission: To protect the open spaces, farmlands, and natural resources of San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties for the benefit of all through advocacy, education, and grassroots action.) information about their partnership with Amah Mutsun to protect Juristac: 
​
The Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding Schools Policy -U.S. Act Website 
 San Jose State University Website: “The Muwekma Ohlone are Still Here” by Julia Halprin Jackson; photo by Ian Lundie                 
Picture


​FCCPA.ORG
​

1985 Louis Road Palo Alto, CA 94303
​650-856-6662
We gather as a church, welcoming people of all abilities, backgrounds, ethnicities, and those who are LGBTQ+, to become more aware of the love of God in our lives and to make real that love in the world through worshiping, serving humanity, and seeking to follow in the ways of Jesus.  

Quick Links

ONLINE SERVICE
WATCH/LISTEN

UPCOMING EVENTS
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
JOIN OUR NEWSLETTER
​FCCPA FEATURES

UCC.ORG
NCNCUCC.ORG
OPEN & AFFIRMING COALITION