The Muwekma Ohlone Tribe, ... Native American Tribes. ... California was home to more than 1 million Native Americans before Spanish settlers arrived in 1769.

It returned the remains of some 1,100 people to the Bay Area-based Muwekma Ohlone Tribe in 1989 and 1990, said archaeologist Laura Jones, Stanford’s director of Heritage Services.

The Bureau of Indian Affairs ultimately determines the legal status and land rights of the country’s Native American tribes.

This tribe, native to Bay Area and estimated to be 10,000 years old, has about 600 surviving members. But the tribe, once thought to be extinct, is struggling for official recognition.

The Muwekma Ohlone Tribe has requested President Trump return the Presidio, a 1,500-acre national park in San Francisco, to their supervision, where the tribe would establish a reservation.

SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 25, 2023— Santa Clara University (SCU) announces its inaugural Native American Symposium for Friday, May 5, 2023, the day before SCU’s 3rd annual Powwow. This newly ...

This led to the Ohlone Tribe losing its federal recognition, while the building housing the museum was later christened Kroeber Hall. After much upheaval, the university removed Kroeber’s name ...

Ohlone people celebrated on Wednesday over the return of sacred Native land in Berkeley, California. Berkeley's City Council unanimously voted to give title of the 2.2-acre parking lot to the ...

Ohlone people and others rejoiced Wednesday over the return of sacred Native land dating back thousands of years, saying the move rights a historic wrong and restores the people who were first on ...