The Ramaytush Ohlone
Original Peoples of the San Francisco Peninsula

​The Ramaytush (pronounced rah-my-toosh) Ohlone are the original peoples of the San Francisco Peninsula. Prior to the arrival of the Spanish, the Ramaytush Ohlone numbered approximately 1500 to 2,000 persons, but by the end the Mission Period only a few families had survived. Today, only one lineage is know to have produced living descendants in the present. Those descendants comprise the membership of the Ramaytush Ohlone (tribe) and the staff of the Association of Ramaytush Ohlone (non-profit). ​

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ARO on Hiatus

The ARO will be on hiatus from November 27 until January 6. We will will be working on internal/infrastructural matters. We will not begin any new projects or partnerships during the hiatus.

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Jonathan's (Short) Reading List

Here's what I have read recently, am currently reading, and/or believe are important ​. . . because people ask.

Sovereignty
​"Congressional Power and Sovereignty in Indian Affairs" by Michalyn Steele (2018)
"They Were Here First: American Indian Tribes, Race, and the Constitutional Minimum" by Sarah Krakoff (2017)
The White Possessive by Aileen Moreton-Robinson (2015)

Colonialism, Coloniality, and Settler Colonialism
Red Skin, White Masks by Glen Sean Coulthard (2014)
The Transit of Empire by Jodi A. Byrd (2011)
On the Coloniality of Power by Anibal Quijano (2024)

Decolonization (I suggest that these be read in order as listed)
"Settler Colonialism and the Elimination of the Native" by Patrick Wolfe (2006)
"Decolonization Is Not a Metaphor" by Eve Tuck and K. Wayne Yang (2012)
"Colonising White Innocence: Complicity and Critical Encounters" by Alissa Macoun (2016)

Indigenous Resurgence
Peace, Power, Righteousness by Taiaiake Alfred (2009)
As We Have Always Done by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson (2017)

Alternative Visions for the Future
The End of the Cognitive Empire by Boaventura de Sous Santos (2018)
Epistemologies of the South by Boaventura de Sousa Santos (2014)
The Failure of Modern Civilization and the Struggle for a Deep Alternative by Claudia von Werlhof (2011)

Announcements

One Shoreline Events, 2024

OneShoreline’s Millbrae and Burlingame Shoreline Resilience Project (MBSRP) aims to protect areas along the San Mateo Bay shoreline and nearby creeks and lagoons against current coastal hazards and substantial sea level rise, while also enhancing public access and promoting healthy and sustainable ecosystems.

In-Person Community Meeting – Burlingame 
Saturday, November 16  
10 AM - 11:30 AM
@ the Burlingame Community Center 
884 Burlingame Ave, Burlingame, CA 94010 
 
Shoreline Walking Tour  
Sunday, November 17 
1 PM - 3 PM 
Meeting location and route will be shared after RSVP 
 
In-Person Community Meeting – Millbrae  
Tuesday, November 19 
6 PM - 7:30 PM 
@ the Millbrae Recreation Center 
477 Lincoln Cir, Millbrae, CA 94030 
 
Online Community Meeting  
Wednesday, December 4 
7 PM – 8:30 PM 
Zoom link will be shared after RSVP 
In-Person Community Meeting – Burlingame 
Saturday, November 16  
10 AM - 11:30 AM
@ the Burlingame Community Center 
884 Burlingame Ave, Burlingame, CA 94010 
 
Shoreline Walking Tour  
Sunday, November 17 
1 PM - 3 PM 
Meeting location and route will be shared after RSVP 
 
In-Person Community Meeting – Millbrae  
Tuesday, November 19 
6 PM - 7:30 PM 
@ the Millbrae Recreation Center 
477 Lincoln Cir, Millbrae, CA 94030 
 
Online Community Meeting  
Wednesday, December 4 
7 PM – 8:30 PM 
Zoom link will be shared after RSVP 

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