Short History of the First People from California.

Our local, State, and Federal legislators have failed to respect the First People of California and more the First People of San Francisco the Muwekma Ohlone.

Up to 1924 it was fine to murder Native Americans and get $5 for a scalp. In fact California governors passed edicts to kill the Native Americans and encouraged stealing Native American land.

It is a shame today that most Whites think they were here for hundreds of years in California. They fail to understand that the Native Americans were here for thousands of years and that this is indeed their land.

We cannot talk about environmental justice - pretending that all is well with the First People. The only genuine owners of the land we call California.

The San Francisco Chronicle and the San Francisco Examiner have failed again and again to address the injustice meted out to the First People and to the Muwekma Ohlone.

The Muwekma Ohlone were Federally Recognized up to 1927 and then illegally removed by L.A. Dorrington - a Bureau of Indian Affairs Agent.

The Verona Band of Native Americans in the Bay Area, the records at Mission Dolores, many documents and facts from the Presidio of San Francisco - strongly favor the restoration of Muwekma Ohlone and being put back on the Federal Register - as soon as possible.

It is a shame that today many so called fake environmentalists - fail to respect not only Mother Earth but the Rights of the First People:

http://www.csus.edu/indiv/t/tumminia/MEMORIAL.HTM

Francisco Da Costa
Director
Environmental Justice Advocacy