The Ramaytush Ohlone
Original Peoples of the San Francisco Peninsula

​The Ramaytush (pronounced rah-my-toosh) 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. Today, those descendants comprise the membership of the Ramaytush Ohlone peoples and the staff of the Association of Ramaytush Ohlone. ​

ANNOUNCEMENTS

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On behalf of the ARO Gregg Castro presented a gift to Nancy Pelosi at the opening ceremony for the Tunnel Tops at the Presidio in San Francisco

​Update on the Removal of Statues

August 2022
Unfortunately, CalTrans has made no progress regarding the removal of the Serra statue on I-280 nor the Portola statue in Pacifica. ARO Executive Director Jonathan Cordero has written a letter to the Director at CalTrans and to the Indigenous Liaison for the State of California demanding official acknowledgement of funding for removal and a timeline for removal. Suffice it to say, our patience, now two years in the making, is running thin. Updates coming soon. 

Recent News and Events

Recent News and Events

Aug 27
Gregg Castro offered a blessing at the opening ceremony for the newly designed Tanforan Memorial in San Bruno, which was at the site of the former racetrack converted into a detention center from April through October 1942 where about 8,000 Japanese American were interned.
Jul 30
As a representative of the ARO, Jonathan attended the 'Ai Mana Ceremony with the Navigation Council of the Tamalpais Trust to celebrate its 20 year anniversary.
Jul 30
Along with several others, Gregg Castro participated in a discussion regarding Malcolm Margolin's latest book, Deep Hanging Out at Point Reyes Station.
Jul 28
The Board of the ARO had a meeting at the Filoli Estate and afterward listened to a poetry reading by San Francisco Poet Laureate Emeritus Kim Shuck. 
Jul 25

Jonathan Cordero toured the San Pedro Creek and Pilarcitos Creek watersheds with other members of the Integrated Watershed Restoration Program (IWRP) to examine fish passage.
Jul 16

​Gregg Castro offered a blessing and some remarks at the ceremony for the grand opening of the Tunnel Tops at the Presidio. 
Jun 15
Jonathan presented on the topic of "Unfreedom and the California Missions" to a group of K-12 teachers at UC Berkeley. 
May 13
Gregg opened up the Bioneers Conference, and Jonathan presented on a panel about the topic of re-indigenization.
May 12
Jonathan presented on Ramaytush Ohlone history and shared guidelines for writing land acknowledgements for staff at the Oberlin Dance Collective.