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. ​

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Muwekma Ohlone Tribe's Claims Undermine the Sovereignty of the Ramaytush Ohlone 

The Muwekma Ohlone Tribes' recent efforts to gain federal recognition have made it necessary to defend the sovereignty of other Bay Area peoples against their misleading and false claims, especially their claims to territory. In short, the Muwekma Ohlone are not Indigenous to the South San Francisco Bay Area nor to the San Francisco Peninsula, and therefore they have no sovereign rights or responsibilities over those lands and peoples. Their false claims usurp the sovereignty of other Native peoples of the San Francisco Bay Area and constitute an act of lateral oppression. 

International Women's Dance

March 2022
In partnership with Demonstration Gardens, the ARO is co-sponsoring the International Women's Dance event in the newly renovated Federal Plaza on March 10, 2022.

​Update on the Removal of Statues

February 2022
CalTrans has contacted various parties potentially interested in preserving the Serra statue on I-280 and the Portola statue in Pacifica. As soon as the contact period has ended, removal of the statues should begin!  

Recent News and Events

Recent News and Events

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.
May 4
Along with Social Worker Michele Maas and Professor Michelle Rainer, Jonathan Cordero participated in a panel discussion for the Coalition for Clinical Social Work.
April 21
ARO Board member and Cultural Conservancy CEO Sara Moncada and ARO Executive Director Jonathan Cordero offered a presentation on Native perspectives on climate justice for the Bay Area Chapter of The Climate Reality Project. 
April 18
Jonathan offered a talk entitled, "Native Perspectives on Being," to the staff at SF MoMA. 
April 8
Jonathan toured some of the Demonstrations Gardens (DG) in San Francisco with DG Executive Director Kasey Rios-Asberry. 
March 24
Gregg and Jonathan consulted with French artists Anne-Laure Amilhat and Aude-Emilie Judaique who are working on a project about borders.
February 22
Jonathan Cordero offered a welcome at a Press Conference in San Francisco to release Leonard Peltier. Hillary Ronen, member of the SF Board of Supervisors, provided a copy of the Board's Resolution urging the Federal Government to release Leonard. 
February 11
Gregg Castro offered a blessing and greeting to open an art exhibition by Cristobal Galindo sponsored by Southern Exposure. 
February 10
At the Exploratorium Gregg Castro recorded an audio segment for the San Francisco Buried History Project.   
February 6
Jonathan Cordero met with St. Mark's Church to share about Ramaytush Ohlone history and culture.
February 3
The State Coastal Commission approved funding for the planning of the Sunset Natural Resilience Project! The ARO participated in the submission of the application.
January 30​
Jonathan Cordero presented a lecture and held a discussion about the true history of the mission period in California to members of the Catholic Workers. The Talk was entitled, "Challenging the Conventional Narrative."​
January 25
Gregg Castro spoke to an architecture class at UCSB on the cultural perspectives that informed Ohlone relations with their physical environment.
January 14
Jonathan Cordero participated in a walking tour of the Sunset Resiliency Project with representatives from various groups, including the two primaries on the project: San Francisco Estuary Institute and the Coastal Conservancy.