May 16, 2022 · Without formal status as a federally recognized tribe, the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe and other non-federally recognized tribes have three avenues to gain federal recognition: by carrying out the...

“The Muwekma Tribe is a tribe of Ohlone Indians indigenous to the present-day San Francisco Bay area. In the early part of the Twentieth Century, the Department of the Interior (“DOI”) recognized the Muwekma tribe as an Indian tribe under the jurisdiction of the United States.” (Civil Case No. 99-3261 RMU D.D.C)

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.

Nov 09, 2021 · Despite having federal recognition in 1914, the Muwekma Ohlone were stripped of their rights in 1927, when Sacramento Superintendent L.A. Dorrington unilaterally removed 135 bands and tribes from the list of tribes eligible for federal land without a needs assessment or visitation. Dorrinigton was later investigated for dereliction of duty .

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.

Muwekma Ohlone Tribe. See our Tribal History Section for information on our initial quest into the "Recognition Process" Court Case. Initial Lawsuit Filed to be Considered for Federal Recognition. Court of Appeals. Opening Brief that was submitted by the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe to the Court of Appeals on April 3, 2012:

The community (the people) make up the tribe and Muwekma was a tribal community long before the Federal Government recognized us. The Muwekma Ohlone Tribe TODAY is comprised of all the known surviving American Indian Lineages aboriginal to the San Francisco Bay Region who trace their ethno-historic origins from the indigenous tribes who continuously occupied these …

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Apr 11, 2022 · Muwekma is a group of American Indians indigenous to the San Francisco Bay Area, the members of which are direct descendants of the historical Mission San Jose Tribe, also known as the Pleasanton or Verona Band of Alameda County (the "Verona Band"). From 1914 to 1927, the Verona Band was recognized by the federal government as an Indian tribe.

Jan 19, 2022 · To be federally recognized, a tribe must seek approval from the United States’s Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, demonstrating a nation’s history which has shown continuous existence, political authority, and community since contact as in the case of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe, as well as other historic California tribal groups.