Buried Twice: How the U.S. Tried to Erase the Muwekma Ohlone from History—Then from the Law
In 1978, the Bureau of Indian Affairs omitted the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe from its list of federally recognized tribes. There was no hearing. The Tribe—previously acknowledged by the federal government as the Verona Band of Alameda County—had never been terminated by Congress…