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“LISTEN: Inside the extortionate meeting with the Bay Area congressional delegation”

Chairwoman Charlene Nijmeh at TEDXBerkeley

TUNE IN to listen to the Chairwoman's congressional meeting with the Bay Area delegation. The controversial meeting sparked concern, outrage, and disappointment in the Bay Area and stands in contrast to the wide support the Tribe has received from the Bay Area and a bipartisan coalition of Congress.

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Chairwoman Charlene Nijmeh at TEDXBerkeley

Santa Clara University's Inaugural Native American Symposium

The Challenges of Federal Recognition

Makkin Mak Muwekma Wolwoolum, 'Akkoy Mak-Warep, Manne Mak Hiswi!
We Are Muwekma Ohlone, Welcome To Our Land, Where We Are Born!

HorŠe Tuuxi! = (hor-sheh troo-hee) Welcome to the Official Website of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of the San Francisco Bay Area. The present-day Muwekma Ohlone Tribe is comprised of all of the known surviving American Indian lineages aboriginal to the San Francisco Bay region who trace their ancestry through the Missions Dolores, Santa Clara, and San Jose; and who were also members of the historic Federally Recognized Verona Band of Alameda County. The aboriginal homeland of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe includes the following counties: San Francisco, San Mateo, most of Santa Clara, Alameda, Contra Costa, and portions of Napa, Santa Cruz, Solano and San Joaquin. This large contiguous geographical area, which historically crosscuts aboriginal linguistic and tribal boundaries, fell under the sphere of influence of the aforementioned three missions between 1776 and 1836. The missionization policies deployed by the Catholic Church and militarily supported by the Hispanic Empire, brought many distantly related, and in some cases, already inter-married tribal groups together at the missions.

Comprehensive genealogical analysis of the Mission Baptism, Death, and Marriage Records from the three Bay Area Missions traces the surviving Muwekma lineages of the late 19th century through today back to their aboriginal villages. The present-day tribally enrolled Muwekma lineages are represented by the: Armija / Thompson, the Santos-Pinos / Juarez / Colos / Armija, the Guzman / Nonessa, and the Marine-Guzman-Peralta, Marine-Alvarez / Galvan, Marine-Sanchez, Marine-Munoz, Munoz-Guzman, Marine-Arellano, and Marine-Elston / Thompson / Ruano descended families.

The Ancestral Lands and Territory of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of the San Francisco Bay Area

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THE MUWEKMA OHLONE TRIBE HONORS ALL VETERANS THIS VETERANS DAY

Chochenyo Song by Jose Guzman

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Muwekma Ohlone Tribe Millitary History

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Muwekma Ohlone Tribe – Emerging Genomic Evidence

A School, A Tribe, and A Deepening Partnership

Rethinking land stewardship with Muwekma Ohlone Tribe - Sage Advice feature

Reclamation of the History and Heritage of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of the San Francisco Bay Area

Redemption Song

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SISKÁ ‘E HÉEMETEYA PUICHON WOLWÓOLUM

The lands of Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve were once inhabited by the Puichon Ohlone tribe of the western regions of the San Francisco Bay Area. Randall Miliken, describes the Puichon Ohlone, in his ethnographic account of the San Francisco Bay Ohlone tribal groups, as follows:

“The Puichon were the largest local tribe on the west shore of San Francisco Bay. Their lands were along lower San Francisquito Creek [right through the heart of the Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve] and lower Stevens Creek, now the areas of Palo Alto, Los Altos, and Mountain View. Their San Francisquito Creek village of Ssipùtca was mentioned six times in the Mission Dolores baptismal records. At Santa Clara they were lumped into the "San Bernardino" district with other people from the west of Mission Santa Clara. Some of them were identified more specifically as being from the rancheria of San Francisquito…Puichon people went to mission Dolores between 1781 and 1794 and to Mission Santa Clara between 1781 and 1805.”

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Events

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A Brief Historical Overview of A Previously Federally Recognized Tribe

Makkin Mak Muwekma Wolwoolum, 'Akkoy Makwarep, Manne Mak Hiswi! We are Muwekma Ohlone, Welcome To Our Land, Where We Are Born!

The Present-day Muwekma Ohlone Tribe is comprised of all of the known surviving American Indian lineages aboriginal to the San Francisco Bay region who trace their ancestry through the Missions Dolores, Santa Clara, and San Jose; and who were also members of the historic Federally Recognized Verona Band of Alameda County. The aboriginal homeland of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe includes the following counties: San Francisco, San Mateo, most of Santa Clara, Alameda, Contra Costa, and portions of Napa, Santa Cruz, Solano and crosscuts aboriginal linguistic and tribal boundaries, fell under the sphere of influence of the aforementioned three missions between 1776 and 1836. The missionization policies deployed by the Catholic Church and militarily supported by the Hispanic Empire, brought many distantly related, and in some cases, already inter-married tribal groups together at the missions.

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The Continuing Existence of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe: Bridges Between Our Ancestral Past and Our Future

Customs & Traditions

Muwekma Ohlone Indian Dancers at Mission Jose in Fremont, CA Rezanov / Langsdorff Expedition, circa 1806

Language Revitalization

Muwekma Ohlone Tribe Language Committee Present Day

Military Service

The Muwekma Ohlone Men and Women who served in the United States Armed Forces from 1914 – Present Day

Timeline and Evidence

A Brief Historic Timeline from Missionization to Present with Selected Evidence for Previous and Continued Federal Recognition

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We Are Muwekma and We Are Still Here

Faculty, Graduate Students Partner with the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe to Launch “Reclamation” Exhibition at New Museum Los Gatos

The history of San Jose, CA’s name

What’s in a name? Learn how San Jose’s various names have evolved across the centuries.

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This Is The Way

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“LISTEN: Inside the extortionate meeting with the Bay Area congressional delegation”

Chairwoman Charlene Nijmeh at TEDXBerkeley

The Challenges of Federal Recognition

Makkin Mak Muwekma Wolwoolum, 'Akkoy Mak-Warep, Manne Mak Hiswi!We Are Muwekma Ohlone, Welcome To Our Land, Where We Are Born!

If you don’t know how to pronounce our Tribe’s name, here it is - Muwékma! (muh-wek-mah) #Muwekma

Muwekma Ohlone Tribe – Emerging Genomic Evidence

Publications

SISKÁ ‘E HÉEMETEYA PUICHON WOLWÓOLUM

Events

Watch out this space for details on upcoming events!

A Brief Historical Overview of A Previously Federally Recognized Tribe

Culture

We Are Muwekma and We Are Still Here

From the Blogs

Makkin Mak Muwekma Wolwoolum, 'Akkoy Mak-Warep, Manne Mak Hiswi!
We Are Muwekma Ohlone, Welcome To Our Land, Where We Are Born!