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 1,500 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 Tribe and the staff of the Association of Ramaytush Ohlone (non-profit). ​

Upcoming Events

July 12. Subverting Colonial Machinations with Jonathan Cordero and Tricia Rainwater at 500 Capp Street (5:30). Part of Mildred Howard's Collaborating with the Muses: Part Two. 

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

Jul 6
Gregg Castro and Kim Shuck discussed relationships between Indigenous People and the land at San Francisco Public Library
Jun 6 & 7
ARO staff attended the American Indian Cultural District Leadership Council Retreat
Apr 26
ARO held the annual California Native Homeland Festival in partnership with the Exploratorium
Mar 24
ARO staff visited Alameny Farm in San Francisco
Mar 13-16
ARO staff participated in the annual Society of California Archeology Conference
Feb
Jan 29
ARO staff visited Hawk Creek Farm, Sutro Stewards, and Alemany Farm in February.
The ARO received the Resilience Award from the Center for Architecture and Design at Community Alliance Awards ceremony
Jan 1
The ARO hired a Director of Native Ecology, Sara Moncada, and an Administrative Assistant, Mina Fardeen. 
Jan 1
The Ramaytush Tribe's website is now online at www.ramaytushtribe.org. Applications for membership will be available soon.