Muwekma Ohlone Want Land Of San Francisco Presidio Restored To Tribe

CBS Bay Area

April 1, 2025

With the uncertainty of the Presidio Trust's future in San Francisco, the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of San Francisco Bay has sent a letter to the Trump administration asking for the government to restore the Presidio back to its tribe.

"This is where the fort was created to bring the Indians in to start building the mission system. So the first mission that was built here was in Mission Dolores in 1776 and this is where they started gathering the Ohlone people from the various villages that surrounded the area," Charlene Nimjeh, the chairwoman of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of San Francisco Bay, told CBS News Bay Area.

There are more than 600 members of the tribe currently living all across the Bay Area.

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