The Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of the San Francisco Bay Region

Worldwide Walls: POW! WOW! San Jose 2021 AIR: We Are Muwekma Ohlone (clip)

"We Are Muwekma Ohlone" is the title of the mural.

They were once recognized but it got taken away back in the late 1920s.

Charlene Nijmeh, the current chairperson, 

she represents the present, 

and she's doing what she can to help get the tribe 

federally reinstated as a sovereign nation as a Muwekma Ohlone, 

an American Indian tribe recognized by the United States.

Ask the question.

Find out why you didn't know anything about the Ohlone people before.

Just learn.

I'm glad I painted this just to be like a talking point, 

like a starting point to to talk about that.

--Alfonso Salazar 

US Citizenship Podcast gratefully acknowledges Muwekma Ohlone people on whose ancestral land we reside, as well as the diverse Native communities who make their home here today.

The Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of the San Francisco Bay Region are seeking seeking federal recognition of their tribal status, which would give them the same benefits as other Native American tribes for housing, medical care, higher education and the ability to establish a land trust.  Sign a letter of support at http://www.muwekma.org/sign-letter-pledge.html.

Check out Native Land (native-land.ca) to discover the Indigenous people, languages, and treaties associated with your local area.

POP QUIZ:

1. USCIS 100:59. Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
2. USCIS 100:87. Name one American Indian tribe in the United States.

Learn more:

• Native Land 
• National Native American Heritage Month
• NMAI: Honoring Original Indigenous Inhabitants: Land Acknowledgment
• Preparing the Oath: 100:59, 100:87
• SJSU: The Muwekma Ohlone Are Still Here
• uscitizenpod: U.S. Citizenship Resources for Native American Heritage Month
• VOA News: Native America

Learn more the Muwekma Ohlone of San Jose / Oakland / San Francisco:

• Muwekma Ohlone | Facebook
• ABC7: Ohlone women fighting to get back their land, cultural heritage in Bay Area
• Brian Fanger: We Are Still Here: Ohlone Mural San Jose
• Brian Fanger: Chictactac-Adams Ohlone site in Gilroy, CA
• Brian Fanger: Exploring the Ohlone Territory of the South Bay
• India Country Today: Preserving Ohlone cosmology and teachings
• KQED: How This Native American Elder Reclaimed Sacred Land in the Bay Area
• Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority: Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of the SF Bay Area | The Past, Present, and Future Stewards of Coyote Valley
• Sacred Land Film Project: Unearthing Ancestors at the West Berkeley Shellmound
• SJ Walls: We Are Still Here

See also: 

• A Citizenship Quiz in Honor of the Double Birthday of San Jose, CA mp3 and  pdf