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KQED Ramaytush Ohlone
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)
- 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
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
- 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
