News Articles
Redemption Song
In the November 9-15, 2022 edition of the Metro Silicon Valley Newspaper, our Muwekma Ohlone Tribe was featured in an article, “Redemption Song”. The article highlights the revitalization of our Muwekma Ohlone Chochenyo hiwey song that was last sung by one of our last speakers, José Guzman in the 1930’s. José is Muwekma Ohlone Tribal Council Member, Sheila Guzman Schmidt’s Great Grandfather. In the article, Tribal members also shared about the pride they have in revitalizing our traditional dances. Muwekma Ohlone Tribal youth member, Isabella ‘Amne Gómez is on the cover of the Metro newspaper and is wearing a traditional feathered top notch (headdress) and rabbit fur blinder. In the photos, our Muwekma Yiššakma ‘ayye Šawwenikma (Muwekma Singers and Dancers) are wearing dance regalia for events held on November 5th and 6th. On Saturday, November 5, 2022 at the NUMU Museum, our Muwekma Ohlone Tribe gave a Welcoming and read our Land Acknowledgment to those in attendance for the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe photo exhibition unveiling, Reclamation: Resilience of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe. The public got to see our Tribe’s beautiful photo exhibition. Our Muwekma Wolwoolum Yiššakma ‘ayye Šawwenikma danced and sang in our Chochenyo language along with some of our Miwok relatives. On Sunday, November 6, 2022, we participated in the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe Flag Raising Ceremony in the City of Milpitas. We sang and danced their, as well. It was at these events that these photos in the article were taken.
Ancestral Sites
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High Tech Propaganda War Sand Hill Foes
By Bill Workman, SF Chronicle
January 27, 1997
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1997/01/27/MN47323.DTL
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Presidio Originals The Muwekma Ohlone Tribe Pushes for a Voice in Presidio Planning -- and, Perhaps, a Piece of a National Park
By Matt Smith, SF Weekly News
May 13, 1998 -
Technology Intrudes On Sacred Ground
By Michael McCabe, SF Chronicle
March 27, 2000http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2000/03/27/MN107799.DTL
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Taking the Waters at El Polin in the Presidio
By Geoffrey Coffey, SF Chronicle
June 16, 2004http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/06/16/HOGTI73FF11.DTL
Community
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OMI Excelsior Living Library and Think Park
By Deborah Rich, SF Chronicle
May 8, 2002http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/05/08/HO101096.DTL
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Walls Open Doors Murals Teach Teens Art Responsibility
By Mark Simon, SF Chronicle
November 26, 2002http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/11/26/BA203353.DTL
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Urban Oasis Garden in Legal Limbo in S.F.
By Joe Garofoli, SF Chronicle
July 28, 2003http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/07/28/MN283123.DTL&ao=all
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Land Art Living Truths
By Zahid Sardar, SF Chronicle
May 22, 2005http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/05/22/CMGNOCF3JQ1.DTL
Language
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Conferences Focus On Saving Native Languages
By Kathleen Maclay, Media Relations, UC Berkeley News
June 4, 2004http://berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2004/06/04_chocenyo.shtml
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Indian Tribe Works To Bring Back A Lost Language
By Lisa M. Krieger, San Jose Mercury News
December 28, 2004http://www.proyectos-saluda.org/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=441
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Team Works To Preserve California's Native Languages
By Lisa Krieger, San Jose Mercury News
December 29, 2007
Muwekma Ohlone Tribe
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Jose Dies of Old Age
The San Francisco Call (Newpaper, Page 11) San Francisco, California Article on the Death of a Muwekma Ohlone Ancestor, Capitan Jose Antonio
January 14, 1897 -
The Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of the San Francisco Bay and Alcatraz and Angel Islands
Paper Presented By Rosemary Cambra, Muwekma Tribal Chairwoman and Invited Panelist at the 30th Anniversary of Alcatraz
October 1999http://www.coloredreflections.com/decades/Decade.cfm?Dec=2&Typ=3&Sty=1&PID=1027
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The Little Tribe That Could
By Ron Russell, SF Weekly
March 28, 2007http://www.sfweekly.com/2007-03-28/news/the-little-tribe-that-could