More than 2,000 people crossed the Bay in the dark for the 47th Indigenous Peoples Day Sunrise Gathering on Alcatraz. Speakers denounced Gov. Newsom’s vetoes and the President’s push to reopen the prison. They gathered on Ohlone land, whose people are still waiting for federal recognition. […]
Seven Pomo and Lake Miwok tribes signed California’s first watershed co-management agreement under a 2024 law. A second cultural burn agreement is coming. And the fight between gaming tribes and cardrooms, including San Jose’s, is now in the appeals courts. One thread runs through it all: these new state tools are written for federally recognized tribes only. […]
For a decade, a “no” from the Office of Federal Acknowledgment was permanent. A 2025 rule changed that. Tribes denied before 2025, including the Muwekma Ohlone, have until Feb. 14, 2030 to ask for a second chance. Here is what the rule says, who has used it so far, and what it means for the Bay Area. […]
Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of the San Francisco Bay