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Ohlone tribe’s Big Time Gathering & Pow Wow to celebrate its 30th anniversary in Pomona

The Costanoan Rumsen Ohlone Tribe will celebrate the 30th anniversary of its Big Time Gathering & Pow Wow with music, storytelling and community. The event will take place Friday, April 26, through ... read more

Ohlone Tribe Gains Back Sacred Ground from Berkeley Parking Lot After Developer Settlement

The site in West Berkeley, undisturbed except for the parking lot, is a recognized landmark since 2000 and once comprised a shell mound used for ceremonies and burials by the Ohlone people for ... read more

City of Berkeley votes to return sacred Native land to Ohlone

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 ... read more

Muwekma Ohlone Tribe

A special interest's lobbying activity may go up or down over time, depending on how much attention the federal government is giving their issues. Particularly active clients often retain multiple ... read more

Berkeley restores Ohlone land to Ohlone hands in largest give-back in CA history

A tribal dance was held in Berkeley Wednesday morning to mark renewal and rematriation --- or the restoring of the sacred relationship -- between the Ohlone people and the earth. "We acknowledge ... read more

Berkeley will return Ohlone site to indigenous trust

BERKELEY, Calif. - The city of Berkeley has agreed to return the Ohlone Shellmound Village site to an indigenous trust. City councilmembers on Tuesday announced a settlement to purchase the site ... read more

Lafayette officially adopts land acknowledgement statement

Lafayette officially adopted a land acknowledgment statement, to recognize the Bay Miwok and Ohlone people who were here first. "Any land acknowledgment is great," said Bella Stratford ... read more

Millbrae institutes land acknowledgement of Ramaytush Ohlone people

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As development sprawls across the Bay Area, a 27-mile wilderness trail is a model for preserving open space

Ken Lavin, a former park ranger at Muir Woods, still vividly remembers the spring weekend he spent backpacking through the Ohlone Regional Wilderness many years ago. The trail he chose was a ... read more

Indigenous people rejoice after city of Berkeley votes to return sacred Native land to Ohlone

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — 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 ... read more